Finding a solution

Well I’ve/We’ve been extra productive the last week or so. Wednesday Ansen had to burn a vacation day. It was super hot and I thought it’d be fun to go swimming, but he said it was “too hot to swim”. (Come again? Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do when it’s hot?!?) So instead, we cleaned the garage. It was kind of a back up plan because we were supposed to pull weeds from the back flower bed or the front flower bed… but Avie woke up as we were heading outside. So, we opted for the garage (for the shade) where she could hang out with us for a bit before her next nap… which was sooner than normal since her nap was short! I wish I had a before picture, but here’s the after…

15 Minute Miracle

Ok, not literally, but it’s amazing what you can do in 15 minutes! I have recently discovered the 15 minute clean and rediscovered the “power nap” and it has made quite an improvement to our days.

First of all, here’s how the 15 minute clean works: once the baby is down for their nap (especially if they take a few minutes to cry themselves to sleep like mine does), pick one room that needs to be picked up, set the kitchen timer for 15 minutes and get to work. When the timer goes off, you can keep cleaning if you feel so inclined, but even if not, you’ve probably done quite a bit. A little bit each nap adds up to quite a bit.