Before I started to blog about my recent handy cleaning product I checked out my sister's latest post only to see her blogging about a cleaning product too! Boy are we sisters! Even scarier getting excited about cleaning = we ARE our mother!

I like going into the weekend having conquered something so today I decided to tackle our laundry room. This room is also our entry from the garage to our kitchen. Although I have it organized with laundry crates, several hooks for coats and a basket for shoes it was in desperate need of some disinfecting and scrubbing down. This is also where Jude still takes his baths so constant water splashes on dusty baseboards along with shoe scuff marks everywhere made for a lot of scrubbing! I tried my usual rag but it just wasn't doing the trick. Then I remembered something that my husband bought by mistake earlier in the week. We had throw up flu going on here so I sent him on a drug store run for all the flu necessities and instead of my usual Lysol disinfecting wipes he got scrub ones. Sure enough they worked perfect on everything and a little extra comet took off most the door frame scuffs. Yes, those fingerprints and black scuff marks all over your doors & frames don't have to be a permanent look! Even better my 3 yr old grabbed one & eagerly conquered wiping down the washer and dryer perfectly for me! Plus the best part is when done just toss!


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Overcoming a Gloomy Monday

Instead of giving in to my desire to crash on the couch after a busy weekend I pushed through to get tons done around the house & squeeze my workout in (did I mention I have bumped up to level 2 now, wow what a killer!) This morning I made a pot of homemade chicken soup that's been simmering on the stove & the aroma of blackberry cobbler is now filling the house (the pioneer woman recipe below/blackberries compliment of the inlaws farm.) Starting to hear noises from the boy's bedrooms so with nap time coming to an end my evening meltdown is fast approaching!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/08/the_great_cobbl/






Photos via The Pioneer Woman

Love Crunch

You have to try this! Found it in bulk at Costco. Great alone or over yogurt.
www.naturespath.com

Getting Results

I have stuck with it! I've done the 20 minute workout everyday except Sundays. It really does give me extra energy and it's helped curve my appetite. I haven't been officially keeping track of pounds or inches but I can already tell a difference in my clothes. My core is a lot leaner & some soft spots are finally starting to firm up. The pushups are a killer and I will warn you fellow moms there is a jumping section - need I say more? One of the cool things is it's opened a door for me to encourage someone. One of the teen girls in our youth group has been coming over after school to do it along with me. Although working out with a teen isn't doing much for my self esteem, I mean she could at least pretend to groan a little when we have to try and get up off the floor from doing abs!