Just as I was getting into my spring cleaning we got hit with a virus. I'm only just today feeling better after having it for over a week. My oldest is still suffering a bit. Thankfully we didn't have any terrible messes to clean up.

My spring cleaning is a bit behind schedule, obviously. I have just been (sort of) keeping up with my daily work but I haven't had the energy to do anything extra. I hope to be able to do the Master Bedroom tomorrow since it won't take too much effort. I try to keep my bedroom clean and free from clutter all the time. So I will have to vacuum under the bed, wash the windows and curtains and dust behind the furniture. If I have time I'll tackle the upstairs bathroom while I'm working up there. That will take longer. :)

Next week my husband is taking a few vacation days and we are planning to paint the living room. I am leaning towards a medium pumpkin color to match my moss green drapes and slip covers. The walls right now are a sort of lilac with a brown glaze rag rolled over it. I hated it as soon as we finished it, about 8 years ago, but there was no way I was painting over it right away. Besides we removed some paneling from one of the walls before we painted and that wall was in pretty awful shape and the textured paint hid the imperfections. Otherwise we would have had some major spackling to do. Of course the wall hasn't healed itself, so we will have to smooth over the surface of the wall before we paint it. Actually I can't wait until it's done. The first in a long list of home improvement projects we are doing this year.