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Sense of Sarah: Cleaning

Happy Monday, y’all!  I know that technically today should be a weekend recap post, but since I didn’t really do anything major this weekend except clean, I thought I would tie that into another Sense of Sarah post…..on cleaning.  Those who know me know that I’m a very clean and organized person.  I thrive in a clean environment.  I don’t know about you, but I love learning about the cleaning routines of other people because I’m always looking for a way to do something different and better than what I’m already doing.  If that’s not you, then feel free to skip today’s post!  Click here to see past Sense of Sarah posts.

Daily

Dishes–wash every day and run the dishwasher once a week
Kitchen counters–wipe down every day with Lysol wipes
Hardwoods–sweep every other day
Kitchen table–wipe down after supper each night
Laundry–do one load each night or every other night

Weekly
Master bedroom–wash sheets, dust, vacuum
Master bath–sweep/mop, toilet, trash, tub, shower, sinks
Open living area–dust
Guest bed/bath–vacuum, sweep/mop, toilet, trash (if any), sink

Tips
-I keep cleaning supplies in each area that I will be using them.  For example, I keep all bathroom supplies that I need to clean the master bathroom in there, and the guest bath on the other side of the house also has the cleaning products I will use in there….same thing for upstairs (except I only clean that bathroom about once a month since no one goes up there.)  This keeps me from having to tote around a bunch of cleaning products.

-I keep all cleaning rags in a central location.  I also wash them separately from my other towels so that I don’t get them mixed up.
Cleaning rags are in the box and the towels on the right are in case there’s a major spill, etc.

What are your tips and tricks to cleaning your house?

Friday Favorites!

I finished up my first week back to school today and I’m looking forward to the weekend more than ever.  It’ll be my last free weekend until grad school starts back 🙁  I still can’t believe that it’s already 2016!  I graduated from high school in 2006, so my ten year high school reunion will be this year–that’s so weird to think about!  I still feel like I’m 23 or 24 and trying to figure life out.  

Okay, enough freaking out about the current year and let’s look at my list of FAVORITES!

Rachel started a new job while I was out for Christmas break, and her new job gives her an hour lunch break!  Woohoo!  Lunch dates with my sister are my FAVORITE!  We ate at a new restaurant in downtown Decatur and we both had really good sandwiches.  I love a good sandwich.
Dinner dates with this stud are another FAVORITE!  I had particularly hard day on Sunday, so when he got home from hunting he voted that we go out for supper. #winning
Now that I’ve turned 28, I’ve decided it’s time to really be an adult and drink coffee.  We don’t have a Starbucks in my town #smalltownprobs.  I was going to head to Starbucks for coffee before I had to be at school Monday for a teacher workday–but I slept in.  So I tried a mocha from McDonalds–it was okay, but definitely not my Starbucks.
My new curtains for the living room are my FAVORITE!  And I love them so much that I ordered a matching set for the breakfast room.  As you can see from the picture, the curtain rod I bought is too long, but ehh, we’ll deal with it.
Okay so I went to Sephora to get my skin matched for new foundation because I hated what I was using currently.  I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS NEW FOUNDATION AND IT IS A FOREVER FAVORITE!  See how excited I am about it!  My face is oily and I’m used to blotting it mid-day.  Um, not anymore.  Not pictured is the primer I use (Laura Mercier oil free) but with the primer and the foundation, I never, and I repeat NEVER, blot my face anymore!  It’s amazing and I wish they would let me be a brand rep because I love that product so much!
Lots of FAVORITES in this picture–the Mahogany Teakwood candle, having a candle lit in the bathroom while I’m getting ready every morning, and the new pedestal I bought for it.  Getting ready for the day is sweeter with a sweet smelling candle!
This link up is a new FAVORITE!  It’s on Thursday and all you have to do is link a post of a book recommendation or book review.  I need recommendations for my 2016 reading list and I bet you do too!

A Day in the Life–January 5, 2016

Remember next Thursday that Victoria and I are hosting a link up of book reviews and/or recommendations, so we can make our reading lists for 2016!  I’ve got two new books to share, and then I’m going to review some of my favorites that I read in 2015.

On our first day back to school last year, I did a Day in the Life post (click here) and so I decided to do it again to see how much has changed (or hasn’t changed haha) in a year!

Wake up time is much earlier this year than last year!  Don’t worry, this is just twice a week that I do this and only because it’s very hard to work out in the afternoons while I’m in grad school.  And because I woke up so early yesterday morning, I had to go to bed earlier Monday night to prepare myself, so I DVR’d The Bachelor to watch it the next night.
Headed to my 5 AM class at the gym–yay!  (No pictures after since I hobbled back into the house and straight to the shower.)
A quick breakfast of my Special K Protein bar and Spark while I’m getting ready.
During my planning period I had to have a snack of almonds because I was starving!  I also had a few lists going of things to accomplish and the blue book is the novel we start reading on Monday.
I went over components of a narrative essay today and how it differs from a short story.
Then I was able to leave school before 3:30!  I went home straight after school yesterday but the whole time I was driving, I kept trying to think of something that I was forgetting to do or if I had somewhere to be.  It’s been so unnatural lately for me to be free after school, but I didn’t argue!  Grad school starts back Monday–yuck!
When I got home I lit my candle, turned on Friends, put away dry dishes, and washed breakfast and lunch dishes.
Then I separated some laundry and decided to do two small loads in order to stay on top of things.  I try to do one load of laundry every day or every other day.
Then I watched TV for an hour and a half!!!!!!!!

My husband got home at 6 and I snapped this of him while he’s unloading his massive lunch box.
We ate a quick pizza dinner–by the way, the DiGiorno’s Pizzeria Thin Crust Spinach and Mushroom pizza is the healthiest pizza I can find in the frozen foods section.  Half of the pizza is 500 calories!  We eat dinner every night at the dinner table–it’s something that’s extremely important to me.  No supper in front of the TV!!
This is 1/4th of the pizza!
Then my friend Rachel from school brought me a Starbucks K cup to try since she saw me with a cup of coffee on Monday.  I used to hate coffee so much and then I recently turned 28 and now like it!  And my husband says what I like isn’t coffee, but lattes and mochas from Starbucks are totally coffee.
Then Janie called me and told me she found 6 foot Christmas trees on sale for $7 at Walmart!  I had her buy me two and then found out that they were only $5!!  FIVE DOLLARS Y’ALL!  I will find places to put these trees next year!

Then I watched The Bachelor from Monday night.  Lace = crazy!  And Ben is so cute.
This guy watched it too without admitting it haha!

After The Bachelor was over, I took a quick shower (what I do every night before bed) and did my quiet time.  I’m doing the Genesis study in the She Reads Truth app right now.

I would love to say I slept great last night–especially since I had been up since 4:15–but Dustin woke up in the middle of the night and had low blood sugar, so I was up for that.  Thankfully he woke up though and told me!

Linking up with Jenn today!