Chores

I grew up in a clean and tidy house. I'd like to credit to my parents being Army kids. We had our days of messiness, but mostly it was pretty tidy.  Now being a stay at home mom and in my own place I tend to have the same tendency.  Trust me, some days dishes are left over night, toys are on the floor, and clean laundry is waiting to be folded. And with a 19 month old, the minute you put toys away, she's rolling out toilet paper across the bathroom!  I actually enjoy cleaning, it gives me satisfaction to see results, it makes me feel comfortable and then I know it's clean.

I made a friend during the summer bible study I did at church. And I overheard someone ask her, "So what chore is today?"  Later asking her about it, she explained to keep herself sane while she's at home she has designated one chore a day, that way it helps her keep the house clean instead of having one long day with a lot of chores to do.  Brilliant!!! I since have (sorta) adopted this motto.  I had already had laundry days, but after adopting cleaning one thing a day has really helped me feel less stressed. 
For example, here's what I've made up as a normal week of cleaning chores:

Monday: Me and Bryson's laundry and Vacuum
Tuesday: Clean Bathrooms aka "Toilet Tuesday"
Wednesday: Violet's laundry
Thursday: free day :)
Friday: Me and Bryson's laundry

As you can see, it's really not that much! And who wants to clean on a weekend??

*Sweeping the floor, dishes, wiping counters, putting away toys is an everyday event
**All you men haters out there, don't you worry Bryson does plenty around the house to help with chores too :)

Hopeful Green Thumb

Yesterday I had the day off from work. The morning was spent doing Pilates and weights followed by a noon time coffee break with Bryson at Benu, a new coffee shop in the Eastside. (really good by the way!) So afterwards I headed to Home Depot to buy a few things: potting soil, air filter, and a copy of our house key. Well I finished gathering all those things and started to wander through the "garden" section. I've recently been dreaming about house plants, our front yard flower/plant bed design and grass.

As I continue my grazing about the plants, I'm reminded of Christmas. We did a Secret Santa gift exchange with the Owen's side and Bryson's Brother-in-law, Alan, gave me a house plant! I was sooooo excited! Pick out the perfect spot in the house: living room, front entrance table, by window. Two days later we get a freeze, and the plant shivered to death inside the house!! RIP

So I've been on the look for another one, and found it! A little leafy green guy, and picked out a perfect pot for it! I had myself a project for the afternoon! I had already been planing to transfer Zinnia's a friend gave us into a big pot and now I wanted to plant the leafy green guy


New house plant and Baby Zinnias


Transfer pots


The Aloe plant now has friends :)


Home Sweet Home

I hope there is a future with these plants :)