I amitt i am not the best housecleaner.

Since Monday afternoon around 4pm i was cleaning my house. i just got tired of people stopping by and my house was embarssing. so i decided to clean it from top to bottom. so here is my story on the cleaning my house which took 2 days in total. i do not have pictures of the before but i am going to have pictures of the after. i am just embarssed of the before so i am not letting the whole world see my dirty house. anyways as i was saying i am not best house keeper. it is just not my thing to do and if i could do anything itwould be making crafts. i am really good at that and i know that is one of my talents but house cleaning is not. sometimes i am in the grove of house cleaning but it only last for a day. but this week it has lasted along time. i think it has something to do with that we are seeding our crops right now and i have togo and help bring meals out so i better have a clean house to do that.

Back to my story. So Monday at 4pm the kids come home so i decided to do one room at a time. that is always my hubbies suggestion to do. so i took it this time .wow it was really fast in getting my house clean. so the first room i cleaned was my kids. which took about 30 minutes to do. i picked up every thing then put clean cloths aways made beds (which hugh made) and then vaccumed. remember i also had all 5 kids home too. so that room was clean so i shut the door so i knew it was clean. then i went to the bath room and got that all cleaned it took longer but it was done in 45-50 minutes i am nto sure did not look at the clock taht much. so i shut that door a) because it was clean b) because i wanted the clean floor to get dry with out little foot prints on it.

the third room i did before supper was the other bed room we have but i am waiting for hugh to make some more beds hopefully this summer when seeding is done and harvest has not started yet. cleaned all the toys and vaccumed. then i emptyed the vacum so that it was clean to vacum the hallway which was my nexted place to clean. so i got that all done. we ate supper inbetween the last bed room and the hallway.

the next room was the back enterance i cleaned that one while i was telling the kids about keeping the house clean for family home evening then i let them go out side while i fiinished cleaning it. i washed the walls and got the spider webs that must have been there for the past 8 years. it was that bad, anyways did that got it all clean and washed and it took a hour to do. then the kids went to bed. then i decided hugh is not home but the kids are in bed so i decided to clean the kitchen. which took longer. i got the dishes all done and the ones that fit in the dish washer then they got on. i cleaned my stove and the counters the table and swepted the floor when hugh came home. the house smelled like pine sal. it was so nice. anyways it was about 11pm and hugh asked if i was going to finish in the morning i said that all i have to do is the floor to wash. andso i went to bed.

the next morning i got the kids up at 7am so they could get dressed and so they could watch some cartoons before the bus came. then the two oldest went off to school then i got the other 3 watching cartoons. so i decided to wash the floor and while i was doing that my house stayed clean. it seems when i am in thecleaning mood my kids are in the descructive mood and my clean house is destoryed. so i got the floor done. then i got to work on the living room/computer room and got it done just before i had to go and take jamie to school. so the only room left to clean was my bed room and i got it done last night.

hughs and my room took the longest because there was so much of the things that i needed to put a way. so it took about 2 hours to do but before hugh and i went to bed it was done. so my whole upstairs is done. i am so impressed with my self so lets hope it last for a whole week. i will keep you posted

This is my kitchen. it is not the biggest kitchen but it works. hugh made the chairs but the table we got at an auction which we paid $5.for,8 years ago.

here is the old kids bed room it needs some improvements so hopefully that will be this summer.

this is my back enterance. it is so much neater now then it was before.here is my bathroom the only one in this house. it is nice and clean. it even been through three baths and it is still clean.here is the kids bed room and they have even kept it clean. wow is all i can say and hugh made those two beds he has three more but dont they look nice. he is so good that everything he doesmy hall way it is nice and clean as well . it is nice when i have to get up in the middle of the night

everything smells like cleaner which is good because then it all smells clean.

here is my clean bedroom. it was so nice to sleep in a clean room but as you can see i still have not made my bed which i am going to do before noon.


another picture of my room. it is a fair size room. so here it is.

heres the last picture of my room. pretty clean. i have to do something about the bare walls.

here is the computer room/living room they are one and the same room just long. i am working on this blog in this picture.

here is the living room. my son is watching pbs kids. it was around 8:30am.

here is my clean house and lets hope that it stays this way. because last night when i got home from my mom and dads house it was nice to come home and know that my house was clean and that i had only one room to clean which i am happy i am done too. now on to the landry which needs to get done. well enjoyall the pictures of my house. and the yellow shag carpet was not my idea for carpet. just a pointer do not get shag carpet in your house it is hard to keep clean. i do not like it.

