Finish This #36

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 by Nicole 24 Comments

IT’S WEEK 36 OF FINISH THIS … if this is your first time here, welcome! If you’re a repeat customer, thanks for playing along again. Your co-hosts are LISA (COASTLINED), JEN (The Arizona Russums), BECKY (The Java Mama) and NICOLE (Three 31) and the instructions are simple: answer the prompts on your blog and add the post to the link up. Next week, we’ll do it all over again with a new set of prompts (located at the bottom of this post). Let’s get started!

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CHALLENGE FOR YOU … visit at least three (3) blogs and comment on their “Finish This” post. Even if you don’t know the person, introduce yourself and leave a genuine comment. If you know a blogger who would like to participate in this link up, invite them to join us. Blogging is about building communities!

1. I am serious about
cleaning our house and maintaining a more well-kept living space. I absolutely LOATHE cleaning, and I’d rather ignore the clutter and procrastinate my to-do lists than dust or vacuum, but I’ve challenged myself to complete a cleaning schedule for one week. The schedule pictured below is currently taped to the front of the refrigerator. Since Sunday, I’ve cleaned and organized the fridge, gone to the grocery, and thoroughly cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms. I used to keep lots of stuff on the kitchen counter, like big containers of utensils, two knife blocks that I hate and never used, jars of sugar and flour, and all of Kamden’s bottles, two drying racks, and a sterilizer I never use. Notice a trend? I organized a drawer beside the stove for the majority of my cooking utensils, put the flour and sugar in the pantry, and the rest is either going to be sold on Craigslist or donated to the thrift store. Our kitchen is very large and there is tons of cabinet and work space, and clearing the countertops makes it look more efficient, organized, and clutter-free. Today, I’m working on bedrooms and I know I’ll have more stuff (a.k.a useless crap) to add to the thrift store pile. My goal is to repeat the schedule below, or something similar, every week in order to maintain my sanity and keep the clutter chaos to a minimum. I have several “big projects” that I want to complete before the end of the year too, specifically clearing out closet space and getting rid of things (clothes, household items, seasonal décor, etc.) that we no longer use. As Kamden gets older and becomes more mobile, it’s going to be even more important that I keep things picked up. I’m not applying for a white glove test, don’t misunderstand, but I need to make domestic chores a higher priority. Even 15-30 minutes a day will make a huge difference. (I hope I don’t sound like I should be on the show Hoarders, my house isn’t THAT bad.)

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While on my hands and knees scrubbing grout lines and tile in our master bathroom shower, I tried to think of ways to keep the area cleaner, especially the glass door. I found a bottle of Rain-X windshield spray in the garage and thought, “What the heck?!” Needless to say, our shower’s glass hasn’t been this clear or streak-free since the day it was installed … in 2011. (What!) Hopefully it will repel water and keep the area clean(er) longer. Anything’s worth a shot, right?!

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2. I am most relaxed when
Husband and Kamden are happy.

And when I’m doing the relaxation pose in yoga. It’s my favorite. I hate to think what I look like while doing it, but this might be a pretty close, pretty accurate depiction:

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