This upcoming weekend is a long weekend in our province. It is our provincial day weekend. It is also a very special weekend at our house for another reason. On Sunday my daughter will be turning 10 and on Monday my son will turn 8 (I feel so…old). So we are planning on having a surprise birthday party/ barbecue for them. The birthday invitations have already been sent out with a short note to say that this party is a surprise. We have all the presents bought and then on Saturday I will pick up the cake. I can’t wait to see the look on the kids faces when they discover that we are having a party just for them. It should be fun.

With company soon to be arriving on our doorstep within the next day or two, me and the kids have been in a heavy cleaning mode. Every room in the house is getting taken care of. By going from room to room, I have discovered that I have a lot of stuff (junk) and my house is starting to burst at the seams. So just until the company goes home, I’m going to have to start hiding stuff so it doesn’t look so cluttered. I have hidden all our luggage and suitcases under all the beds and have put away a lot of knickknacks in our closets. After the guests go home I’ll dig everything out again and my house will look like my house again. I really have to find a different method when cleaning, but when your out of time, you have to do what you have to do.

Last night we went to look at a home that we may possibly be purchasing. I fell in love with it right away so my husband and I put in a bid as soon as we could. Because the home is currently in foreclosure, we were able to place a bid that we are both quite comfortable with. Hopefully they accept our bid, but if not it’s certainly not the end of the world. I really do hope they accept the bid as it means that I will have a house that I really do like and it will also mean that we can stop looking. I never realized how exhausting looking for a house can be and I am really anxious to get this process over and done with.

These next couple of weeks are going to be so busy!  I honestly don’t know where I’m going to find the extra time in the day to get everything done that needs to be done.  Tomorrow my sister in law and her family will be arriving from out West around dinner time.  On Sunday is my daughter’s 10th birthday and on Monday it will be my son’s 8th birthday.  So we are having a surprise birthday/barbecue for them on Monday.  Next week my husband is home on holidays so hopefully we will be able to get a little extra camping in.  Then at the end of the week my brother arrives home with his family.  So it’s going to be extremely busy for the next couple of weeks.  So if you don’t see me in here a lot over the next couple of weeks.  Now you know why.