August 2, 2007

Back By Popular Demand: Cleaning Overhaul



Now that our trips are complete, I've been focusing in on getting the house cleaned and decluttered again. I've been really trying to focus on just doing lots of little things each day so that I don't feel so overwhelmed and so far it seems to be going really well. Aug. 1 was my "start again" date. I forgot to shine my sink yesterday, so I'm doing it right now.

For those of you just tuning in, I've been using www.flylady.net as a resource to get my tush in gear and get my house cleaned. Since becoming pregnant with Monkey things slowly went down hill around the Monkey household and I've been slowly but surely reclaiming it. It's a lot of work...

I think I forgot to mention in my last post that monkey is teething. I've been suspecting it for awhile (since around the first week of June, actually), but we just saw the first bit of tooth come up as of last Tuesday. I was hoping that the worst of it was over, but it appears that maybe he's getting his second bottom tooth because he's been chomping a lot on that side and has been extremely clingy and fussy the last few days. It makes it quite difficult to get anything done. But, he is my first priority, so I'm trying to fit in cleaning when he and time allows.

On the Baby Food front, I've almost read Super Baby Food. It had a lot of good content but definitely wasn't the best organized book ever. I need to return it to the library in 5 days, so I need to make sure I made enough notes before returning it. The author (can't remember her name) is kind of a health nut and is vegetarian, so there are something things I won't be following as closely as she would recommend. But, it had some very good overall tips and recipes that I will definitely be using.

Onward and happy cleaning to all and to all a good day!

1 comment:

Jodi @ Happy House Quilts said...

surrender! I now have 3 girls from 15 months to 7 1/2 and it's been a long 7 years...but when they are grown they won't remember a clean house...they will remember time spent with them...I have to remind myself of that a lot...but laundry will wait or it will get done by bits and pieces. My house gets uncluttered only for school to start and have it get recluttered all over again...i put things away and then they are off the bus and home again with back packs and shoes and jackets....ahhh it never ends...now the baby is a stripper...are you laughing yet? it get's better each year...this motherhood thing...it really does!
Jodi