UGH. I am of course kidding... after all they are my babies and I love them like they were my children. BUT let me tell you ... they are lucky they are so cute or one of them would have wound up out the window today!
Someone, (I'm looking at Tango and/or Petey) PEED on my bed today. On my favorite bedspread. The one with all the fabulous matching throw pillows.
This is the 3rd bedspread to meet such a horrible and stinky fate.
I took on the task of cleaning the bedroom today. Let me just say that Lord Hill and I have a wardrobe that needs it's own apartment. We own entirely too much clothing and only 1 dresser for the both of us to share. This tends to lead to piles of clothes, both clean and dirty. We grew sick of this a few months back and I boxed up a ton of the clothing. So now we have a pile of boxes (small boxes) and then clothes on top of those boxes.
It's like a t-shirt jungle in there.
Anyway, I decided to tackle this task alone seeing as though I'd done so well alone last weekend.
Big mistake.
I can't find my bed. If you don't hear from me in the next few days you can assume I was caught in an avalanche of hoodies and t-shirts. Please send a rescue party.
(This is me procrastinating b/c I really do not want to go back in there. This is why I love blogging so much. I can feel productive while shirking my responsibilities! YAY! haha)
First of all I’d like to thank everyone who congradulated Lord Hill and I on our anniversary. We had a fabulous time. Our long weekend turned into a 5 day vacation but there will be a separate post to tell that story.
Today I want to talk about Spring Cleaning.
I’ll be honest. I have never really been a fan, nor have I understood why everyone seems to “like” cleaning once the weather gets nice. I always want to spend as much time outside as possible and cleaning is basically the opposite of that. So imagine my surprise when I woke up today on the nicest day we’ve had all year and thought to myself “well, this would be a nice day to tidy up a bit”
And tidy up I did.
Yesterday Lord Hill and I returned over $12 worth of bottles and cans. This helped jump start my want/need to reclean the kitchen as I had totally let it go since my last post showing my nice clean kitchen with my nice shiny sink. I wound up completely cleaning the kitchen including the floors, the fridge, and the cabinets. I put the dishes away, and set up a nice centerpiece on the table. I took everything that didn't belong in the kitchen and put it away.
Then I moved on to my office which is between my kitchen and living room. It's more like a hallway with a desk in it. It has been a total disaster for a long time now. I completely cleaned it today. I wound up finding things from my wedding which as I pointed out last week was 2 years ago!! What is wrong with me?? Anyway, I put it all away and cleaned up and did the floors and got everything that didn't belong in there and put it away. I even cleaned my desk and dusted my monitor.
On to the bathroom. Toilet done. Sink done. Floors done. Mirrors done.
Living room.... Rugs - vacuumed. Couch - cleaned, cleared and fluffed. Table - cleared, wiped down, dusted, and given a nice little center piece.
Oh, also, my bed is made for the first time in MONTHS. The bedroom is still a disaster area but that's okay. I know I can take care of that if I can do the rest of the apartment in just one day.
It feels AMAZING. We even had company come over tonight and there was nothing to worry about! I had even lit some candles earlier and used air freshener and was 100% confident having guests over.
Keep an eye out for my next big accomplishment!
Do you have a "hotspot" in your home where junk/clutter/stuff seems to accumulate?
As part of the Flylady.net program I had to create a Control Journal that would help me keep my routines in order and help me organize my life.
I made the journal based on their suggestions but ignored the most important part... The part where they say make it work for YOU and not just to follow it blindly.
So this weekend I reworked it a bit b/c there was NO way I was getting everything done on the days it was telling me to do everything.
This is my Weekly Chores broken down by the day of the week. Feel free to steal it and make it your own. You'd be amazed at how much this program really helps.
Weekly Chore List:
MONDAY:
Garbage Night
Errands such as Post Office, Walmart, etc
Laundry
TUESDAY:
Litter Boxes
Make Menus and Shopping Lists for the Week
clean desk area
WEDNESDAY:
Recycling and Garbage Night
Toss old mail
Clean out fridge
Clean kitchen - floors, table, counters, any left over dishes
