All I've Got to Do Is Clean, Clean, Clean

Woke up at 10 AM. Zara has found a new place to sleep, on the wicker chest. Felt groggy, and decided to go back to sleep. Woke up at 1.

 

Fed the girls earlier than normal in my routine because I got up so late.

 

Zara is being typically manic after I fed them. I have an empty box in the hall, and she's been jumping in the box and thumping around. She's also zooming around. Mimi looks like she wants to chase Zara, but I told her "No". A quiet morning at home :)

 

My morning routine is done. Dishes are soaking in the sink. I want to clean before I take my shower, but I forgot to charge my Bluetooth headphones, and I want music while I clean. So I'll work on the bedroom while the headphones charge.

 

I've been cleaning out my zebra-striped chest because I want to put sheets in there. I have a bunch of gym clothes to cull and put away. I also found a bunch of jewelry. I don't wear jewelry much, but that's because I forget that I have it. I went looking online for a hanging jewelry organizer because the name of the game is being able to see what I've got, and this might work.

 

Can't find the hooks for my door-hanging shoe rack. I'm sure that I put them somewhere safe so that they wouldn't get lost. I should look in the car.

 

Had a bite to eat. Cleaned my bathroom and the TV room. Managed to spill water all over the floor in the TV room. (I wash under the litter boxes by hand and mop the rest.) Taking a break. Cleaned the guest bathroom. I still need to sweep and mop the hall and office, but I can do that after my shower.

 

Had a nice shower. Had a dinner of a hamburger and cauliflower-and-sweet-potato tots. Quite good.

 

I'm feeling wiped out for some reason. I'm going to sort through the gym clothes piled on my bed so that I can go to bed soon. I did sort and put away my gym clothes. I won't need more for a long, long time. Started organizing my underwear drawer. Ran out of steam. Put Spark Joy on my Amazon wish list. Found some free organizing and cleaning checklists to download. Set up the printer, and it works! Printed off cleaning and organizing checklists. Priced laminators because it would be good to have the checklists laminated so that I could check off items and then wipe the sheet off. I wonder if we have one at work. It would cost $3.18/sheet if I had them laminated at Kinko's.

 

Anyway, I think that I've accomplished enough today. Time to go to bed and read.

 

I wiped down the kitchen and put stuff away first. Go me.

Some Frugal Finds

Had problems falling asleep last night. Hit my snooze button a few times this morning, and got up at 10:30 AM. Zara was on the bed, and Mimi was on the wicker chest.

 

I thought that it felt cold this morning. It's in the 50s. I'm tired of this yo-yo weather. It'll be back in the 80s later this week.

 

Mimi was perched on my lap while I was drinking coffee. I asked her if she wanted food, and she promptly jumped off of my lap. I gather that was a "yes".

 

The library does have a laminator. I asked my boss if I could use it if I bought the supplies for it, and he said, "Yes". It'll be cheaper than getting my own one or using Kinko's.

 

Left the lights on when I went to dinner. (The library is closed at that hour during the summer, and I usually shut them off when I go to dinner.) Way to go, Adrienne.

 

Found a free budgeting system printable that's exactly what I want. I also want to try the envelope budget system for groceries and discretionary spending. Also found a blog on frugal living that's pretty good: A Cultivated Nest. One of the articles was about disposable items that you can replace with reusable items. Both frugal and "green" too! 

 

Fried another hamburger to eat with the leftover veggie tots, and the smoke alarms went off. Sigh. Even if I press the shutoff button, they're silent for a moment and then start up again.

 

I'm tired. I'm going to do my nightly cleanup because I want to get into the habit, but no organizing for me tonight. I hope that I'll get some stuff done in the morning.