For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that I hope it will help me accomplish a lot, I’m keeping track of what I do today. Because there’s a good chance some of you are almost as nosy as I am, I’m going to share it here. I’ll probably check in here…
Cleaning a Messy House…
Ever been so overwhelmed with the state of your house that you simply don’t know where to start? For various reasons I found myself in that situation today. Note to self: Avoid going out of town on Mondays. Well, in true procrastinator form, rather than actually clean something, I did a search for “cleaning a…
Let the organizing begin!
This is one of the closets in our exercise room. I store all our gift wrapping supplies, boxes and extra gifts here (the top shelf has the satellite box and some of David’s stuff that I don’t mess with). It was all neat and organized at one time but over the past year has drifted…
A Day in My Life…
I keep meaning to do this once in awhile so here goes: 5:15 — The alarm goes off way too early for my taste. David has to fly out this morning for a short business trip. He hits the snooze button and we snuggle for five more minutes.5:20 — David gets up and showers while…
“What do you do all day?”…
Some of the things I do around here… Feeding Belle: Checking on the kitties and feeding their mama: Gathering an egg: Betsy: Planted petunias: Pepper plant: Lavender amidst the ivy: Basil and rosemary planted along with the two remaining strawberry plants: Boiled eggs: Egg salad for sandwiches: A couple of loads of laundry: Getting ready…
The Good Housewife Guide…
You’ve probably already seen this as it’s made its way around the Internet: The Good Wife’s Guide (from a 1950s-era home economics manual) Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready for your husband. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about…
Sense of Accomplishment
Ah, the joy of a task completed…and one that is visible to others! I have worked off and on all day cleaning the patio which adjoins the flower bed I weeded and mulched earlier. It has been quite hot today so I have had to take it in spurts but it’s done! Lots of leaves…
Monday Maintenance
Sometimes I feel that all I do is maintain and never really make much forward progress. I can easily fill my day with routine tasks – you know, the stuff that has to be done over and over. Every day I make the bed, scoop the litter box, do the dishes, cook meals, feed animals…
This is the way we mop our floors
This is the way we mop our floors, mop our floors, mop our floors… I’ve spent quite a bit of time decluttering lately, at the expensive of other household chores. Like mopping the kitchen, for instance. Since we don’t have toddlers spilling things, it wasn’t horrible, but it still needed a good scrubbing. It also…