Area Cleaning- Laundry & Office & Holiday Tip

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Area Cleaning- Laundry & Office & Holiday Tip

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 28, 2009 Under: Area Cleaning for the Week

Dec 28- Jan 1
   Laundry Office
M~ clean gunk under washer lid Clean monitor
T~ look behind washer and dryer for old socks,etc... organize pens & pencils
W~ remove cobwebs Same
T~ Clean windows and window sills Same
F~ Sweep/ Vacuum/ Mop Same

Remember, 15 minutes is all it takes to bless your home and your family!!!

Holiday Clean Up:
Do one area at a time when you are taking down, packing and putting christmas decor away. Have your husband or children help you bring Christmas boxes* down from the attic.

*With some of your Christmas money, buy red rubbermaid boxes from Wal-Mart. Or With Red contact paper, cover the kids toy boxes to pack Christmas decor. All red boxes to represent "Christmas"!! Keep you attic neat and organized!

1. Tackle one big area at a time.
2. Pack a few items as you go through out your day.
3. Take ornaments of the tree as a family. Listen to music, drink hot cocoa or hot apple cider.
4. Have children gather all the same Christmas decor from around the house.
5. When taking the lights off of the tree: A) wrap the lights around a garden hose reel. B) Individually wrap each strand of lights in a plastic Wal-mart sack.
6. When putting in attic, stack all the boxes together , neatly. As you go through the year putting holiday decor in your attic. Stack neatly and in order of holiday.
  * Get certain colors for each holiday. Ex: Easter- light green, Kids clothing- gray, Valentines- Pink, Summer- Blue, Fall/Halloween- Orange, Christmas- red. If you do not want to spend money on colored rubbermaid boxes, go to the Dollar Store and get colored contact paper every season to cover cardboard boxes. Free cardboard boxes are at liquor stores.

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About Me

Holly Nelson

Arlington

"Let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a quiet and gentle sprirt, which is precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:4 - "An excellent wife,who can find? Her worth is far above jewels." Proverbs 31:10 ~~ I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have six wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.