What I Did Today: Saturday 5/21/22

Weekly:

• Laundry 2 loads: clothes tops, clothes pants 
• Put away groceries
• Washed ice trays

As Needed:

• Food prep: emptied & filled ice trays; refilled turkey; rinsed peppers; sliced cheese 
• Moved unused items to mud room & outbuilding storage 
• Refreshed bath towels in dryer
• Restocked vitamins
• Tidied cardboard recycling 

Yardwork:

• Weeded lavender & walkway beds (1 hr)

Daily:

• Changed kitchen dish cloth & soaked in OxiClean 
• Cleaned litter box
• Descaled tea kettle
• Dishes: washed, dried, put away
• Emptied food scrap bucket
• Made bed & refreshed blanket in dryer
• Made meals 
• Opened driveway gate 
• Pet the cats & put food/water out
• Prepped coffeemaker & tea kettle for the morning
• Refilled Berkey water filter
• Set-up morning dishes & vitamins
• Vacuumed entire house
• Wiped: bathroom mirror & faucet handle; gadgets; kitchen counters/stovetop; lunch cooler bag 

Downtime:

• Exercise: Kettlebell 100 swings (8kg; 60am, 40pm)
• Blogging, IMDb, journaling, online puzzles, solitaire, watched movies/TV, Wii sports
• Relaxed with my husband: ate salad with pizza dinner & watched ‘Baby's Day Out’ (Bad Movie Saturday Night #80)

A HOUSEWIFE IN MOTION STAYS IN MOTION:
It’s good to rest when housework is done, but to start the day with a rest only prolongs housework and makes it harder to start doing what must get done. Starting the day off with routine housework instead of a rest makes it easier to continue to stay in motion doing housework until a home is clean which is when it’s best to take a well-deserved rest.