Have you had those days that you want something to cook really fast

i am having one of those days. first all of my kids where up before 8 am and when there is no school for any of them those are my days to sleep in but that has nto happened this week not even one day. any ways i am making supper for the field and i am making a roast and potatos but the potatos are taking the longest time for them to cook and i want to feed my kids supper before i go and i need to go and bring it to the field by 6:30pm which is in 25min so i am hoping that my potatos are cooked here soon. because i will be very mad. and the guys will be hungry and my kids will be in the dessert soon and will not want to eat supper. i have two of them a sleep one that lives right now on milk so she is fine and the other who had two plates of stake for lunch which i hope will eat and

Have you heard of Close to my heart?

Some of you know that i sell Close to my heart as a home business. If you are a scrapbooker or a cardmaker then this is the stuff you want. Their prices are great and their products are much better. They have stuff from stamping to rubons and all kinds of paper and packets for those who are not in to it just yet. everything is well priced or better priced then the compition. if any of you who want a better look into the company visit my website at www.katievos.myctmh.com
or their web site at www.closetomyheart.com.

I have been sellin Close to my heart for about 4 years which for me is along time and if you saw my collection of stamps you would believe that i have sold it for that long. i have stamps from when they first came out with acrylic stamps which are the top of the line of stamps. no more wooden which are hard to see what you aredoing. the clear are the way to go and we have the best selection.

if any one of you who is reading would like more information or an idea book just email me at kidsofvos@yahoo.ca and i would happy to send you one. we are going tobe starting into our new idea book for the summer so take lots of pictures this summer and i can help you scrapbook them faster simpler and easier. it is fun and easy.

here is a list of why i love close to my heart vs. all the other companies

1.they have great selection
2.their prices are unbeatable.
3. great quiatly
4. if something does not work or is broken when you get it then they will send a new one with no extra cost or extra questions.
5. they are easy to use that my 4 older kids can use them ( which some times i wish they did not)
6.they have so many ideas in their idea books that you just want the book for ideas.
7.i can make great scrapbooking books with little effort and they always look great.
8. anyone can use them and they store really nice
9.their stamps do not melt so if your kids want to experiment with them with fire they will not melt
10. i love to make cards and scrapbook and they can show me how.

so again if you need information on close to my heart or would like to order some of their great product contact me or check out my web site. you can order at my website. well i will blog later.

Heres the cake i made

For all of you who are looking at this blog here is the picture i so promised to show you of the cake that i made. Doesnt look great.


Now on to the blog that i wanted to write like 30 minutes ago. My kids have been bugging me about the Easter Bunny coming to our house and bringing them candy like he does. i can not say much about what i want to write because my son justin is reading it right now. so i might have to tell you the story about the E.B. so that he does not get sad. well anyways in my families house when i was a kid and cheryl will know this to is that the Easter bunny came on saturday because he knew we went to church well, i was not going to buy goodies for the easter bunny but i happen to be in town and they where 1/2 price so i thought what the heck why not. so this morning which is monday my daughter wakes up and asked if the easter bunny had come to our house. i for got to get the stuff out and so i said i had for gotten to give the goodies to the easter bunny so he could hand them out. so i went down stairs and wrote their names on the goodies and said that the easter bunny came and lefted them down stairs by mistake and they where thrilled that he came. which made me happy but i hope they do not find out for a long time which i will tell them this story and i think and hope that they will laugh at it. well got to run my kids are getting or wanting supper. so i will blog later.

