Blessings for week of 11.16

11.22- Glee, Glee music, prayer, meds, my friend Britney J, grilled cheese sandwich and tomoto soup for lunch, freshly bathed children, one of the juiciest & sweetest grapefruits ever, watching my fave movie "Ella Enchanted" with B, tea party with B, bedtime

11.21- clean house= happy mom, smell of pinesol, my vacuum, B helping fold towels and being so excited to help, laundry all cleaned & folded & put away, awesome VT who I love so much & great gospel conversation, cuddles & watching "Cat in the Hat" with B, great sound sleep

11.20- a day off thanks to my sweet hubby!, a very productive YW Pres. meeting and loving the sisters I serve with, hanging out with just me and my awesome cousin Sarah, NEW MOON!!!, Native Americans;), Sonic!!, hubby did the dishes- thanks babe!, the new TLC show Family Armor about an LDS family, making it through a tough run and the high I get from running, good chat with my Pops, grapefruit!, new snack of chocolate covered Ritz (yum!), Ferrera Rochet (yum, yum!), playing Monopoly with my bros, getting lots of free steaks from a good ward family friend

11.19- getting to meet with a soon-to-be baptized sister with the missionaries and my kids not being too crazy, the BOM (Book of Mormon), Baily not being as sick as I thought she was and being in a good mood all day, playing with Joaquin and his sweet sweet laugh, SYTYCD and the way Baily tries to imitate each dance, Baily making a heart with her hands and running to tell me so excitedly that it was a special heart for me because she loves me so much, getting a letter from my momma

11.18- sleeping in, getting through a very hard run, excitement for New Moon!, super hot shower on a cold day, hanging with my best girl Brittney and getting to watch her kids then her watching my kids for me so I could go to YWIE in peace, BK onion rings, a fab Spirit-filled Yound Women in Excellence, all my Beehives and how proud I am of them, talking about my mom and how she taught me faith by having charity and compassion, enjoying late night frozen pizza and watching our shows (Law & Order SVU and Criminal Minds) with my amazing husband, loving & appreciating my hubby so much, cuddling with my sweet babies

11.17- citrus season is upon us!!, delicious grapefruit, classical music, refreshing & crisp Fall walk, loving my country and all our people as I watched past episode of Biggest Loser, Wendy's Frosty & fries, red lipstick, my cute leather jacket, my very warm home in very cold weather, playtime with the kiddos, SYTYCD

11.16- woke up with tons of motivation and made a list of "Will" goals, prayer, doubling my running time and making it through the workout, a super hot shower, Baily's sweet family prayer all by herself, family council meeting, love of Moroni, clean home, the call to have a background interview for job I really want but thought I didn't get, delicious dinner with new recipe (chicken pockets) and kids eating all of it without a fight, making special k bars with my kids and eating them!, kids helping me clean basement without a fight and having fun playing catch with them, my kid's laughter, reading with my kids, playing Uno Attack with B and her cracking up, B's sweet prayers, my awesome hubby, a wonderful day of keeping up with my "will" goals

Operation: "Saturday is a Special Day"

Saturday November 21, 2009

So yesterday I had a mission to accomplish- Operation: Saturday Is a Special Day. According to the popular children's LDS hymn, Saturday is a special day it's the day we get ready for Sunday... which includes cleaning and laundry and stuff like that. Well usually I try to clean all throughout the week- like Monday is floors, Tuesdays bathroom and laundry and so on and so forth. Well I didn't really get that done this week so I had a lot to do yesterday to make up for that. So it felt like I was truly on my Saturday Is a Special Day Mission. It kept me busy all day but it felt so good to at the end of the day to have a sparkly, fresh smelling home along with all my laundry cleaned, folded and put away. Baily even got in on the action and helped me pick up and fold towels. She's such a great helper and I need to let her help more often and not be so impatient and just try to do it all myself. And not only is she a great helper, she loves it. And I love that she loves to help;) I am definitely a believer of the principle "cleanliness is next to Godliness" because when my house is a mess is when I the beastliest- I get frustrated, feel worthless and all that jazz. But when my home's clean I feel so much more invigorated, motivated, focused and productive. So it feels great to have had a clean home at the end of the day. I also got a break in the midst of my cleaning with a sweet visit from my sweet Visiting Teachers. I love them so much. They have been such great friends and so diligent about not only visiting me each week but making me feel loved and watched over. They are awesome! I was also able to get my last minute grocery shopping done for the few things I needed for the week. So it was a productive day and that felt good. This is me and Baily after a hard day's work- tired but happy. (This is what I look like without makeup- scary I know!) I was disappointed that I didn't get my running in but I'm not going to beat myself up over it and go back hard at it on Monday. After Joaquin went to sleep (poor little fella wasn't feeling well and running a fever and me and Baily weren't feeling too swell either), Baily and I sat to relax and watch Cat in the Hat. It was her first time watching it and she loved it. I have a feeling we'll be watching that a lot in the future. And I thought this was so funny- this is Baily's puppy and apparently he was being naughty so she put him in timeout (this is her timeout spot). What a naughty little puppy! It scares me how much she's like me.

Discussion Question:

What are your cleaning tactics? All in one day once a week, something different every day, never...?