Today is the first Tuesday of the summer. Tuesday is the day I clean bathrooms. So . . . today was the day I taught my kids to clean the bathrooms. Overall, it went quite well. I was prepared. I had their supply baskets ready to go, complete with home-made kid-friendly cleaning products. I had the bathroom cleaning checklists printed … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Daily Checklist – It’s Not Just For Me Anymore
First, I wanted to let you know that Blogger was down for a while Sunday and Monday, and I think I lost a comment that showed up at one point, but then never published. So, I'm assuming that there were probably 50+ comments that I never even knew about, right? Seriously, though, I wanted you to know that if you did comment and it didn't show up, … [Read more...]
My Ultra Cheap Dinner
It's summer, and although I'm overly proud that we swept the kitchen and did the laundry, other things didn't happen. Things like freezer cooking and menu planning. But sometimes a girl just has an urge to link to something . . . so I'm linking up to the 5 dollar Dinner Challenge at 5dollardinners.com, an awesome site for recipes that are … [Read more...]
Summer: Day 1 – No Big Productions
Today was the first official day of summer. Waking up . . . or not . . . on a Monday morning . . . it really didn’t matter. Last summer, pre-blog, in the middle of total frustration about my home, I had big plans. I made charts and found stickers, and came up with a huge and elaborate reward system. And I was scared. I was so tired of living … [Read more...]
Freezer Cooking Plan
It's the beginning of the month, and so it's time for another freezer cooking session. Not that I want to. With summer officially beginning on Monday, I don't really have the time or the gumption to do a cooking marathon, but I do want to make a few things to help summer go smoothly. First of all . . . you guessed it - more breakfast pockets. … [Read more...]
Trying to Be Cool
You may remember that I'm going to the Savvy Blogging Summit in July. I'm totally excited as I am dreaming more and more of where this blog could go. Just last night, I was at a pool party for my husband's work, eavesdropping on a conversation between several women complaining about their struggles to keep their homes out of chaos. Seriously … [Read more...]
Give it to Nony . . . She’ll Take Anything
Biggest Garage Sale Rule for Slobs - Bring nothing back into the house. I had my garage sale two weeks ago tomorrow. I haven't brought anything back into the house, but there were several bags of clothing sitting in the garage, producing guilt. Several, as in, they filled the back of my Suburban when I loaded them up this morning. I love … [Read more...]
Focus Check Friday – Come Join In!
Really? It's Friday again? I'm thinking that my complete shock at the appearance of Thursday evenings just demonstrates my need to stop and check my focus. Otherwise, life goes on, and my home slides farther down on my priority list. You can read about the basic concept behind Focus Check Friday here. My focus this past week? I've done okay. … [Read more...]
One Week’s Worth of Clothing – My Summer Experiment of Drastic Measures
I'm heading quickly into summer-mode, but in a last-ditch effort to make some improvements and keep our home manageable, I'm conducting an Experiment of Drastic Measures. I'm boxing up all but one week's worth of clothing. I've been thinking lately that I needed to box up all of our school uniforms for the summer. Why? Because I have two … [Read more...]