2015 Coming to an end!

I can't believe it's almost the end of December! I have not posted in awhile on account of time getting away from me! 

I picked up some more work so I am even busier than before. Which is good busy keeps me out of trouble, right?!  Anyways, we are having our third snow storm of the season. I love pretty white snow but there comes a point when enough is enough :). 

I hope you all reading this had a great Christmas and got to spend some quality time with loved ones! The best time of year they say! 

Oh also our house project is pretty much complete! Just a few odds and ends to finish but it finally looks complete! So nice to finally have that done! Now my husband is doing some work on the side to keep himself busy! 

I still do not have any of the main social media, the ones I do have are anarchy and Pinterest if you can call that social media. While there are things I miss about having Facebook, Instagram and Twitter I can't say I've missed it so much I can't live without, like I thought in the beginning. It's actually very refreshing to just spend time with my family at night and not constantly scrolling on my phone! I must also say my husband is quite impressed that I don't have it :) Which of course makes me happy! 

Have you worked on New Years resolutions yet? Have you accomplished ones made for the current year? Are you impressed with your progress on your resolutions for this year? I just made my list out last night! One for personal and one for the business standpoint! I might just share them tomorrow!!! I have both kids in bed and I say this time and time again. I should really go to bed early once when I have them in bed on time! By golly I think I'm going to do it tonight!

I hope you all have a wonderful night and in case life happens and I do not have a chance to get back on here before the new year rolls in, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Type soon!! Ta ta!

Fall!

Oh yay! The weather is changing and Fall is closer to being here!!! I must say I LOVE summer! It is very nice to have a variety though! I love doing the physical work of each season! Mowing in the Summer, Scooping snow in the Winter. So nice to get outside and be active! My husband does construction and I'm jealous of how much he gets to work outside, I would love to have a job where I was outside 80% of the time!

We also got a lot more accomplished on our house project this weekend!!! The light at the end of this tunnel is getting so close!! Tomorrow starts another work week! Unfortunately my kids didn't get to bed as early as I would of liked but hey maybe they will wake up in good moods?! I hope so for the daycare's sake! Also my oldest has school pictures already this week! Wow they don't waste anytime! We also have family pictures this coming weekend. Hoping everything works out for us! We were supposed to take them two weeks ago but really wanted to finish the project at hand so had to reschedule. And of course the weather could not of been more perfect as well as my kids where seriously in the best moods. Imagine that. Anyway, it's another short one today my phone is almost dead and my laptop is dead! Maybe I'll be able to get on tomorrow and write a bit of a longer one!!! Type soon! Thanks for stopping by! 

It's Sunday Again!

Sunday again which means blog time!!! Hip Hip HOORAY :D

So we are one step closer to being done with this house project! Siding is completely on! Now we need to calk everywhere, and repaint it all!  Then get some gutters and lights on and the outside will be done! Now do we even talk about the inside??? Not today we won't :). I hope you all had a good weekend!! I'm still going strong with the whole no social media thing! Pretty darn proud of myself!!! I get a lot more done during the day! Not to mention I misplace my phone oh I don't know about 10 times a day! You would think it would be easier not to lose with how big it is. Anyway!

So as you probably know if you have read any recent posts I clean houses for a living, well I also am trying to help a client get to the point where she doesn't have clutter and everything is organized and in it's spot or atleast has a "forever" home in her home!! Which made my brain activate. Guess what! I found something I really want to try!! Not that I'm unorganized or full of clutter or anything, just thought I would give a tiny bit of background to how I started looking at websites, blogs, etc.

