cleaning with jackson

i have been cleaning and cleaning today. i have this odd thing where i get in a cleaning mood and just go go go! in these moods i clean anything and everything and don't usually want to stop until i'm physically hurting or there's nothing else to clean. i cleaned our laundry/recycling room which was completely covered in card board and bags full of cans, glass and plastic. jackson (pictured below) my roommate amy's puppy's food is also in there along with amy's bike and other random things. the washer and dryer no longer work so we really don't use this room, but it was getting bad. our recycling bin is covered in snow somewhere in the backyard and thus we have not put any out since i moved in in october. it was a large task but is much better now and i am attempting to do my part to save the environment! i also cleaned our porch which was messy when i moved in and i have been trying to ignore the mess, until today...

well, 8 bags of garbage later we have a clean laundry room, porch, kitchen, landing, bathroom and my room. only thing left amy's room... dun dun dun... :) i wanted so bad to go in there and clean but didn't know how amy would feel about that so i didn't, but her room is crazy messy which is unlike me. it's not bad as in smelly or anything, there's just stuff everywhere. but i feel good having everything clean and organized and i enjoyed it the whole time!!

here are a couple of pictures of jackson that i took a couple of months ago. he has sooooooo much energy and is almost a year old. he will chew on anything, his favorite being cardboard right now. he always wants to play and is finally learning to chill once in a while. he's so smart and loves the puppy park we have here in eau claire. he was watching me the whole time i was cleaning and just waiting to see if i'd find anything for him. i did find his treats and a couple of toys. so he got a treat but the toys were already too chewed up to let him have in his kennel. he's my little (well big) monster!!!!