I like to occasionally document what a typical day is like so I have something to look back on years from now. Today I will recap a typical Monday. Mondays are one of my two work-from-home days, so I will also try to document an in-office day soon, as well as a typical weekend. My alarm usually goes off at 6:00, but sometimes I reset it to 6:20 or 6:30, especially if I plan to skip my shower which I typically do on WFH days (sometimes I'll take it in the evening). I like to save time and get an earlier start and end time, so I just get dressed in sweats or leggings or yoga pants and put my hair in a ponytail and I'm ready to go. I do have on-camera meetings on Mondays, however, so I will put make-up on whereas I don't bother on Fridays (my other WFH day). Every morning, when I first come out of the bathroom Kona has gotten in our bed. It's the cutest thing. On this particular day, however, I had just changed the sheets the night before so I pulled eve...
I love a good organizational project any time of year, but especially at the beginning of the year. At the start of every year I have plans to go through every single room/cabinet/closet/drawer in the entire house (not all in one day, obviously), but rarely actually do. Just a little here and there but only ever a small percentage of the whole house. I wasn't planning on doing the pantry yesterday, but just kind of decided to on a whim. I had finally broke down and ordered a tiered canned good shelf that arrived yesterday so it seemed liked a great time to get started. Here is what it looked like before: That's the door going out to the garage, so this room also acts as a mud room. Under the shelves on the floor are plastic bins that we put our shoes (and sometimes hats and gloves) in, one for each family member plus an extra. Then there is the garbage/recycling and a container of cat food On this side, I have a step stool, dog food, cat litter and a ...