     Not sure if any of you are interested in being or getting organized but I found this nifty little website that offers a free mini class to help you set up your own family command center binder. If your unaware of what command center binder is, it's basically all your important papers that you can't really file away because you need to look at them frequently or atleast need them within an arms reach. Well with a "command center binder" its all right in the binder, as long as you have the binder organized and in the same spot after every use, everyone in your household can quickly get ahold of what they need, when they need it without destroying your filing cabinet, or calling you at work 4 times because they still can't find it! Sounds amazing huh?!? Well want to check it out? Simply go to www.simplify101.com/ and go to the "Start Here" tab and read on solider! I'm excited to do it!!! :) It's a free mini class and you have up to six months from when you register to use all the cool tools, website and watch the videos etc. I'm trying to talk one of my good well great friends into doing it with me! Because of course it's more fun with someone, not to mention someone I talk to more than on a regular basis. You know who you are! :)

Now that I started on that topic, time to go off on a tangent, so there you are, well warned of what I'm PLANNING on doing. A tangent. So I really need to be thankful for the time when I did photography.  As I've said many times, I loved taking the pictures and seeing the end result. The editing oh the editing, that ruined it. Sitting in front of the computer for hours and hours on end, to make the picture look very balanced, beautiful, and clear. That is one thing I will never ever miss!!! If I had not started the photography thing, I would not of met a lot of people I am thankful for everyday. As you might guess one of them is the one I'm trying to get to take this class with me. We hit it off right away, she is so down to earth and laid back, and we find each other confiding with each other as well as laughing about silly, serious and just plain stupid things. It's truly great, she knows more about my work, and everyday life than a lot of people, maybe even more than my husband. Which is okay, I'm not saying he doesn't pay attention (he doesn't) or anything. It's just nice to have someone to refer to or if you are wondering if a situation is normal or if I'm overreacting and being a huge "B" (hey everyone can be, and everyone has their days as well as their limits). Quite frankly sometimes you just need to know when your overreacting or if you need to stop take a deep breath and reassess the situation, instead of making it worse. Sometimes it's just better to look at each other and laugh until your not upset anymore!! :D

Which brings me to my next person, so still sort of on the same tangent. How many of you just like to see if your husband or kids, etc act a certain way or how do you deal with it. OR how do THEY deal with it more-less?? I for one am usually wondering does every two year old girl scream at the top of her lungs until she gets her way? If so, does every mother of a two year old girl give her what she wants? Because I do NOT do that, she can scream all day long I will not surrender, I may compromise but I will not surrender! Anyways so If it wasn't for my husband (see I love him ;) ) I wouldn't know his cousins, that I also talk to pretty much everyday. And we have sometimes had 14 minute Voxer's to each other. Our husbands are so alike I wonder how we ended up with them (the husbands).  But we also try to better each other, right now we are trying to do the 7 days of marriage wisdom together, which yes it's hard. But in all honesty I think I was in such a habit of always taking my frustration, stress and anger out on him ( again he does NOT deserve that - like ever - but what's a girl to do ;) .. kidding).  So it's good for me to try and be better for him and to him. This cousin in law was on the same page, so why not do it together?! She is a great person also, does more than her fair share of work around their house and definitely helps bring something to the table. Again so nice to have someone like her to confide in!!!

I have learned a lot from both of the ladies in this post and quite frankly couldn't imagine what I would do with out them, besides loose my sanity (again kidding - sorta ;) ). I have a few others I'd like to talk about and share how we met and everything, but maybe that will be the next blog! :) Type again soon I hope! Thanks for stopping by!!

Refreshed!

I must say not having social media has been quite refreshing! It is such a habit! I would check Facebook & Instagram probably 130 times a day no joke, wouldn't post anything just open it and scroll, scroll, scroll and scroll some more. The first day I didn't have it is when I noticed it so much how much I just do it out of habit. Have you realized how much I have gotten done with out social media!

It's crazy awesome! 

Today is Labor Day and we got a lot accomplished on our house! At this point anything is a lot! It's getting darker earlier now and that doesn't leave much time after we get home from work to get everything out and set up and get anything done. So basically any free day we have we go to town on the siding. Today we had some help from some family members! The husband's cousin and also the husband's brother's girlfriend, who by the way I love! She is so sweet and great with kids and always jumps right in and helps! It was lovely having them both around today! I can only hope we can get as much done this coming weekend! 

Anyways hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day holiday! I'll try to write again soon!!

Stay Positive

It's me again!!!! I happen to love my sundays!!! Usually it's my catch-up day since the busy week work and trying to get the house project done. But it's also just a little less hectic since we don't go anywhere and don't spend any money on Sunday's.

