Monday, November 28, 2011

Starting today…


My house is disgusting. With two very active dogs, an infant, and two adults who aren’t the most neat people in the world, our house is gross. I don’t want it to be gross. I want it to be nice, especially since I’m home all day and have to live in it.

On Pinterest, I’m obessed with pinning organization and cleaning ideas. Ironic, huh?! Well, I’m actually going to use a cleaning schedule as inspiration for my own since it’s a little more complicated. And starting today I’m going to follow my new schedule!!! Since my schedule starts on a Sunday, I have to do two things today.
Sample Schedule:
http://organizingmadefun.blogspot.com/2010/11/15-minutes-of-cleaning-how-to-have-fake.html

My Schedule:
Sunday: Laundry (wash, dry, and put up). This is an all-day maybe multi-day affair.
Monday: Sweep and Vacuum the whole house. Every other week, vacuum the couches (they get really dirty).
Tuesday: Dust house. Includes china cabinet, living room furniture, bedroom furniture.
Wednesday: Clean guest bathroom – Includes tub, sink, toilet, floors, and mirror. Since this doesn’t get very dirty, I’m adding sweeping this kitchen and living room to this day, too.
Thursday: Clean master bathroom – Includes tub, sink, toilet, mirror, and floors.
Friday: Clean kitchen – Includes sweeping and mopping, cleaning up around dog food area, counters, and dishes.
Maintain: The bar area gets bad really quickly. In fact, I don’t know if it ever gets “good.” But this includes sorting thru the mail. And sweep when needed.

OK, ready…set…go!!

I’ll write back in week to tell you how I did. Plus, I have another holiday project fail for ya.

Thursday, November 03, 2011

Pumpkin Fail


I postponed celebrating Halloween until the week of, and I decided to try two ways to decorate with pumpkins that I talked about in a previous post.
Inspiration #1:

My end result:

Inspiration #2:

My end result:
The small pumpkins molded before Halloween.

I didn’t really have a decorative place to put the lantern so it just sat on our bar.

Future Holiday Attempts:





(all of these are on my Pinterest boards, so you can go there for the citing)