I Shined My Kitchen Sink

So I just shined my kitchen sink, and I have to admit that I feel like I accomplished something. Just as I predicted, I was unable to put my dirty dishes away in the floor like Flylady suggested. It bugged me to just leave dirty dishes aside while my kitchen sink was being shined, so I washed them first. Flylady recommends taking baby steps, but it feels good to be ahead of the game.

Once I washed the dishes, I shined the sink. I scrubbed it with bleach water and scrubbing bubbles. I sent my husband to the store to buy a scrubbing pad. While I was waiting on my husband to get the scrubbing pad, I decided to go ahead and clean the remaining counters and stove. My two oldest were in the kitchen by then. I was feeling pretty confident.

Those two were very encouraging. Chloe, my 4 year old, told me that I was a very good cleaner. Both of the kids said it looked like they had a new house! This made me feel very good. Noah, my 5 year old, then asked Chloe if she wanted to help clean their room.

Light bulbs were going off in my head:
I am rubbing off on my children!
They are proud of me!
They asked to make a rule to keep the house clean!

Oh boy, does this feel good! I had a hard time stopping, but at the same time I felt the need to finish it and make it look nice. I was so excited to get back to my blog and write about it. I sped up a bit just so I could get back and write about it. Yep, I could get used to this.

We have been in this apartment for a month. While cleaning the stove, I realized that it was long overdue for a cleaning. I removed the knobs on the stove to reveal grease- GROSS! I then wondered how long that has been hiding and lurking behind those knobs. That just made my skin crawl, so I scrubbed the whole stove and soaked those knobs in hot bleach water.

Behold the results:

Kitchen sink before (Joseph started washing dishes earlier but never finished):


Kitchen sink after:

Anyone can tell you that I am the complete opposite of organized. It dates back to my childhood. My grandparents used to give me hell about my bedroom. My husband gives me hell about my messy habits. He says that a trashcan can be next to me, but I will still throw my trash anywhere but in it (I argue this).

Okay, so I have weird cleaning habits. For one, I do not clean until my whole house needs it. I have never been one to pick up and do a little cleaning each day. I have always picked one day to clean everything. When I clean, I REALLY clean. I am talking bleaching all the floors, cabinets, etc. The house looks really nice when I am finished. However, this is an all-day event. Since I have began working a full time job, it rarely happens.

I am sick and tired of living in clutter and not knowing where anything is. I am frustrated with not having any clean clothes to wear (I HATE doing laundry).

Last year, I tried to complete a simple program to help me get organized. However, I never complete anything- which is getting to be discouraging. I have a goal to get better organized and to complete something! Here goes!

Before it is all said and done with, this pantry (along with every other closet and room in my home) will be organized:



Looking at soon-to-be recycled cans in my pantry is getting old.