DuckEggBlue ~ Domestic Simplicity

June 15, 2008

Manic Monday!

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It doesn’t take long for another week to roll around, does it? We had a lovely weekend, pottering in the garden, chilling out, and generally taking things easy. I found some time to work on my new quilt, and DH hung my curtains last night – photos to come! The weekend did end on a sour note though, with a small boy unwell and coughing all night. I think he may have croup, if it doesn’t improve soon I’ll head off to the doctor with him.

Today’s focus rooms are the bedrooms, and I’m going to nominate a procrastination task for today – to sort out at least one drawer of clothes & bundle up those which don’t fit/don’t get worn ready to take to the op-shop. I’m going to keep going on projects this week, I really want to get stuck into this quilt, and try & get back into my scrapbooking. My plan at this stage is to sew in the day (during nap times), and scrapbook of a night, so that I am doing a bit of both.

Speaking of new routines & habits, all my new habits are going so well, I decided to introduce another one, a week early. I’m starting menu planning! I find it really hard to get inspired for meal ideas at 4pm, so now I’m planning a week in advance, and shopping to a list. The first grocery shop has been done, and we managed to not buy a single thing that wasn’t on the list! I’m doing weekly plans at this stage, but may bump it up to fortnightly once I’m in the swing of things, it just depends on how it all works together.

May 20, 2008

Day three

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My focus rooms today are bathrooms & laundry. For today’s obscure job, I am going to substitute Skipper’s for one of my own, inspired by yesterday’s door task. Do your doors have recesses or fancy bits? Mine do, and they often get overlooked in the cleaning process, but seem to get amazingly grotty, so I must remember to grab a damp cloth, and wipe over the nooks & crannies on my doors

 

Australian readers may be aware that tomorrow is “Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea”, raising funds for cancer research. Are you hosting, or attending a morning tea tomorrow? Check if you need to bring something, and if so, get baking! I’d love to hear what yummy treats you make, so leave a comment & make us all salivate!

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