Pantry.......Before and After

As I promised.......Pantry before and after pictures!

Finishing Day 2

I finished up the kitchen.....got the main counters done, fish tank is gone, and I moved off several small appliances. I decanted my Master Tonic and got the kitchen totally CLEANED and scrubbed down.

I am having a friend over tomorrow and I hate being embarassed by mess so it feels great to be close to company ready.......don't get me wrong....I still have a loft full of boxes, a few boxes in the bedroom & toy room. BUT this is the best my house has ever been.

Forrest cleaned off the entertainment center. I wanted to get the bookshelves decluttered more....little trinkets, toys, and such have ended up in front of the books. I wanted to get more done in the loft. BUT I need to pat myself on the back for what did get done.

Our laundry is caught up and put away. The loft got cleaned and vacuumed. Our master got dusted and vacuumed. Ahhhhh....it felt so good.

Forrest and Brittany did a quick pick up of the toy room while I scrubbed the bathroom and got it ready for company. We had leftovers for dinner instead of a big dinner....I was too busy. But it was still yummy leftovers....Jerk Portobello Steaks, Salmon Patties & Orange Squash Risotto.

Ok....off to do some quiet time for myself, soak some oats for breakfast, quinoa for dinner and get to bed. My friend is coming at 9am....very early for our house.

Day 2 MM & Declutter

Day 1 went really well I got a lot done despite having a horrible headache in the afternoon. Only a few things got pushed on to today.

Today so far we have cleaned the kitchen, bathroom upstairs (including hair brushes), put several baskets of laundry away, cleaned the loft, straightened the master bedroom, vacuumed the loft, hallway & master.

It is nap/quiet time now and then we are tackling the playroom and kitchen again later. The fish tank needs to get removed and the counter reorganized. Downstairs bathrooms & Entertainment center up stairs need to get decluttered, dusted and freshened up. It was nice having everything done yesterday. A real feeling of accomplishment.

I didn't get my quiet time...Genesis 1-3 done yesterday or my CTBHHM journal. So I am going to work on those right now....while 2 are asleep and 2 more are laying down. We start a new school unit when they get up!

Jan 1st 2008 - Motivated Moms & Decluttering

January 1st To Do List

Morning
Check Email, Balance account, check schedule for day
Empty Dishwasher
Make Breakfast
Reboot Wash
Take Vitamins/Supplements
Load Breakfast Dishes
Clean Kitchen sink & stove
Clear/Wipe Kitchen Counters
Change dishcloth/towel
Empty Trash & Recycling in Kitchen
Sweep Kitchen/Dining Room/Entryway

Check on dinner plans/Put dinner in crockpot

After Breakfast/Before lunch
Make Beds
Quick Pick up of Bedrooms & Loft
Empty Trash in bedrooms
Vacuum 2nd story.....all bedrooms & loft

Start the kids on school project

Declutter & organize master bedroom closet
Make lunch
Add dishes to dishwasher & run
Reboot Wash

After Lunch
Clean upstairs bathroom - (Tub, shower, Toilet, floor, counters, mirrors, change hand towels)
Clean downstairs bathroom (sink, mirror, floor, toilet, change hand towels)

Special Reading Time with Mom
Kids OUTSIDE to play // Mom work/computer time.

After Nap/Before Dinner
Finish up dinner
Reboot wash
Put clean clothes away

After Dinner
Unload dishwasher
Clean up kitchen, (dishes, counters, sinks, stove, put away leftovers, table, sweep)
Start dishwasher

Before Bed
Declutter Coupons
Clean out Purse & Diaper bag
Make "To Do" List for tomorrow
Reboot wash
Journal/blog about the day

The New Year and my plans!

The New Year is coming and as usual I have PLANS.....lots of plans.

I ordered the Motivated Moms calendar and printed out the "Simple Life Declutter" calendar. Everything has been combined into on flexiable binder (that can fit my purse). It includes the above....also....meal planning, shopping list, bible in a year and my new BLESSINGS DO LIST.

The Blessings Do List....is to replace the typical "Honey Do List". These are the large chores/ideas that I have to be done around the house. Now they are not CHORES....but items that IF done would BLESS me.

Typically....I make LOTS of plans but don't always follow thru for very long....like most people.

BUT....plan on also blogging as to how it is all going and keeping myself accountable for keeping things going. I am sure this will change the flavor of my blog some but I am sure it will keep LOTS of traditional food items incorporated since that is a A HUGE part of my life.