Clean the freezer day

Some of you know how when you're working 40 hours a week there are other things that don't get done, right? For the last year-ish while I've been working full time there are many, many things around my house that have not been getting accomplished. In the two and a half weeks since I've been home again, I've been a veritable whirlwind of activity.

Today, I cleaned out the freezer. Not the extra one in the garage, though that needs a good defrost and clean as well. I cleaned out the freezer in the kitchen. I've been waiting until it was almost empty to get a chance to clean it out. Today was the day! And it wasn't even on today's to-do list.

Also, this is how our kitchen looked before we moved in. I know you're jealous of that brown carpeting on the floor. And that really awesome wallpaper on that back wall.

The first thing I'll say is that sometimes, wallpaper can hide a multitude of sins. When we removed that wallpaper and painted that wall, it was no easy task.

And - look at what my fantastic husband, Jon, did while I was out of town in February. He refinished the floor in the kitchen! It is fantastic. It's amazing how much brighter the room is now that the floor is done. 

With such nice improvements and now a clean freezer you would think I would just love cooking in there, eh? Unfortunately, cooking is not one of my loves. Maybe I'll pretend it's crafting while I cook dinner tonight! 

Simple Living - part 2

June is all about making my life more simple than it is. Part 1 involved menu planning. Part 2 has to do with how I dress myself.

Inspired in part by Kristy Powell of One Dress Protest, I've decided to choose seven outfits and wear only those for the entire month of June. Kristy has been wearing only one dress and will do so for an entire year by the time she is through. I'm thinking that seven is a good number for me because my goal is only to simplify, not "fast from fashion" as Kristy is doing.

My plan is to let myself choose the outfits over the first several days of the month. So far I've chosen three.

For accountability sake, here are the first three outfits I've chosen:

Jeans, a sleeveless top and a short sleeved hoodie.

Sweatpants and a t-shirt for walking and gardening.

Shorts, my "cruise" top and a sweater.

Obviously I'm not going nearly as far at limiting myself as Kristy has. But here is what I think I'm going to find over the course of this month.

• Getting dressed is way easier when you have fewer choices.
• "I have nothing to wear" will be less of an issue with fewer choices.
• It won't bother me nearly as much when my kids want to wear the same clothes two days in a row.

What do you think? Are you willing to join me? The month of June is all about simple living for me. I honestly believe that as human beings we function better when we have fewer choices. When presented with too many choices many of us find ourselves unable to make a decision at all. 

Please let me know if you decide to play along! I'll post again with the rest of my outfit choices some time next week!