A friend and I have been talking about housework, and how hard it is to keep up on it, especially as single working moms. We had both heard about "Fly Lady" a long time ago - a plan to make housework more manageable - but neither of us had really ever done the Fly Lady plan. Today, we took a baby step. Although we live a few thousand miles apart, we had a virtual cleaning party.
We both decided to work on our kitchens. We took before and after pictures and texted them to each other to keep us both honest. With as busy as I've been lately, I haven't actually seen the bottom of the kitchen sink in a long while. So, today, I washed ALL of the dishes, shined the sink, and right now I have water bottles sitting with boiling water and soap to sanitize them.
Recently the same friend, and a few others in our little online mom group mentioned that I never seem to be smiling in my pictures, so here I am smiling:
For the rest of the day, I will do some other small cleaning projects, and will do some crafting for my Etsy shop. At some point, I also hope to do a pet portrait of our dog. I'm thinking of offering custom pet portraits in my Etsy shop...pencil and charcoal drawings. For the moment, however, my Etsy shop is on vacation mode as I regroup, and try to get a handle on my ridiculous work schedule!
Custom pet portraits sounds like a great idea. Makes a unique gift too!
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally know what you mean about feeling accomplished.
Happy New Year!