Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Words-Wednesday
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." -Edith Sitwell
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tis That Time of Year!
That time again! That time of year when the light fluffy stuff becomes lethal. When the white bounty is brutal and takes no prisoners. And when we pull our chairs up close so we don't miss one grunt or groan. Winter X Games 15 starts this Thursday and runs through Sunday. This is our Super Bowl Weekend!
Monday, January 24, 2011
More On Dabble
Let me explain a bit more about my last post before I accumulate a lot of mail and pamphlets about exorcising our home.
Our house is not haunted by a ghost that originated by a murder\suicide. We built the house, therefor we are the extent of dwellers that have inhabited here. Plus as far as I know we didn't build on an ancient burial ground so no poltergeist activity is evident.
I believe every house is alive with the energy produced by it's inhabitants and it stores up a memory of that energy. Every wonder why so many deserted houses have ghost sightings and sounds? I believe it is the house remembering. And after a while it is grieving, wanting to be alive again. I also believe it stores up the good and the negative energy. And whatever was most prominent is what it will emanate.
This house, I like to think, is good energy and even a little mischievous because we love to play within these walls. We run through the house about everyday and have since we first moved in. We have played hide and seek with puppies and kittens and with one another. We have chased each other back and forth with laughter ringing. So if the stairs happen to creak it isn't a big deal to me it's just the house remembering us walking up. And if the hair dryer becomes unplugged while I'm using it, then it's a little of our playful energy being returned.
I could go on and on about this house because I love it so. I truly feel at peace when I walk through these doors. Instantly feeling safe from a world that is sometimes harsh. It is my haven and I feel blessed over that fact and at the same time feel a sadness for those that feel restless in theirs, always wanting to leave it instead of wanting to return.
In my quest this year to be more aware, I focused on my house and my feelings toward it. I found that I love this house and am so thankful it loves me back.
"The happiest homes I have known I can describe very well, though I cannot remember the fabrics or decorations in them. I remember them for a sort of glow, a radiance over everything; and it was not indirect illumination, it was the glow of a warm and happy spirit inhabiting the home." - Gladys Taber
Our house is not haunted by a ghost that originated by a murder\suicide. We built the house, therefor we are the extent of dwellers that have inhabited here. Plus as far as I know we didn't build on an ancient burial ground so no poltergeist activity is evident.
I believe every house is alive with the energy produced by it's inhabitants and it stores up a memory of that energy. Every wonder why so many deserted houses have ghost sightings and sounds? I believe it is the house remembering. And after a while it is grieving, wanting to be alive again. I also believe it stores up the good and the negative energy. And whatever was most prominent is what it will emanate.
This house, I like to think, is good energy and even a little mischievous because we love to play within these walls. We run through the house about everyday and have since we first moved in. We have played hide and seek with puppies and kittens and with one another. We have chased each other back and forth with laughter ringing. So if the stairs happen to creak it isn't a big deal to me it's just the house remembering us walking up. And if the hair dryer becomes unplugged while I'm using it, then it's a little of our playful energy being returned.
I could go on and on about this house because I love it so. I truly feel at peace when I walk through these doors. Instantly feeling safe from a world that is sometimes harsh. It is my haven and I feel blessed over that fact and at the same time feel a sadness for those that feel restless in theirs, always wanting to leave it instead of wanting to return.
In my quest this year to be more aware, I focused on my house and my feelings toward it. I found that I love this house and am so thankful it loves me back.
"The happiest homes I have known I can describe very well, though I cannot remember the fabrics or decorations in them. I remember them for a sort of glow, a radiance over everything; and it was not indirect illumination, it was the glow of a warm and happy spirit inhabiting the home." - Gladys Taber
Sunday, January 23, 2011
!!!One Year!!!
On January 23, 2010 at 9:49 a.m. I published my welcome post and today thanks to your support I am still here. Many many thanks for allowing me to vent this last year and ramble in my quiet unassuming signature way! :-)
You'll notice I've made a few changes here in the last day or two. So please excuse the mess while I convert everything over. I also wanted to mention the comment option is back up. I'm excited about this because I love hearing from you!
I have a good feeling about this year, so let's share it together!
Love to you all.........Kristi.
You'll notice I've made a few changes here in the last day or two. So please excuse the mess while I convert everything over. I also wanted to mention the comment option is back up. I'm excited about this because I love hearing from you!
I have a good feeling about this year, so let's share it together!
Love to you all.........Kristi.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Big Air For Two
"Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again." -Bill Morgan, Jr.
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again." -Bill Morgan, Jr.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Dabble
Our stairs creak only when someone goes up or down them. They creak from the weight of the person walking. The other night we were all upstairs together when the stairs start to creak. I automatically assume it is my mother over to visit. My husband leans over to look down the stairs to greet whom ever it is. And there's no one there. He looks at me then shrugs. I said it's the house elf. He must of got lonely.
