the here + now

Yesterday I had no desire to really clean. It was cloudy, breezy and just one of those days I would have rather sat with a book. It took me awhile But I did get 20 chores done. Maybe easier chores, but hey I got 20 done. 1) Clean out fridge - I do this weekly so it really doesn't take me long at all anymore 2) Clean the kitchen - this did however take a good amount of time 3) Sweep kitchen floor  4) Take trash to the curb 5) Clean closet - we have a closet in our kitchen where we keep our shoes and coats, it becomes very overrun by too many shoes and all the mulch from the playset makes it so dirty. 6) Clean pantry - needs to be tended from time to time 7) Dishes 8) Sweep front door area  9) Vacuum stairs  10) Clean master bedroom - on Monday we made some changes in our master bedroom. We had a Cal King mattress that was just falling apart, making it hard for us to sleep so we got rid of that and changed back to a Queen - big {small} change. W...

My List: 1) Fold and put away master bathroom towels 2) Clean master bathroom 3) Clean master bedroom and closet 4) Vacuum master bedroom 5)Vacuum stair landing 6) Wash dry and put away kids towels 7) Clean out car 8) Wash dry and hang Alex's football clothes 9) Devotions 10) Clean tv area 11) Clean living room 12) Vacuum living room 13) Clean front room 14) Vacuum front room 15) Clean kids bathroom 16) Fridge 17) Clean microwave 18) Dishes 19) Take trash to the curb 20) Wash dry and put away mine and Doug's clothes My morning started out a little rough. I hit the snooze button twice, meaning getting up at 7am instead of 6:30. I was still feeling drained from yesterday. The kids woke up early so no rushing around, it was actually more laid back {with them} After they got on the bus I started out cleaning. I started in the master bedroom, starting some laundry and then cleaning our bathroom. Once I got that done I finally started feeling energized. By 1...