Operation Craft Room Part 1

Hi all,

  Time sure does fly by!  In a blink my daughter has gone from needing a playroom to hold all her Littlest Pet Shop, Polly Pockets, crayons and coloring books to a beautiful young lady who is more interested in sketch books, you tube, and clogging practice.  So, we have decided to turn that little girls playroom into a fun craft room for us to share and create in.

  I meant to take a picture of the play room before any moving around began, but I thought about it a little too late and took a picture after some clearing out had already begun.

  I plan to repaint the armoire, and fill it full of crafting goodies!

I'm seeing a sewing curtains project in the near future here!

I plan to clear out the old toy bin and put a nice wall decoration that I saw on Pinterest made with pallets.








  I was discussing my craft room ideas with my husband and said I wanted to have a table the my daughter and I could both sit at and would hold my sewing machine and cricut.  After a long day at work I came home with a surprise from him….

  I was thrilled!  He is just tinkering around with wood working and learning as he goes, but I'd say pretty good job for just a quick discussion of what I was going for.  He even tried painting it the colors I mentioned.  It's a bit too turquoise for me, but nothing a bit of robin's egg blue won't cover.  I'm so appreciative of the thoughtfulness and time he took to do this!  The rug is going to go, but will leave it there until after I put another coat of paint.

  More to come as the room transfers into my creative oasis!

Happy creating!!

Jennifer

30 of 52 Weeks of Living Full 2nd OHC this week!!

Hi all,

  Another OHC (One Hour Challenge) done this week!!  A One Hour Challenge is when I set my timer for one hour and see how much I can do in that time frame.  I literally run from one task to the next.  It blesses my home and gives me a good workout!

Here's what I completed…

Bedroom #1:
-Stripped bed and remade with fresh sheets
-opened blinds
-set out clothes for tomorrow
-put away a stack of clothes sitting on dresser
-vacuumed (also did the hallway and steps while I was at it)
-put away stuff on bathroom counter
-S & S mst. toilet
-wiped down sink faucet countertop and wiped mirror
-lit candle
-started load of clothes

Kitchen & Dinning Rm:
-put dishes in dishwasher
-started dishwasher
-washed and dried coffee pot
-washed and dried sink/faucet
-sprayed and wiped down countertops and stovetop
-cleared off kitchen table of knick knacks
-emptied out lunch box and put away
-dry swiffer'd kitchen, dinning rm, foyer and foyer steps
-put away stuff that has accumulated in dinning room chairs
-lit candle
-set out pork chops for dinner

Downstairs:
-Vacuumed fm rm, bedroom #2
-stripped bed #2 and remade with fresh sheets
-opened blinds
-lit candle in fm rm
-turned on candle warmer in living rm
-fluffed fm rm couch, chair and folded blankets from last night's family time in front of boob tube
-put clothes from washer into dryer
-fluffed couch, chair in living rm from morning coffee/family time
-S & S'd guest toilet
-refilled pup's water bowl

Whew!  Glad that's done.  That was really a lot crammed in that hour!  That was a workout…now need a nice shower!!  Going to take care of that then off to fix some lunch and watch an episode of Lost with DD and the dog.  Woo Hoo!!


  Anyone else up for a OHC?  It's amazing what you can get done in that time!  If you don't have a solid hour, break it up into four 15 minutes increments throughout the day.  It feels great to bless your family and home this way!

Join me at these link ups…

Happy Cleaning!

Jennifer

29 of 52 Days Living Full!! OHC

Hi all!

  Today I decided to do another OHC!  (One Hour Challenge)  Here's what I was able to accomplish in that time….

-folded two sets of sheets that have been sitting on coffee table for days!
-put load of clothes in dryer
-started a load of clothes in washer
-made bed #1
-S&S'd toilet #1
-dry swiffer'd kitchen, foyer, dinning rm, living rm, and foyer steps
-vacuumed downstairs fm rm and bedroom
-vacuumed upstairs bedroom, hall and steps
-made bed #2
-picked up random knick knacks thrown on night stand and dresser and put away
-put a load of clothes that was already folded
-swept front porch
-cleaned what we lovingly call "snot circles" on the atrium windows at front door that my dog is now already dirtying up again because the neighbor and his dog did not ask my dog's permission to go for a walk! (will try to post the before picture, not sure how well you can see his mess, there's one for each side perfectly symmetrical!) Failed to get the after picture before he already put them back the way he likes them.
-made homemade S&S wipes with paper towels and tupperware bowls (3 sets for each bathroom) found from this link
-washed 1 pot and pan left over from breakfast


  It is truly amazing how much you can get done in that amount of time!  I have to say, I didn't dilly dally!  I went fast and furious from one tasks to the next.  I was dripping with sweat by the time it was over!  The fact that it is 86 degrees here at 12 noon while sweeping the front porch didn't help with that! 

  I'll be sure to let you know how the homemade wipes turned out. ;)  For now, I'm just going to enjoy how my home is now smiling at me.  Spend some time with the family and enjoy the rest of the day doing whatever my heart desires with no guilt of housecleaning lingering over me. :)

  Anyone else up for a OHC?  Take it from me…it is quite satisfying once all said and done! 

Happy Cleaning!

Jennifer

28 of 52 Days of Living Full!!

Hi all!

  Yesterday I whipped up a quick little crochet project.  I use my dry swifter A LOT!  Our sweet little doggie sheds.  I don't mean just a little.  When he walks you can literally see the hair just falling around him.  So vacuuming and swiffering regularly is a must.  This is what happens when I don't vacuum for just 2 days…

 
  That's really embarrassing to show, but I want to keep it real.  I emptied the canister before I vacuumed!  I haven't washed the canister in a while so the dust in the center is not from just one vacuum session.  So, as you can see when I lax on the vacuuming/swiffer duties it's not good!  Which brings me to the point of this post.  I made another reusable swifter pad….

  Since I wasn't making it as a gift, or getting paid by someone to do it I didn't do a fancy pattern.  I just used up the green I had and added on white once I ran out.  It's nice to have a nice clean one ready to put on while the other one is in hamper.  

  My little fluff puff causes extra work, but who can resist this face….

Happy Swiffering!

Jennifer

27 of 52 Weeks of Living Full!!

Hi all!

  Just thought I would share my day of homemaking success today.  I decided to give myself a OHC= One Hour Challenge. I set my timer for one hour and literally run from one task to the next to try to get as much done as I possibly can in one hour.  Here's what I was able to accomplish….

-Stripped bed #1 and put on clean sheets (I always have a clean set of sheets ready to go, so that once I strip the bed I can immediately put on a fresh set)
-Stripped bed #2 and put on clean sheets
-Swished and Swiped toilet #1
-S & S'd toilet #2
-wiped down sink and faucet in guest bath
-Threw off all cushions from family room sofa and vacuumed out (One of the Missions for this week's zone cleaning...see my Flylady series to read more about that)
-Did it again for Living room sofa
-Dusted with furniture polish in family room
-Dry Swiffer'd kitchen, foyer and foyer steps with my homemade Swiffer pad
-Vacuumed Family room
-Vacuumed upstairs bedroom, hall and steps
-took basket of clothes up to bedroom to put away
-put sheets from both beds in washer so they'll be ready for next time
-put few dishes left on counter in dishwasher and started


  In the meantime my daughter made up two loaves of banana bread with bananas that were going to end up in the compost bin if not eaten soon. 

All in all I call that a successful day of homemaking!  

Happy Homemaking!

Jennifer