Motherhood has been quite the learning experience for me. A lot of people would call me organized, and I'll admit, I am very organized--almost to an OCD point. But from the moment we walked in the door from the hospital with our little one in tow, my whole level of organization at home changed.
A clean house keeps me sane, plain and simple. I can turn into a grumpy hot mess when the house is out of order, and if there's one thing thats changed the most since having Logan (besides the lack of sleep!) it would be that for some reason I feel like the house just can not stay clean. I can spend hours cleaning trying to make the place sparkle, but as soon as I turn around, it's a big dull dud again with baby elmo books spewing out of every direction.
So over the past week i've implemented a new plan for me to try to keep up with all the work in a way that doesn't leave me cleaning for 8 hours one day every week. (again with the organization, i know...) but so far it's worked out wonderfully! so I thought i'd share!
DAILY= quick pick up in the morning and at night before bed, dishes, laundry. (this has worked out wonderfully because the dishes don't pile up and neither does the laundry. I've only had to do one load of laundry a day or every other day...it's so nice not to have piles waiting to be folded/put away.
MONDAYS=Bathrooms (tubs, showers, sinks, floors, toilets, mirrors)
TUESDAYS= Bedrooms (wash all bedding, pick up, vacuum, organize)
WEDNESDAYS=Kitchen [my least favorite by far] (clean out fridge, organize pantry, organize cabinets if needed, clean surfaces, microwave, sweep, mop)
THURSDAYS= Errands/Shopping. Lately i've been trying to be really good about planning meals ahead of time, so we make out our shopping list so we can shop for meals for the week...then I get all my coupons in order and we go when Jon gets off work. I also use Thursdays, if i'm not working, to catch up on the days that I missed due to work.
FRIDAYS=Floors/Dusting (i'll vacuum the whole house, and do another kitchen sweep if needed)
SATURDAYS=Outdoors (including doggie poop pickup, doggie toy pickup, and any yardwork we can do, which lately hasn't been much...we'll be more active on Saturdays once the weather warms up)
SUNDAY=DAY OF REST!
Again, call me OCD, but it's been so nice not to stress over the tub needing to be cleaned, or the floors looking nasty...it's so easy to put things off when you tell yourself you'll get to it whenever you find time. If you make time to do it, it gets done! Now, don't get me wrong, our house is not at all presentable right now! haha. But if you were to come over, you'd have a clean toilet for your tushy!
As far as my updates go... I graduated in December from ASU and had spent most of January studying for the NCLEX. I took the test last week and just found out Saturday that I passed! So i'm officially an RN and start on Wednesday in my new roll and new paygrade haha. 
