As the day draws to a close I am happy to say that I completed everything on my to do list. With a screaming baby and a 6:30am alarm tomorrow I wont bother to update with photos now, but expect them later tis weekend.
I will, however, be documenting by big city adventure in issue 1 of: A day in pictures
The 24 hour challenge
I’m heading off to the big city Saturday morning and want to get the house clean before then. Above you can see the photos of the messy rooms I need to clean.
Here’s the complete list of what needs to be done:
All of this with a 2 year old and a 6 month old.
I have about 24 hours to get everything done. Can I do it? We’ll have to see.
Perhaps I can issue some type of personal reward for myself… Maybe to the tune of extra spending money?
My house is a mess. Despite an entire day of cleaning yesterday, I feel like I accomplished very little. Sure, I made a few discoveries, like my hall floors can safely be walked on without tripping on something nor getting food stuck to your feet, or when all the laundry is done we sure have a lot of clothes. Unfortunately cleaning the hall, kitchen and dining room floors means all that crap was thrown in the general direction of where it lives - like Kylie’s room, the living room or, most cluttered of all, the kitchen table.
Despite the mess and the clutter in my house, I am really an organzied person at heart. I’m slowly going about my house, getting rid of all the junk that has been piling since we moved in. It’s a long process - there is a lot of junk - but I find that each shelf that looks cleaner makes me more relaxed.
With two small children, organization when we leave the house is critical. This is made more difficult by the fact that we don’t drive. We have getting two children ready, the diaper bag packed and the stroller out the door almost down to a science. Our small, everyday adventures are becoming routine.
So let’s mix it up! Going away for Christmas involves driving down with relatives, cramming all of our gear, Christmas presents, carseats and children and keeping them entertained for 6 hours. Then it’s 5 days away from home, followed by another 6 hour drive.
We leave in less than 3 weeks. I don’t want to forget anything, so I’ve already started a packing list broken into categories. As I think of something we need to get, I jot it down on the list. This trip will go well.
Other then the fear of 6 hours in a car with my children, I am ready for Christmas. Most of my shopping is done and the presents are wrapped. Christmas photos should be here any day and we can get the cards in the mail.
It’s a shame that despite my preparations, Christmas always sneaks up. This weekend we’re putting up the tree.
My house is a mess. Although right now it’s particularly dirty (I’ve been sick) it’s perpetually messy and often feels disorganized and cluttered. With about 6 months to go until Marcus is crawling around I really need a solution for our stuff.
I’m starting to do some deep cleaning and thinking. Why are we keeping games we never play? Instruction manuals in French? Empty iPhone boxes? PS2 DDR mats when our ps2 isn’t working? And even if it was, why would we need 4 on a two player console?
These are all excellent questions yet for some reason ones we haven’t been asking ourselves. We don’t have the space for things we might use, thought we would use or just bought becuase it was a good deal and we should have never bought at all.
I have big plans for my home and plan on getting started. I know that we can get things in order and have a beautiful clean home.
Let’s see how things go.
