Morning Brain Fog

Have you ever woken up and still felt like you were asleep? Yep...that's how I feel. I have gotten dressed, put on make up (ok so I only wear eyeliner and mascara but its still something) and made a cup of tea and I still feel like I am sleeping. My hair is a mess still as you can see because doing it seems like too much work right now.

Lets be honest...how many days would you just like to have nothing to do in the morning? I woke up at 615 with the kids and by 7 I was thinking what would another hour of sleep hurt. So I slept another hour. Now I am up and feel like walking around not really accomplishing much.

This blog really isn't about anything in particular just my thoughts of this morning. You know after I just folded the kids laundry this morning I was thinking...Why is it they give it to me right before bed? Do your kids do that too? Usually they do their own laundry but lately I just have been doing it for them so I don't have to wait on the washer for my own clothes. Seriously....Do your kids give you laundry right before their  bedtime and tell you that they need a clean this or that the next morning? I seriously was thinking of going to bed when they did but NOOOO I had to stay up till it was done so I could put it into the dryer ha!

I guess I am trying to figure out if this or that is normal to other people. Like for me every morning whatever has been bothering me maybe that week is the first thought on my mind. WHAT THE HECK! Like I want to wake up to something that has been on my mind enough. I automatically say NO. And yes I say it out loud. Then lets be real I go to use the restroom and check my facebook. Oh don't think of me as a weirdo I bet you do too. Well unless you have a huge computer then maybe only half of you do:) After washing my hands....yes I wash my hands at my house too...I start reading a devotion or two or three. I think reading my Bible App really helps to ground me in the morning. If I don't read it somehow I feel like my day isn't just right.

So here I am sitting here now thinking of all the stuff I have to do today. Thankfully it may be chores but its fun stuff because its about getting our new land and house put together. Yep! I feel like an adult! Maybe I should get to it since for the last couple minutes in between sips of tea (didn't feel like coffee this morning) I am looking at an empty kitchen since I have been packing, a huge bag of carrots my husband ALWAYS buys and forgets to give to the horses, and two basketfuls of laundry that my kids can take up themselves when they get home.

So what was this blog about today. Well kind of nothing. I guess I just wanted to be real and talk with you guys over a cup of tea or coffee. I often wonder who actually reads these? If you do and dare to show yourself leave a comment. It would be great to say hi! Oh and I am sorry I write like how I talk. Okay actually maybe I am not sorry since I don't have to worry about punctuation which is nice.

I am starting to slowly come out of my morning fog. Maybe I should actually do my hair for the day and get a going. Just wanted to say hi to anyone to reads this and hopefully I will get a hi back!

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Spring Cleaning, Keurig and Tips

Last night while laying comfy in my bed getting ready to watch my guilty pleasure shows I started to think of Spring Cleaning. What? WHY RAE! WHY! Why is my mind thinking of this. I have clean house and its always picked up. With 6 of us in a smaller house it has to be or I might go mad and need a straight jacket. I have to say however that I am more the gal that likes things to LOOK clean. I hate, hate, hate things on tables or counters. I call that the "drop zone" and am always freaking out when there is stuff there. If you ask my husband though you will know that I have a junk drawer....or two....ok ok I have three! That's through the whole house though.

I woke up this morning with the same gumption as I had last night. I wanted to lay back down and just THINK about cleaning ha! I waited till Ryan was out the door. Grabbed some coffee from my keurig and started writing my list of things I was going to do. I wanted it to be deep cleaned not just cleaned to the eye.

*Side Note* Ok every time I talk about my keurig coffee machine I have to laugh. Ryan bought me one like, oh I don't know, four years ago. I think I used it twice and it ended up getting stored. It was one of the ones that didn't have water on the side so you literally had to pour the water in for every cup. I don't know why but I thought it was too much work since I was doing that and next to it was Ryan's pot of coffee. He cannot live without the stuff. I hope a doctor never says he has to give it up because I know he wont ha! This January I was shopping and saw the newest keurig and just had to have it. With lots of eye rolling from my husband because I gave the other one away to my friend years ago....we bought another. Who knew! I love it now. Don't know what my problem was back then. Maybe I am older and wiser now. Hey! I just turned 39 you know. Just thought that was funny and I should share.

I made a list because it makes me feel better when things are checked off. I am bad sometimes I write down things I have already done just to make it look to myself like I have done more. Its not like anyone is going to see my list but it makes me feel good.  Things I do but not that often are taking the blinds off and clean them or wash down the doors. I got all my cleaning supplies out. I have to admit that it isn't much. I have certain things I just use. I am a crazy Clorox bleach wipes person, Windex, pledge dusting and then I use a lot of baking soda, vinegar and bleach around the house.

Some of the things that I think spring cleaning should entail is :

1. Washing windows inside and out.
2. Cleaning ceilings and baseboards
3. Washing down all doors front and back
4. Cleaning out all light fixtures
5. Taking down and cleaning the blinds ( I wash them in bleach in the bathtub)
6. Purging Medicine cabinets
7. Purging all make up that is more than 6 months old
8. Making sure pantry doesn't have expired stuff. (We have to buy a lot because we have so many people. Sometimes new stuff gets in front of the old stuff and you don't notice.)
9. Rearrange all cabinets in kitchen. HEY! WHY is there a box with nothing in it?
10. Dust everything....even getting on the floor and dusting the bottoms of things.
11. Clean out and rearrange deep freezer.
12. Wipe down walls
13. Go through everyone's clothes and make sure it fits. If it doesn't give to friends or thrift shop. (I firmly believe that once you wear it once its used anyways)
14. If we haven't used it (and its not a heirloom or valuable) in a year....then it gets donated.

I am sure I have more stuff that I will do as I go. This is my list for today and maybe tomorrow depending on if I get tired or not. I do my normal stuff too like cleaning bathrooms everyday, steam cleaning the rugs once a week or every other week, steaming all the bathroom and kitchen floors, dusting almost daily (we live on a dirt road it has to be done) etc etc etc

I took a break in between to breath again and to write this blog. I feel pretty motivated but I needed a break. Doesn't matter if you get it done in one day or in one week. Its refreshing when its done. All my candles are lit. My music is on. The cool breeze of spring is coming through the screens. Its a good day! Now I have to just make sure that when the kids get home they hover over the carpet and don't touch anything for a month right? Ok I guess I should be realistic...I will give them gloves as they come in so they don't touch anything ha!

Hope its nice enough outside for you to get into the mood of spring cleaning. I am one of those people who doesn't care what your house looks like. You don't have to clean before I come there because I am not there to look at your house. I am there to visit with you. I just do my house for my own sanity. Its not always even close to perfect but dangit this week its going to be. Until next year at least :)

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