Oh Monday!

I usually like Mondays... But today I did not enjoy! I woke up late, and so didn't get my workout done in the morning. Had an Orthodontist appointment, but was late, because we slept in. It was raining and snowing when I walked from the Orthodontist to the ready care where Brody was because he wanted to see the doctor about a sore throat. Got home with just enough time to get some lunch and head to work, where I got pooped on! Then I went on my run, because it was sunny and nice and didn't get to go this morning. One of the bridges on the trail is under water, so I had to get a little creative... When I was done with my run I was walking back to my car and was bitten by a dog!! And now need to go get a tetanus booster! Worst Monday in a LONG TIME!

Life is good, really! I am looking forward to getting this blog up and running. Tell your friends about it! I promise it will get better.

A New Room!

I talked about the kitchen yesterday, and since we were in there yesterday, I thought we could change rooms. I have started a HUGE project in this space we have that I am not sure what to call it... Our landlord calls it a sun room. Being from the South, I know what a TRUE sun room is... Not this! We like to call the office nook/storage room/closet thing. It was my study while I was in school. Now I am done, and Husband wanted his own space in the basement, I want to change it. It needs a big change so I don't feel like it is my study still...

I found on Pintrest this:

The inspiration!

I fell I love with it! And finally conceived the Husband to let me do it.

It started with a new shade. The blinds needed to be replaced, YEARS AGO!!! But if I was going to make a new shade I might as well paint! Logical progression, right?

Landlord approved painting. It pays to be family friends with your landlord, and to lease for 6 years...

My good friend Erin joined my this last week as we removed the caulking from the window, sanded the window frame (it really needed it!), and then painted!

This is what the nook looked like on a regular basis... It was a catch all room.

 

Here we are paused for a picture! I have been so focused on this little project I this is the ONLY picture I have so far!!! More to come I promise!

Hopefully by next week I will have the shade done!

Happy Spring!

I hope everyone is having a great First Day of Spring! I knew it was coming and this year I am so excited! Not sure why, but the longer days sure are going to be great!

Although we woke up to this...

A nice covering of snow. In typical Palouse fashion it is mostly gone now. Which is even better for me, I have 15 minute run I need to do!

Today is also Tuesday! For my homemaking series for Tuesdays, I am going to tell you about my routine. I am going to start off doing one day at a time, and it will be a little mini series called "One Week to clean!" This mini series will cover a my weekly 'routine to clean', but we will s p r e a d it out. I feel that to list out the weekly to do list will be a little overwhelming. No, it is very overwhelming!

I made me some cute simple daily to do lists a month or so a go. They are really helpful for keeping me on task, as I have what I call housekeeping ADD. I made these little charts, and they need a little tweaking but over all they are great! I modeled them after these I found on pintrest:

Monday, is going to this weeks Homemaking Tuesday's focus. For me, Monday is kitchen day. Mainly because I love to entertain on the weekend, and so it is always a disaster by Monday. I make sure that all the dishes get done. We have a dishwasher, but not all of my dishes I allow to be washed in there, also some don't fit. So there are always have some dishes to wash by hand. My lovey Husband's job is to unload the dishwasher and dish rack DAILY (he needs reminding, but he always does it! It is also his job to run the dishwasher, but that is because we have a portable dishwasher that hooks up to our kitchen sink. I have tried many times to set it up... But EVERY time I do, I flood the kitchen or don't hook it up right!)

Dishes are something that need to be done everyday. But things like mopping and washing off the cupboards are something to do about once a week. Those are the things that get done on Monday.

Kitchens are a room of the house that need to be cleaned daily. So along with doing dishes daily. Wipe your counters, the range top, and the sink. I like to do these after dinner is finished and put away. That way I know it is done and I don't need to do it before bed.

Now I have missed a few things that need to be done in the kitchen, but here is a list of what should get done. If you see something that is missing let me know!!

Monday: Kitchen Day!

Things to be done EVERY MONDAY:

Load and run dishwasher

Wash ALL remaining dishes by hand

Scrub counters, range/stove top, and sink

Clean out refrigerator and wash door

Clean Microwave and/or toaster oven

Wipe down cupboards

Sweep and mop floor

Everyday

Things to be done EVERYDAY:

Load and run Dishwasher

Wash remaining dishes by hand

wipe down the counter, range/stove top, sink

Sweep floor

Monthly (or as needed):

Deep clean oven

Deep clean refrigerator

Clean out underneath kitchen sink

It is a lot to take in, I know! It has taken me YEARS so come up with this how to keep my kitchen clean routine. It is not perfect, but we can get as close as POSSIBLE!

Changes!

I am not very good about the every day posting bit... I know that I need to do it if i want to get this blog going anywhere... So I want to make a few changes.

NUMBER 1: A daily topic! Mondays will be Monday Musing. I will just rant about the latest thing to annoy me, or the newest latest and greatest gadget I have found. Tuesdays will be Homemaking Tuesday, it will include information to better homemaking. Whether that be through a how-to, recipe, or even a time out for you! Wednesday are going to be Focus Day. Each month I am going to pick a room to focus on, every Wednesday I will take you into how I have bettered that room. Thursday are Thrifty Thursdays, where I will tell you about something thrifty and amazing! Fridays will be Fun day! It is the start of the weekend and so with that, an activity to inspire fun and building our relationship and maybe a few laughs. Lastly Saturday will not always be posted on, but it will be my day to post what ever I want!! This is my blog of course!

NUMBER 2: Visual Changes! These changes will take sometime as I figure out how to make this blog user friendly, visually appealing, and just down right awesome!

Number 3: Twitter, Pintrest and Facebook! Oh! My! Yes, I am going to enter the world of constant media proliferation! I will not be doing this all at once. But my goal by the end of the summer (Oct 1st to be exact) is to have 100 followers. Once I have 100 follows I will have open a Twitter account. Facebook at 25, and Pintrest at 10. Why? I know that from Pintrest I can get the most followers and for Facebook a lot also. Twitter, just because I want one!

I think that is it. I hope to get most of these changes under way this week!