Blessings

I decided I would bless my mom today. I went and helped her clean her house before Christmas. By deciding to be a blessing God doubly blessed me. I had been wanting Biscuits, Eggs, Gravy, and Sausage for quite sometime and that is exactly what I got at my mom's house for dinner tonight! Then one of my aunts blessed me with a brand new set of cookers, which we where in desperate need of. Isn't it so good that God knows our wants and needs and desires to bless us!

My Routines

Morning Routine

• Start Laundry
• Make Bed
• Put Away Clean Dishes
• Change Puppy Pads
• Clean Mischa's Cage
• Wipe Down Bathroom Mirror, Counter, Sink, and Toilet

Evening Routine

• Pack Husband's Lunch
• Wash Dishes, Wipe Down Counter, Sink, and Stove
• Layout Husband's and My Clothes
• Get Husband's Work Things Ready and by the Door
  

Evening Routine

• Feed and Water all Animals
• Dishes
• Tidy Kitchen
• Lay out Husband's Clothes
• Pack Husband's Lunch and Store in the Fridge
• Get together Husband's Laptop and all Work Materials, place them in his book bag and place close to the door.
• On Mondays and Thursdays, Gather and Take Out Trash

Some people say I do too much for my Husband, that I spoil him, but I know these are things I'm commanded to do by God. My Husband goes out and works hard to support me, and I was created to be His Help Meet. So I don't think it would hurt me to get his things ready, so he can peacefully leave for work, without being rushed. What do you all do for your Husbands, to help them out?

Titus Chapter 2:4-5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Bullet Blog

• I feel like I got a lot accomplished today.
  
• My Husband and I went and filled out college papers.
• I finally think I have talked my Mom into going to college, she went and filled out papers also!
  
• I went walking for two hours today, thanks to watching Nancy Today taking a walk. She really got me motivated.
• I really need to exercise more.
• I read about 6 or 7 chapters in my Bible today.
• I worked in my Sunday School Book.
• I cleaned off the back deck.
• I cleaned Bunny's cage.
• I got all the trash took out.
• Walking today made me feel so good! It made me really happy, I've always heard it does something in your brain to lift your mood. I believe its true, I felt wonderful and all the other people walking and biking were so nice, smiling, and greeting me. I don't think I've ever seen so many nice and happy people before!
• I'd like to make walking a daily habit.
• Now, I think I'll go read some. I haven't done any reading today, other than my Bible.
  

Yesterday: Decluttering the Office

This first picture was took right after I had pulled everything out of the closet. I was sorting through things, deciding what to keep, give away, and throw away. I was putting everything into piles, see what a mess I had made.


It was a fun project and it didn't take too long. It took me about an hour to go through everything and put it in its place. Then after that, I spent about thirty minutes on dusting and vacuuming.


I still need to find a home for all those discs and tapes on my desk. I think I'll clean out a drawer in the chest (in the picture below) to put them in. In the top drawer I keep all of our movies, the bottom drawer is full of books. The two middle drawers need to be cleaned out. They contain cords, discs, and computer parts. Its my Husbands stuff, so I should really let him go through them, but I don't ever see that happening! lol


See the basket on my desk? It is full of dog toys! I knew, I had better keep it there until after I took the pictures. Because once it hits the floor, there are toys scattered all over the house!


This stuff is going to good will. A couple of computer printers, a door chime that I bought and never used, a computer chair, and lots of men's clothes.


And all these boxes are going in the trash! We keep boxes too long! We are box hoarders! lol We always keep the boxes in case something tears up, we are afraid to throw them out. Anyone else do this?

Pictures: You Get to Vote!

Today I have been decluttering and cleaning out the closet in the office. And I have made the biggest mess ever while doing so! I have stuff stacked all over the room, my desk is piled high. I took pictures, but it looks so bad I'm ashamed of posting them. lol I have seen other people post pictures of there huge messes and then post the after pictures of it all nice and clean. I always thought, "Wow, that looks amazing now!" lol I'm still in the middle of cleaning my big mess, I feel like I've just got started. So, what should I do? Should I post them? Or not? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Showing Hospitality

I felt lazy all day and wasn't in the mood for cleaning, or much of anything. Then I got a call from my husband, thirty minutes before he was supposed to arrive home. He said his boss was coming to stay with us. Let me tell you, I got my house spic and span in record time! All it took was 20 minutes! I was running through the house picking things up and putting them away, rinsed the dishes and got them going in the dishwasher, got a load of laundry in the wash, wiped down the sink, counter tops, stove, microwave in the kitchen, wiped down the counters, sink, mirror, toilet, scrubbed the inside of the toilet in the bath room, and vacuumed all the carpets. I was literally running around doing all of this, with a rush of energy that I got from stressing, "I can't let anyone see my house in this mess!" I have never cleaned so fast in my life!

