Last week, I had my driveway replaced with concrete. I must admit I was nervous at first. The permanence of the concrete sort of freaked me out. But when it was complete … I was in love. A few days after completion, the gray concrete turned into a heavenly snow-white. It just makes everything look clean, and clean is good.

Now that our driveway is paved, I’m moving on with my obsessions (I promise).

My next target is cleaning all of our windows that faced the driveway — since they are absolutely caked in gravel dust (crud, I’m talking about gravel again, aren’t I?) I’ll make sure I find a window cleaner on Angie's List, because my personal list of fears includes not only gravel, but heights as well.