spring cleaning.

it's been a busy week.
once march 20th hit, i was ready to deep clean my house.
it really needed it.
so i created a chart, to make things a little easier: i know, i'm a total nerd, what can i say? but it's helped.
this way i can do one or two things a day, not feel overwhelmed, and everything gets done in a week.
it's a beautiful thing.

this chart actually has a few extra things, just things i needed to get done or things that were on my list for that day, so i wouldn't forget anything. it's also missing a few things, like floors and baseboards. but those things i've also been doing one at a time, whichever room i'm in cleaning that day, i've been adding floors and baseboards, after which i spray for bugs. we got some pretty big spiders in here last fall and i cannot deal with that, so i'm spraying every nook and cranny this spring.

saturday dave put together our new shelf (toy organizer) for isaac's closet, and i can't tell you what a difference it has made. every toy has a place, in his closet, and not in the family room. things feel much less cluttered around here now. i combined clothes and baby toys into bins so that none of them are half-empty anymore, and they are stacked in noah's closet for easy access.

cleaning the fridge was a huge job. i had no idea how disgusting i was, but believe me, it was bad. i took every single thing out, took all the shelves and drawers out, pine-sol'd all of it, and re-organized everything. it looks (and smells!) so nice now. sometimes i just open the fridge to look at it.

this morning i also went to a friend's house and we made beef tamale casserole (recipe to come, it looks yummy and i can't wait to try it). we made 10 of them so we could all bake one tonight and then freeze one for later. it has been such a productive week and i have felt so good about myself for getting so much done (and not feeling completely overwhelmed). huge props to dave for taking the boys out every night this week so i could also get my google work done without feeling like a total schmuck. and isaac has been so good to let me clean during noah's naps instead of playing with him. i can't wait for this week to be over and for my house to be totally clean.