Mom in the City

I'm in a home cleaning/ rejuvenation mood, now that spring is around the corner.  My favorite color for the spring is yellow.  Following are seven home items that I have gotten or want to get for the spring season:

1. Swivel Sweeper: I don't normally order things from tv.  However, I'm often pleasantly surprised when people gift me with such items.  One of the Christmas gifts that we received from my husband's aunt was the Swivel Sweeper. We love it!  It's a quick and easy way to clean the floors and the 360 degree swivel head helps to get in corners and such.  My sons think that it's a game when I turn it on and like to grab/ "catch" the sweeper (they're such funny, weird kids sometimes!).  After I finish with it, my oldest son takes "his turn".   

2, Floral pillow covers: I'm a flower and plant killer.  Even when I diligently follow the florist's advice, I kill them.  Spring doesn't seem like spring without flowers though.  I considered fake ones but that just feels so wrong to me.  So, I found a floral pattern that both my husband and I could agree on (the yellow one) at Pottery Barn.

3. Textured Throws: I love throws.  For the spring, I want a yellow one.  No matter what time of the year it is, I like having a throw on the edge of the couch to cuddle up under by myself or with the guys in my life.  Of course, with little kids around, throws take on multiple personalities (i.e. ghost covers, caves, etc.)!

4. Classic Stripe Shower Curtains: It's something nice, clean and crisp about the right striped shower curtain.  For some reason, it reminds me of spring/summer on the beach.  Personally, I like green and white stripes because my bathroom tile is green and white.

5. Seashells in a Vase: I'm going to take a chance and place this in my bathroom.  I'll just have to be especially watchful of little hands not knocking over the glass!

The last 2 picks are my husband's practical home favorites from our recent shopping trip to Wal-Mart.  (We went to use a Christmas gift card.  That store is so huge that it's overwhelming to me!)

6. Rubbermaid Food Storage Containers: My husband has a thing for Tupperware/Tupperware like products.  We had a whole set but over the years, the pieces had been loaned out for various reasons and people forgot to return the pieces.  So, my husband picked out a whole new set and has warned me not to give anyone, anything in them.  (He says that I should keep the "good" Chinese food containers to give food to people.  That way, he won't care if we don't get it back.)  He does have a point.  I'll try to keep this set.  We'll see.

7. Brita Pitcher: Within the last year, my husband broke one Brita.  Then, I broke the next one.  Instead of replacing filters, we seem to be replacing the pitcher every few months (?!)  However, this is one of only a few home things that my dear husband gets excited about.  Also, water is the drink in our home.  (This is one of the best habits that I've picked up from being married.)