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I’ve used an annual deep cleaning schedule for a few years now. Each month I deep clean one area of the home. My current schedule means each room/area gets a deep clean at least one time a year. Breaking it down makes the deep cleaning doable. I’m not overwhelmed by a weekend or even of week of cleaning the entire house. Here is the schedule I’ve been using.
Your schedule may look different depending on the size and number of rooms in your home and even how dirty a room gets. I keep up on regular cleaning (vacuuming, dusting, etc.) more often. The deep clean is for walls, base boards, and all that stuff that doesn’t need to be cleaned more often. My utility room (aka laundry room) was on the schedule for March.  Deep clean utility/laundry room tasks
If I feel like doing a little more, I’ll declutter and organize drawers, cabinets, and the linen closet. Decluttering and organizing aren’t on my deep clean list, because I think of them as a different task. 
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 For many years I took pen to paper for hours on end in a day. I took notes by hand through all my schooling – right through college, wrote papers by hand (unless it was a “big” paper – that got typed), doodled, sent handwritten cards for birthday’s, Christmas, and just to say Hi, made a handwritten shopping list, and journaled most every day. I relished in getting a new pen and discovered my favorite was a fine tipped ink pen or a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil. Now I’m hunched over a desk typing away on a computer and I think we are losing the art the handwriting. A computer keyboard is efficient but there are few things I miss by about writing things out by hand.
Here are a few things you can do to bring back the art of handwriting.
References: Muller P, Openheimer M. The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of long-hand over laptop note taking. Psychological Science 2014. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581
When I stepped outside to look at the garden the other day, I was amazed at the transformation. Just a short month ago, the garden was a few seeds underneath dirt and some transplanted plants. Now four weeks later I’m making salads with lettuce from the garden. READ MORE   Ever try to pull your Kitchen Aid mixer or blender across the counter only to have it be unmovable?
READ MORE  Once upon a time there was a girl trying to find a pattern for a cloth face mask. The first one she found was too small, the next one two big, and finally after modifying couple of patterns she found one that was just right.
Enough of the fairy tales, but it’s all true. I searched the internet for face masks pattern and instructions and found a great pattern with pleats. I sewed up the mask and couldn’t get it across my face or attached to my ears (the size was 8” X 8-1/2” with a 7” elastic). Then I discovered the CDC had instructions (very basic and no pleats). I sewed a mask up using the CDC measurements and it worked, but I thought it was slightly too big (10” X 6” with a 6” elastic). Well with two masks out of the way I combined the sizes and the methods and came up with my “just right.” Try my size out, but I recommend making one first then adjusting to meet your needs for bigger or smaller faces until you find your "just right." This is an adult size. |
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