The start of spring cleaning

I have started Spring cleaning. I say started because it will take what feels like all Spring to finish. I have decided to put getting the carpets cleaned on hold until Aubree gets potty trained. So I decided to spot bot the spots as best as I could. But before you spot bot you have to do a very in-depth vacuuming of the floor, which means running the vacuum over the floor 5 or 6 times. Here is the vacuum I cleaned to start the cleaning:
So after vacuuming the downstairs, under everything, the cob webs, the stairs, and couch:
And now I am ready to vacuum upstairs:
I must say that I have a love hate relationship with may vacuum. We were given it for our wedding 5 years ago and it still works amazing>which is a love. It sucks up everything is its sight> which could be love or hate depending on if it was something I over looked and now have to fish out. The fact that I have to clean a filter> definitely a hate. But the alternative is a vacuum with a bag and that seems ridiculous. The label on the filter says it should be changed every 6mo, and I have changed it 2 times since owning it. Maybe its time to change it again.

Anyway back to spring cleaning: The 2 places Eli and I have lived in since moving to So Cal have had weird matte paint on the walls. Which we both have hated because if you touch the walls with almost anything it leaves a mark. (even clean, white, tennis shoes) A dark black mark, that is impossible to get off. Well that's what I thought.
Here is what one Magic Eraser looked like after doing a wall that is about 3ft x 4 1/2ft. It took all the marks off. So 9 magic erasers later all but one wall downstairs looks bran-spankin new. It was so worth it, especially when my friend came over and told me how clean my house was. LOVE IT. Isn't that after all a huge factor in why we clean at all so that our family and friends with have good clean thoughts about how you run your house?

More Spring cleaning to come, I just have to decide what to do next...mmmm thoughts?