I really need to get back to my routines! Then I wouldn't be so stressed when I get unexpected company! Stressing over a dirty house doesn't help you to be hospitable, it makes you avoid people! Being more hospitable is something I'd really like to work on, and I think if I could keep my house clean, it'd be much easier.

Company

I've got Company coming over sometime within the next few days, I don't know when, but I'd like my house to look presentable. lol My Best Friend since sixth grade is coming over! Six months after we graduated high school she moved to Fayetteville NC to live with her husband. She got married on our Graduation Day, but her husband was stationed over seas, so she stayed here at home for the first six months of her marriage. I only got to see her twice last year(January and July), and only once in 2007(April). So, since I may only see her one or two days out of the year, I'd like my house to look nice. lol

My To Do List

• Bath Puppy and Cocoa.
• Wash/Put away all dishes. Rinse/Dry/Put away all pop cans(we recycle). Wipe down counter, stove, sink, and table. (I do this every time I cook, its easy. Sometimes the pop cans get a little out of control. lol)
  
• Wipe down bathroom sink, shower, and toilet.
  
• Wash, dry, put away all Laundry. (I do this just about daily, I keep it under control.)
  
• Tidy house.
• Organize Craft supplies. (As of right now there all over the house, I'm not for sure what to do with them. I need me a crafting area. Anyone got any ideas?)
• Take down and store what little Christmas decor I have up. lol
• Dust all furniture, including sofa and chair.
  
• Vacuum all floors.
• Mop all hard floors.
• Shampoo a spot on the carpet in the computer room.
• De clutter.
• Go through mail and pay bills.
  

Exhaustion Continues....

Still exhausted! lol I slept all night and all day! I had been getting up early for a while now, hopefully I didn't mess up my routine. But I went to bed at 12 midnight and didn't wake up til 3:30pm. My body was completely wore out! Today I am sore all over! My back, chest, arms, legs, and stomach muscles are all sore!

I did get a couple loads of laundry done, cooked dinner, and worked on my scarf, but thats about all. My scarf is a little over six feet long, taller than Hubby! lol I still have to put the tassles on the ends, and then it will be a little over seven feet long. I'll try to post pictures of it tomorrow.

Well, I'm off to sweep up the mess in the living room from yesterday, wash a few dishes, and maybe finish up the scarf!

Exhausted!

I am so tired! I've been up and going strong since 8:00 am this morning. But now, I'm completely exhausted!

This morning I got up and decided that my home needed rescued from Christmas! lol I moved all the gifts, put some away, more still need to be put away. And with the busyness of Christmas and family gatherings, sad to say, my home was neglected. So, I washed laundry, picked up around the house, swept, mopped, got the trash together. It looked pretty good!

Then my Dad came over to help me put up some paneling in the living room. First we had to remove trim, some loose wallpaper, and take down the old paneling. We had to remove any protruding nails, so they wouldn't damage the new paneling. We had to measure, mark, and cut it to fit. My Dad gave me the job of packing all the paneling up the stairs, it took me quite a few minutes because I carried one piece at a time. Thats all I could handle. We worked on it for about 4 hours, I feel we didn't get much accomplished. After he left, I removed nails from the old paneling and trim and packed them to my basement. I'm saving all my old stuff for my Grandpa, he is fixing up his house. I already gave him some laminate flooring, from a couple months ago when we refinished the hardwood floors that were underneath. But all that work, made another huge mess that I have yet to clean up. I'm so tired I think I'll just wait till tomorrow to finish cleaning it up.

I also worked on my scarf today, I've got a total of about 4 foot so far. Hopefully I'll get it finished up tomorrow! I can't wait to start making something else!