Is it Winter Break yet?

Go bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

We got home from California and life went from a leisurely jog to full on sprint.

Before we left for our vacation, Aleks noticed that a spot on our ceiling had gotten bigger. When he touched it, he poked through the dry wall.

So, when we got back we had our home warranty people out to find and fix the leak.

Meanwhile, I had decided that I needed to go through the girls' clothes to see what kind of shape we are in for the school year.

I now recognize this as the start of all the madness.

The next day the plumber cut a hole in our ceiling, found the leak, and informed us that the dry wall he had removed was full of mold.

He also kindly left a thin layer of dry wall dust throughout the room.

Which propelled me into a cleaning tailspin.

Blinds, fans, windows (inside and out), floors, furniture, you name it, I cleaned it.

In the midst of our mold/ceiling debacle, our offices at work were finally finished and we were given permission to move.

Cue packing up and moving our home office to school.

Meanwhile, we decided to get a few estimates on what it would cost to get rid of the mold and repair the ceiling.

A dry wall repair company referred us to a mold removal company, who came out and recommended a plan of action (which included covering the existing hole to reduce the traveling of mold spores).

The gave us a quote that was quite reasonable and so they vacuumed out the mold, sprayed it with some sort of anti-mold potion, and left an industrial air purifier running for 24 hours.

At first I was excited about the white noise and anticipated a great night's sleep.

I swear it got louder and louder with each passing hour.

So now, we've got a mold free hole in our ceiling and are awaiting it's repair next week.

And yet in the midst of all this chaos, extreme cleaning, and upheaval lie many wonderful things.

Stickers, for one.

Sisters who like to wear matching panties.

A former home office turned into a craft/sewing room,

a former sewing space turned into reading nook,

and most of all,

A CLEAN HOUSE!

Perhaps I'm being naive, but I'm hoping things slow down and even out when the semester starts.

If not, I'm going to require more coffee.