You've heard me mention our house elf before. He is the one that gets blamed for things disappearing around here but being a bandit isn't all he does. He makes the stairs creak, the lights flicker. He unplugs things. He has recently hid my favorite hairbrush that I keep in a certain spot always. I asked him to help me find it and he did. He also decided to play video games the other night and I have to say that was very entertaining.
He's been with us so long he is like part of the family but I realized recently he didn't have a name. After much consideration and deliberation. We are going to call him Dabble because he likes to "dabble" in just about anything.
Hopefully now that he has a name all his own he won't be as mischievous as before. Until next time......Kristi.
You've heard me mention our house elf before. He is the one that gets blamed for things disappearing around here but being a bandit isn't all he does. He makes the stairs creak, the lights flicker. He unplugs things. He has recently hid my favorite hairbrush that I keep in a certain spot always. I asked him to help me find it and he did. He also decided to play video games the other night and I have to say that was very entertaining.
He's been with us so long he is like part of the family but I realized recently he didn't have a name. After much consideration and deliberation. We are going to call him Dabble because he likes to "dabble" in just about anything.
Hopefully now that he has a name all his own he won't be as mischievous as before. Until next time......Kristi.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Words Wednesday
"We spend every January 1 walking through our lives room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives....not looking for flaws, but for potential." -Ellen Goodman
Monday, January 10, 2011
My New Blogs and My Cleaning List
A few months ago I told you about loosing two of my favorite blogs. Since then I have been on a quest for new blogs to replace those. I have come across some very interesting blogs and great writers but just couldn't seem to find the kindred spirits I once had. That is until last month I happened across Clean Mama and I instantly liked her style. She updates regular and I have her love of organizing. I also love to clean ( I know those of you that have been to my house are questioning this last statement) I do love it I just don't do it religiously. I also have an odd obsession with throwing things out. I know it's weird but I love to toss things as does Clean Mama. I suppose it's the simplifying of , or increasing the amount of space, that is addictive and not the actual act of filling up a landfill. There is probably a deep seated reason but unfortunately Dr. Phil isn't my neighbor so I guess we'll never know.
Just like FlyLady, Clean Mama has a cleaning schedule that just doesn't work for me. FlyLady cleans one zone a week. Which in theory is great because you do spring cleaning all year long but if my bathroom needs extra work this week and it's living room week then I'm in trouble until bathroom zone rolls around, or I have to double up my cleaning schedule.
Clean Mama dusts one day, vacuums the next, and mops the third day. We have quite a bit of carpet and if I dust one day and don't vacuum on that day, then we track through and recirculate the dust back in the air and on the furniture it lands once again.
My schedule is sort of a combination between the two of them. Monday is home blessing here. I go through with my cleaning bucket and a garbage bag. I start in the front of the house and work my way to the back. I have everything in my bucket to clean in each room so I don't have to track down special cleaners, i.e. leather conditioner for the couch. This excludes the bathroom cleaners because they aren't used in any other rooms and I don't want to tote toilet bowl cleaner around with my window cleaner. Germs.....ick! The garbage bag is to empty all trash cans in, and last count was eight in this house.
After I have made my way to the back and finished the last room. I grab the vacuum cleaner that's stored in the back of the house and vacuum my way to the front of the house. After I mop I'm finished.
Now on to laundry. I'm telling you this because my cleaning schedule revolves around laundry.
I do a load or two of laundry everyday. Some people prefer to spend one day and do it all at once. The "little bit everyday" works for me. On Monday I wash the weekend clothes. On Tuesday I change sheets, this being said since I'm in the bedroom changing sheets, I clean the bedroom. Now remember yesterday I dusted it and vacuumed so today it gets extra work, I clean the windows and straighten the closet. Anything that doesn't get down today can be done on Tuesday of next week.
Wednesday is bathroom day. I take down the towels and launder. So it makes sense to deep clean the bathroom. Again dusting and mopping has already been done, so I do the windows, clean the tub, and sweep. I may take down the curtains and wash them with the towels. You get the idea.
Thursday is errand day. I have to take my mom to the beauty shop on Thursdays, so we go the grocery store afterwards. Bringing in groceries you need somewhere to put them, so on Thursdays I clean out the refrigerator before we go to town. With that going on, it seems logical to make Thursday kitchen cleaning day. Fronts of appliances get shined, the coffee pot gets a cleaning cycle run through it, and so on.
Friday is laundry room day. I make sure all of the dirty laundry is done up. Then I sweep and tidy up in here. I run a cleaning cycle in the washing machine. As a rule I don't do any laundry over the weekend unless an emergency comes up or someone is sick, but normally the laundry room is closed on weekends and I start back up on Monday.
Friday is also "whole house tidy" day.I go through and straighten up every room, making sure everything is in its place. Then spot clean, sweep or vacuum.
The idea is to be ready for the weekend. Weekends are for being with my family and not cleaning. So I want the house ready on Fridays and the cleaning ready to start back up on Mondays with the exception of maintenance cleaning over the weekend.
That's my schedule. I think I accomplish the same as the two wonderful ladies above, just under a different set of rules.