Look at the best ligthen mcqueen cake ever

my third childs birthday is next weds.april 15 and so i went to micheals and decided to buy this cake pan. i am parent helper this thursday in his class which is for his birthday so i thought i would make a cake. this is the only time that we can bring unhealthy snacks to school in the class room there is only two boys in his class him and another one so i think that the other boy will love to have this cake .. maybe some of the moms might want me to make cakes for their kids. who knows but i know that it is fun and i love doing it for my kids. so i will be make two of this cakes in a weeks time and so we will all have to compare them both which one idid better at. anyways i had to put it in the deep freezer because the kids would have eatten it before it even got to the class room. so i was not taking chances because it took me an hour to ice it. which i think is fast for something like this. but i just love it. it has been the best one i have done. maybe i should get into doing this for a liveing...... thinking about it na i think i will stick to it for just my kids and maybe my sisters kids. who knows. anyways. hope you like it and i will tell you how it taste, my son will be 4 wow. well it is late and i tdont think the picture worked,

OUR SWEET DEAL.

you know when your husband is a dutch man when he:

sees a deal on renchs and buys 10 of the same one and says you never know when one breaks
goes to an auction and tells you he is not planning on buying anything and then comes home with a truck load of stuff that you really dont need.
when he is cheap on his clothing and buys expensive tools.
when you are in walmart and need to get diapers and get the ones on sale. to him it is a sweet deal. let me tell you about this sweet deal and the amount we bought. we are in taber when we had a denist appt. which went well then we went to walmart and i said to hugh we need diapers for holly. so we go to the baby section and get the diapers so i said they do not have size 2 which holly needs. so we get size 3 and hugh asks how many boxes i said just two because that would be 400 diapers. which would last a long time. then he decides to buy all the size 3 which ends up being 4 boxes and then he goes on and gets size 4 and that is 2 boxes because that is all they had and then size 5 and size 6. which i cant remeber how many of those but we just spent 250 dollars on diapers. which will last us for i am not sure how long but long enough that i gave my mom and dad a box of size 3 for nan and taylor so that they could get on this sweet deal. the SWEET DEAL was 31.00 for these boxes 6 dollars cheaper then the othere boxes of the same brand which is huggies. well if you are going to walmart and need diapers do not take my husband he will buy the whole store because it is a sweet deAL. MY HUSBAND IS A BIG DEALS GUY. he loves deals. now dont get me wrong i like deals too like 4 dollars here 5 dollars there but i dont try to buy the whole store. he also loves rainchecks because he can go in anytime and get that same price. he is so funny. so i am sure if there is going to be a disater i will be safe from not running out of diapers. we now have almost a year surpply of diapers for one kid. great. i hope we get to go through them all. so that is my sweet deal for the week . stay tune for more sweet deals that i find in the coming weeks

THE MOVIE I REALLY LIKE

So as all of you know that Twlight has come out on video. Wionderful!!!! Faboulous!!!!!!!!!
i have to say that i have not read the books. a shocker right. but when you have 5 kids there is not a lot of time to read anything. even my scriptures it gets touchy some times. so i have not found the time toread the books. which i think if i have time towatch tv or movies i can read a book. anyways so we go to taber and we are done at the denisit and everything is good there. we go to walmart and i was getting stuff on my list everything was there, the movie Bolt for the kids, stuff to make a blanket, diapers,etc. but at the bottom of my list there was the movie Twlight. but i could not find it anywhere and the walmart in taber is not big at all. so i go and find a sales person and they said that they are sold out. great the one movie i really want and they are sold out. so i decide to ask when they might get another shipment. well they where not sure now i am really sad .. i can rent it and they are all gone. so when i get home i decide to call lethbridge and medicine hat walmarts and guess what they all had them. i call hugh who was in medicine hat and he says do i have to get the movie and i said yes because i liked it and you bought Australia movie with hugh jackman. anyways so he gets it for me. wow it is somuch better the second time i really like it. so now i think i am going to read the books. can wait. i understand that they will be different but how can you get the whole book in a movie with out getting people bored. which i would not . i love these kind of movies. anyways if you are thinking of getting the movie. get it. it is worth it. i have to recommend bolt too it is good one you can sit with the prophet and still feel good. well anyways have a great day.