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Tuesdays are my day to work on the living room/dining room. Our dining room is actually just an extension of our living room. The “dining room” contains my desk (in all of its messiness) and our kitchen table, which is my husband’s laptop desk. Sometimes I’ll ask him to move so I can sew there or we will play games on that table, but most of the time it’s covered in paperwork and a laptop.

Our living room has the game shelf, my husband’s main desk with his desktop computer, our printer stand, sofa, and two end tables. That’s it. We still live like college students and probably will for a couple more years.

Today I completed all the basic cleaning – the bar between the kitchen and dining room, dusted, vacuumed, and picked up. I was supposed to work on my desk for an hour but I got really shaky this afternoon and couldn’t do anything for awhile. So my desk remains messy until next week or until I finish a room early and have extra time.

Tomorrow I’ll be working on the spare bedroom. I’ve posted pictures of that room before, both clean and messy. Right now it’s messy because I pulled out everything that had been stored in the closet. The spare bedroom is our “storage” room and we really need to get rid of everything we don’t use. I can’t wait until we can move into a smaller apartment because we don’t need the extra storage.

I used to have a pretty decent housecleaning schedule. For some reason, I can’t find the paper copy and I never typed it out on the computer. I guess I’ll have to recreate it!

Mondays are Kitchen days. I still need to work out which tasks are weekly vs. monthly, but I started deep cleaning the kitchen this morning. I pulled everything out of the cupboards on one side of the kitchen, consolidated spices and bags of flour, threw away the outdated items, and wiped down the shelves and cupboard doors. That side of the kitchen looks really good now! Next Monday I will tackle the other side of the kitchen.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) I’m going to designate as Dining/Living room day. Our game shelves and my husband’s desk are still pristine, which he is extremely happy about. My desk, on the other hand, is a huge mess. My main project tomorrow is going to be getting rid of all the clutter on my desk, throwing things out as necessary, filing the rest of the paperwork, and stacking the books neatly. I will also dust, vacuum, and clean the patio doors.

Hubby is at a client site right now, so I’m going to relax on the couch and try to finish The Well-Trained Mind. I’m really enjoying the book but I am ready to move on to something else! If I can get hubby’s computer to work properly, I’ll play a classical cd while reading. If not, I guess I’ll have to use my laptop to play something.

Hopefully hubby’s work goes quickly so we’re not eating a late dinner. If it’s late, oh well! Sub sandwiches are great at any hour.

Today really felt like Monday. Our air conditioning died yesterday so hubby spent a couple hours this morning at the mechanics’ trying to figure out what is wrong. They needed to dig deeper into the electrical system and hubby had to be at a client’s office at 11:30, so we’re taking the car in on Tuesday. Hubby spent the rest of the day at a client’s office and is just now on his way home.

As for me, I spent a good portion of the day being productive. I closed my laptop and forced myself to work. Nice change! The laptop being closed actually keeps me productive because I know it’s off limits until my break. If the laptop is open and I’m connected to the internet, I will sit down for “just one thing.”

Instead, I ran a couple loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned out the cat boxes, and made this season’s first pumpkin pie! I’m really excited to taste the pie tonight as the recipe called for freshly grated nutmeg. I actually found a whole nutmeg at the health food store and grated it myself. I’ve never done that before! The fresh spices smelled really good.

With our vacation a few weeks ago, I threw myself off on the habits I was working on. I’m going to start over. As I’m familiar with these habits and just need to get back into the routine, I’m going to work on all three this week. Hopefully that goes well!

Habit #1 – All dishes washed, every day. (Day 1 – check! I’m so happy that the kitchen is clean, even after making a huge mess with the pumpkin pie. I spilled cornstarch all over the counter!)
Habit #2 – Both cat boxes cleaned every day. (I’m switching this habit from the morning to anytime in the day. I found myself more likely to get it done every day if I didn’t have to force myself to do it first thing in the morning.)
Habit #3 – Daily flossing. (Dentist appointment next month!)