Something Old something New...

SOMETHING OLD

something new

SOMETHING BORROWED

something blue!!

No, there are no weddings in my life. Thankfully I have been there and done that and marriage has been very good to me in that I have a wonderful husband of nearly 14 years!

This saying just happened to fit my life at the moment.



Something old.

My bowl of oatmeal this morning. I LOVE oatmeal and so I eat it around 4-5 mornings a week for breakfast. It is old, but still good!

Something New.

I had requests to see the New ceiling fan (finished product) that my husband risked his life to put in on the ceiling 18 feet high!

Something Borrowed:

I have been struggling with getting myself organized and getting my tasks done lately. Housework is SO mundane. So I asked and a friend helped me out by giving me this list to keep me on task, daily! (Thanks Michelle!)

MONDAY

*Laundry (1-2 loads only, washed, dried folded & put away)

*Pick up house (Do a 10 min tidy morning & evening)

*Vacuum

*Declutter Paper

*Clean Bathrooms

TUESDAY

*Laundry (1-2 loads only, washed, dried folded & put away)

*Pick up house (Do a 10 min tidy morning & evening)

*Sweep & Mop

*Wipe windows

*Clean carpets monthly

WEDNESDAY

*Change and Wash bedsheets

*Pick up house (Do a 10 min tidy morning & evening)

*Declutter Paper

*Pick up Basement - Have kids do this

THURSDAY

*Pick up house (Do a 10 min tidy morning & evening)

*Laundry (1-2 loads only, washed, dried folded & put away)

*Dust - kids can help with this!

FRIDAY

*Laundry (1-2 loads only, washed, dried folded & put away)

*Pick up house (Do a 10 min tidy morning & evening)

*Vacuum (so it's clean for the weekend)

*Clean Bathrooms (***Have kids do it after school or first thing Sat morning)

SATURDAY

*Wipe railing and baseboards - Have kids do this

*Wipe dirty handprints off walls and doors and anything else.

*Dust

SUNDAY

*Prepare Primary Lesson.

*Church, quiet family time, meetings!

(As a side note, my paper clutter is getting way out of hand! My kids each bring home a fistfull every day. The mailman is keeping it coming as well. I need it to STOP already. I hate to have this mess and because I hate to deal with it or I don't know exactly what to do with it sometimes (Laren's stuff), I pile it up. Anyone else with this problem?)

Something Blue.

See all the blue in this Kohl's ad? Do you also see that I got THIRTY percent off my entire purchase? Every few months Kohls sends out an ad and gives an opportunity (for their credit card holders) to get an extra 15,20, or 30 percent off if they use their Kohl's charge. This is my first time of ever getting that! (I usually get the 15% off.) I love Kohl's because it has a great variety of clothes for my whole family and great prices too. Their clearance is especially good!

Anyway, I have not always used my "extra savings". The reason is because I don't always need something from there. But this time it came at a good time because 4 out of 5 of my kids are outgrowing everything they own! Just in the last couple of months they have sprouted up and I'm tired of having to send them in jeans that are highwater and shirts that were once long enough have now turned into "belly" shirts!

I keep wishing that the seasons would hurry and change (hurry up, Spring!) so I could just wait and buy new warm clothes next Fall. But, I can tell that is not going to happen. The weatherman is saying 4-8 inches of snow for Denver on Friday and more again on Monday. Blech! I'm ready for warm weather, capri's, short-sleeve shirts, painted toenails I can see and wedge sandals on my feet!!

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something New!