I try to make this clear pretty often. Although the most prominent areas of our home are doing pretty well since I started this process, the peripheral areas, such as the bedrooms, closets, pantries, cabinets, and any and every drawer are still incredibly scary. We've been having Sunday night home groups meet in our home for the past few weeks … [Read more...]
Seasonal Clothing Changeover – Done in ONE DAY!!!
I shared yesterday that I had finally given in and done the changeover from Summer clothes to Fall/Winter clothes. It's a big task that has to be done, twice a year. It's not the task itself that I'm so proud of, it's that I'm finished! You wouldn't even know from walking in the living room that I just did it yesterday! For me, this is a very big … [Read more...]
My husband knows
I've been doing this blog for a little over six weeks. (I started on the first day of school so it's easy to know.) For the first four weeks I didn't tell my husband. Honestly, he didn't say much either. Even though our house was quite different, and I was a busy little bee . . . nothing. He's a great guy. He loves me. He totally accepts me as I … [Read more...]
Cleaning up the BIG MESSES!
I've known for a week that today was coming. I didn't know how it would happen, but I knew it was just around the corner. The weather has been cooling down, but I try not to fall for it too soon. As soon as I do the HUGE task of changing over to a new season's clothing for three kids, it will be in the 90s again. But today was cold enough … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday
How am I already feeling worn-down and it's only Monday? I'm thankful for the motivation of Menu Plan Monday because it makes a huge difference in how our household functions. I'm going to make it easy on myself this week because it's the dreaded twice-yearly clothing switchover time. For a recovering slob, it's pretty rough to have three huge … [Read more...]
Time to Add a New Non-Negotiable Task
It's Sunday, and that means that it's time to add a new non-negotiable task for the week. I've been debating about this one. I could add the swish to the swipe from last week. Flylady calls the daily bathroom quick-clean the "swish and swipe." This would mean that when I wipe down the counters and toilet in the bathrooms, I would use the toilet … [Read more...]
Do toilets get dirty on Saturdays?
Saturdays are hard for me with the whole "daily task" thing. I'm wishing I would have named them "weekday tasks" instead. It's hard to not think that I deserve Saturday off. The routine is out the window, and we're all so relaxed. We're heading out to the pumpkin patch today to take pictures, and I've been ironing white shirts and digging out … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist
Today I: Made bed. Emptied dishwasher. Cleaned kitchen. Swept kitchen. Did longer than 5 minute walk-through of house. Checked bathrooms for clutter and wiped down counters and toilets. Did 8 minute Tae-bo. I know I don't usually include exercise in my daily checklist, but I'm proud of myself for doing something when I had such … [Read more...]
Is this what "normal" feels like?
Let me clarify, first, that normal is considered a negative thing in our home. My mother made a big deal when I was growing up about how awful it would be to be normal. It's so much more fun to be weird. It was fun, but it also taught her intended lesson that going along with the crowd is not necessarily a good thing. We knew that pulling the "But, … [Read more...]
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