Anyways! I also seem to find this blog thing pretty relaxing! I should be doing some other more productive things! My house needs my attention, my business paperwork needs to be done, laundry could be started and a whole list of things.  Also it will be there tomorrow and the next day so what is wrong with taking a few hours to watch your favorite show, type up a blog, garden, spend time with kids and family, or catching up with an old friend?? Your work will always be there and everyone needs some time to just chill!! So I dare whoever is reading this to start a timer for 60 to 90 minutes and do something that that you really enjoy!!! RELAX AND ENJOY LIFE a little bit!!!

This brings up another topic I throughly believe in.  Surround yourself with positive/like minded people. This quote means so much to me. I for one have realized if I'm around a person who thinks negative all the time about every topic, I tend to have the same mindset. So I try so hard to always think of the positive in every situation. Yes, granted there are certain situations that is almost next to impossible to find a positive, but you have to think and try as hard as you can to find the positive.

I also noticed if I think positive I have a much more positive outlook on the rest of my day, my family and friends and my own self expectations. So like earlier when I said I "should be doing some other more productive things!" That is a very true and valid point, but if I do not take some time for myself, I'm just going to end up the biggest crab-butt ever, which means my husband will most likely get the brunt of it. Which is not what he is there for.

Which brings me to my next point. My husband is supposed to be there to support me, love me and be by my side through anything and everything. Although sometimes he is just as much a child as our children, I wouldn't change it for the world. When we first got married (yes not very long ago-6 years) I wanted nothing more than to take care of him, whether he was sick, hungry, tired, had sore muscles, needed a haircut, wanted snacks for work or wanted his lunch packed before he left in the mornings. I was up for it and would do anything for him. It's funny how when you live with someone and grow with them how things change.  Kids also change things, because unlike my husband kids are very dependent on someone to help them. Where my husband is very capable of doing almost everything for himself. So the positive would be when I started to do all the things l really did WANT to and I did ENJOY it, and he knew that I loved doing all those things. So he let's me do them, thinking I still love doing it, which I don't mind but I also have two little ones that really need my help. I do appreciate that he let's me do it all because he knew how much I liked doing it, and it IS getting easier as my kids get older and do not need me as much as they used to, see a light at the end of the tunnel. My oldest starts school in a few days and I miss him needing me but then again I love watching him grow up and become his own little person!! I also need to work much harder on treating my husband better! Since starting to work more hours every week, the house project, kids and just the everyday stress of life, I think I might of lost who I was when we got married, and that's not fair to him. I should NOT and will NOT take it out on him anymore, it's not his fault. So my goal this week is to no matter how hard each day is, to give him the best of me, not whats left of me at the end of the day!!

Well this is all for today!! Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend!! Thanks for reading!

Hello!!

Hello Everyone,
Again it has been awhile since I've been on here! Life is so crazy busy and I need to get into the habit of posting on here more often!! Anyways a lot has been going on in my life, my oldest starts preschool next week! I went from babysitting for a few families last year to cleaning houses full time. Which I do love cleaning, the income is a little better than the babysitting, but just something about watching kids grow up and become their own little person, makes me miss the babysitting!

Anyways I have gotten back into the full swing of working out and eating better. Some days go great and some days are not so great, but I am human and I am NOT perfect. I will always be a work in progress and the best I can do is be the best I can be!!!

We are also remodeling our house and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!! We have to install the siding, gutters and exterior lights before winter gets here, so hopefully if we keep busting our butts we will get finished and able to enjoy the finished look!! I also have a few things extra that I want to get done before winter, like moving our hideous garden shed out of the middle of our lawn and put in backyard. I really want to drag our yard also, since we had a cement truck this past spring and the ground was super wet we have huge ruts in our lawn, makes mowing extra hard!

I am also back on the kick of no social media, it's just so nice to clear my life of all the clutter and time wasting that comes with all the social media!! We will see how long it lasts this time! But I'm hoping to be posting more often on here! I would really like to try and post at least once a week!!

As always I'm busy busy busy, and only have time for a short one today, hope to write again soon!!!
Talk soon!!