Meet Kimbre, she is 27 years old. She has 3 boys and is
expecting her 4th in May 2016. Kimbre and her husband spend a lot of
time not only raising their children in Christ, but helping to raise other
children to know Him through their church’s AWANA Club. Kimbre is starting a
new chapter of her life as a “stay at home” mom. She is eager to share what she
has been learning in this new part of her life.
“Oh for
Clean Sake”
Never have I
claimed to be a great house keeper or even a good house keeper, for that
matter, but always thought that I was at least decent. When I was still
working it was easy to shrug off a messy house as my husband and I both worked
40 plus hours a week. Well, now that I stay at home there is no excuse for my
lack of effort.
My husband
was out of town this week for work and I thought, wouldn’t it be so awesome for
him to come home to a spotless house. Ha! What did I do all week? Work on
client websites and binge watch How I Met Your Mother, oops. So here it is
Friday and the house is a disaster. I put on my best cleaning lady sweats and
rubber gloves and get down to it.
Remember how
I said I wasn’t even a good house keeper, well I decided today that I wasn’t
even decent at it as I started in on my kitchen. My husband has this horrible
need to always keep oil in his deep fryer even though it doesn’t have a lid. Because
he wasn’t home I decided I was going to empty it. I pull the basket out and put
it in hot soapy water, then I go to pour out the oil into a container to throw
away when I discover… a dead mouse floating in the oil! Blah. After disposing
of the nasty creature and start the fryer to soak I pulled out the microwave to
find a field of mouse droppings. We live in the country so I guess I shouldn’t
be too surprised, but I guess that’s what I get for not cleaning that part of
my kitchen more often.
After this horrifying cleaning experience, I have decided
to spend an hour a day cleaning a specific room. This is on top of the daily
dishes and laundry that have to be done, of course.
Monday:
Bathroom – shower, counter, sinks, toilet, floors
Tuesday:
Living room – vacuum, dust
Wednesday:
Office – file, organize, dust
Thursday:
Kitchen – floors, counters, sinks, table, cleaning out the fridge
Friday: Light tidying before the
weekend
Hopefully
you all don’t struggle with keeping a clean house as much as I do, but if you
do, I hope my blunders and new cleaning schedule can help you like I hope it
will help me.
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I used to do the same thing when I was home, it was more manageable that way.
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