Murphy's Oil Soap

Wow... a whole month has gone by (I feel like Kristen). Its been a little CRAZY around here! We are officially moved into the house. Actually, the first night we stayed in the house was our 10th anniversary (more on that later). Everything we need is in its place, the rest still in boxes hidden away in the basement or bonus room. I'll continue to work on unpacking next week. I'm hoping that when Ed and Lana return from their trip, they'll be rested and ready to help.

O.K., let's play catch up! Eddie and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on September 5th. This is how we spent it- soccer practice for both boys, enjoyed the best hamburgers in town at Five Guys with friends, watched Maryville's football team bring home another victory and then slept in our brand new house. We had said to each other we would not give each other gifts. I'm usually the one who doesn't abide, but this year Eddie surprised me with a beautiful handmade wooden box. Is wood the traditional gift for the 10th anniversary-I'll have to look that up. If it is then I will be so impressed, but I do know that he had some help from the girls at work.

It was very strange actually staying in the house.At first, it didn't really feel like it was ours. Then, we all seemed to be turned around and lost. Rooms that looked somewhat familar all of a sudden had new unfamilar names, i.e. I told Cameron that he could find himself a snack in the pantry, he asked me what a pantry was. My reply- its the room with all the shelves and food, in the old house it was the food closet. The boys will call out for me and I think I'm being loud enough to hear and they'll still call out because they can't find me. I'm not trying to be boastful about the size of the house, its just funny. Needless to say, sans furniture, rugs and curtains, the house echoes. If I'm not home and I call Eddie or he calls me, I can always tell whether or not he's at home, because when he talks it sounds hollow. We've been here 4 weeks now and its beginning to feel more like home.

In addition to moving into the house, I started a new job. I am now employed by the Maryville City Schools. I took a position as a TA for Nancy Caroline Connell at Fort Craig. Its awesome. I worked 2 weeks before we started Fall Break. I love it. Nancy Caroline is wonderful to work with and I'm so happy to be at school with the boys. Its so wonderful to be able to peep in on them during the day, see them in the hall or on the playground, eat lunch with them.

I'm sure that way more has happened over the last month, but I can't remember them. The boys (and me) are on fall break until the 14th. They went camping with Ed and Lana at Pirateland in Mrytle Beach, then went to New Bern to visit with my parents until Saturday. I'll drive to Greensboro and meet them. I think I was depressed the first few days they were gone. I stayed in bed all day last Friday to nurse a migraine, then didn't really feel like getting out of it again til Monday. When I'd talk to them I would cry. Early case of empty nest syndrome? I've used this time to unpack, clean up and go to appointments ( dentist and eye- I'm still having a horrible time with my eyes). Unpacking and cleaning up brings me to the title of this blog. Rho- I plan on adding a photo just to make you happy : )! It seems to be the case that certain items multiple like rabbits in our house. Namely, sprinkles, icing, office and school supplies and Murphy's Oil Soap. As we were moving in to this house and out of the rental, I purchased a large bottle of the above named household cleaning product. Little did I know or realize, I already had 2 open bottles of the liquid. And just last night, as I was sifting through a few boxes, I found another open, barely used bottle of ... Murphy's Oil Soap. I'm hoping that after I "google" it, I'll find all these wonderful ways to use it. I'm convinced that all these collections of oddities goes hand in hand with my craftitis disease.