Cleaning Day!!!

My friend posted this e.card the other day... I related very well! Except I didn't dust. I'm not a big duster... whoops. 

I busted out the Christmas music yesterday after nap time and got to work on my house - finally!! (I went to a Holiday Super Saturday in the morning so I was in the mood!) I spent 9 hours cleaning, organizing, washing laundry - my sweet mother-in-law came over to play with the kids but also ended up helping me fold the laundry :) - and I was exhausted when I went to bed! (But could I get to sleep? Of course not. Meh. Different story.) Anyway, it got to about 9:30 pm and each time I looked at the clock I kept thinking, "It's really only like 8:30, though. Thank you, daylight savings!" I finally quit around 12:30 (non-daylight savings time), and I got a back rub from my hubby for all my hard work ;) He did help by taking Lucas to his mom's so they could watch the Boise game. That meant I got Lucas's room cleaned, organized, his sheets changed and his clothes put away. It's messy again already, but whatever. At least it's not trashed with a ladder in the middle of his room anymore.

Today, after nap time, of course, I got around to making more laundry detergent. I am trying out a new "recipe"where I didn't have to sit there and grate soap :) And it's liquid. I tend to like liquid more. Seems to disperse better. Hopefully it works, because I made three bottles of it. Best part, though - even if it doesn't work - is it's cheap! Not sure exactly how it compares to the powder kind I was using... I use less of the powder, but each Fels Naptha bar is about $1 and usually use 3-4 to make a big batch. This recipe uses Dawn dish soap (weird!) and I made my three bottles for about $0.30 worth of Dawn. With the Dawn, it's just Borax and washing soda (and water) for pennies! I'm a little excited about it! But, now I have no laundry to wash because I washed it all yesterday!! Don't worry. I will find some. There's always laundry. Always. I do have a few things to stain-treat still. That'll work :)

Anyway, that was my SUPER Super Saturday. Because we are literally considering hiring someone to clean during the week. Because I don't clean much during the week. And the mess makes me sad. But not sad enough to clean it during the week haha! Once again, this working mom thing is kinda hard! I'll get used to it someday :)