Having said all this, I absolutely love the Clean Mama blog. She has great organizing ideas and I love her binder system. I added her to my blog roll so you can jump right on over and check out her blog. I also added The Idea Room, another great blog. I added both of these to facebook as well and get updates as they post.
Have a great day! Until next time.... Kristi.
Just like FlyLady, Clean Mama has a cleaning schedule that just doesn't work for me. FlyLady cleans one zone a week. Which in theory is great because you do spring cleaning all year long but if my bathroom needs extra work this week and it's living room week then I'm in trouble until bathroom zone rolls around, or I have to double up my cleaning schedule.
Clean Mama dusts one day, vacuums the next, and mops the third day. We have quite a bit of carpet and if I dust one day and don't vacuum on that day, then we track through and recirculate the dust back in the air and on the furniture it lands once again.
My schedule is sort of a combination between the two of them. Monday is home blessing here. I go through with my cleaning bucket and a garbage bag. I start in the front of the house and work my way to the back. I have everything in my bucket to clean in each room so I don't have to track down special cleaners, i.e. leather conditioner for the couch. This excludes the bathroom cleaners because they aren't used in any other rooms and I don't want to tote toilet bowl cleaner around with my window cleaner. Germs.....ick! The garbage bag is to empty all trash cans in, and last count was eight in this house.
After I have made my way to the back and finished the last room. I grab the vacuum cleaner that's stored in the back of the house and vacuum my way to the front of the house. After I mop I'm finished.
Now on to laundry. I'm telling you this because my cleaning schedule revolves around laundry.
I do a load or two of laundry everyday. Some people prefer to spend one day and do it all at once. The "little bit everyday" works for me. On Monday I wash the weekend clothes. On Tuesday I change sheets, this being said since I'm in the bedroom changing sheets, I clean the bedroom. Now remember yesterday I dusted it and vacuumed so today it gets extra work, I clean the windows and straighten the closet. Anything that doesn't get down today can be done on Tuesday of next week.
Wednesday is bathroom day. I take down the towels and launder. So it makes sense to deep clean the bathroom. Again dusting and mopping has already been done, so I do the windows, clean the tub, and sweep. I may take down the curtains and wash them with the towels. You get the idea.
Thursday is errand day. I have to take my mom to the beauty shop on Thursdays, so we go the grocery store afterwards. Bringing in groceries you need somewhere to put them, so on Thursdays I clean out the refrigerator before we go to town. With that going on, it seems logical to make Thursday kitchen cleaning day. Fronts of appliances get shined, the coffee pot gets a cleaning cycle run through it, and so on.
Friday is laundry room day. I make sure all of the dirty laundry is done up. Then I sweep and tidy up in here. I run a cleaning cycle in the washing machine. As a rule I don't do any laundry over the weekend unless an emergency comes up or someone is sick, but normally the laundry room is closed on weekends and I start back up on Monday.
Friday is also "whole house tidy" day.I go through and straighten up every room, making sure everything is in its place. Then spot clean, sweep or vacuum.
The idea is to be ready for the weekend. Weekends are for being with my family and not cleaning. So I want the house ready on Fridays and the cleaning ready to start back up on Mondays with the exception of maintenance cleaning over the weekend.
That's my schedule. I think I accomplish the same as the two wonderful ladies above, just under a different set of rules.
Having said all this, I absolutely love the Clean Mama blog. She has great organizing ideas and I love her binder system. I added her to my blog roll so you can jump right on over and check out her blog. I also added The Idea Room, another great blog. I added both of these to facebook as well and get updates as they post.
Have a great day! Until next time.... Kristi.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Words Wednesday on Friday :)
"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work." Thomas A. Edison
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Me and My Projects
Just for fun (strictly mine of course) I made a list of my paint projects in the year of 2010.
Knick Knack Cupboard
Microwave Stand
Zach's Bedroom
Nightstand
Living Room
3 Exterior Doors (Inside and Out)
Library
Inside of Kitchen Cabinets
Pantry
Pantry Door
Closet
Fascia Boards and Soffit on Exterior of House
And to be nit picky:
3 picture frames
a candle stand base
and one mailbox post
LOL ;)
Paint projects I have planned for 2011:
Trim in library
Kitchen
My bedroom
Shop Trim
Repaint the cloak room
Restain the kitchen cabinets
Repaint the mailbox post (yet again)
Knick Knack Cupboard
Microwave Stand
Zach's Bedroom
Nightstand
Living Room
3 Exterior Doors (Inside and Out)
Library
Inside of Kitchen Cabinets
Pantry
Pantry Door
Closet
Fascia Boards and Soffit on Exterior of House
And to be nit picky:
3 picture frames
a candle stand base
and one mailbox post
LOL ;)
Paint projects I have planned for 2011:
Trim in library
Kitchen
My bedroom
Shop Trim
Repaint the cloak room
Restain the kitchen cabinets
Repaint the mailbox post (yet again)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!!
Hope you made precious memories in 2010 and get everything you need in 2011.Happy New Year!
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