Cleaning hubby's office & dying to re-organize! Slow homemaking ♥️

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[@moniquefuselier7711]

Awww, I love the painting of Robin with the cats--very St. Francis like. Great job, Rachel!

[@michellewanner3921]

Pledge and Pine sol are the smells of my childhood. Rachel has such artistic talent.

[@connieverbeck1110]

Hey Karen, I am finally seeing the wisdom and practicality of going slow. That and recovering from brain surgery on July 11. lol. Half way to the end of severe restrictions. Huge milestone in its self. But you asked what I’m working on?! I have devised a plan to work in one room a week. My first, last week, was living room and Foyer. Really the only thing that really needed my attention was the front closet. Did a very deep dive. All out of season clothes have been dealt with. Either goodwill or storage bin. Those in store age were washed and dried. Floor has been discovered and cleaned. Major declutter. Looks and smells so nice. Then today, new week, new room, I started the pantry. I am blessed with an over sized one. I designed our home. Might have been a bit overkill. But I love it when it functions. So today I wanted to get two shelves completely done. Managed one, to the max. Tomorrow doesn’t look good. Am is Dr appointment in neighboring town, afternoon hubby and I have a meeting with our pastor. So since I’m energy compromised, probably won’t get anything tomorrow. Oh well. Grace is built in my plan. You have really helped with that. So I do whatever I can throughout the week in the assigned room. What doesn’t get done will be worked on next time. Figure I’ll have multiple room run throughs over the course of 18 months. lol. We will see. But kinda excited about it.😮

[@CynthiaMiller-cc3qj]

Every January my hubby & I clean out and organize his desk/files. He makes the decisions on what stays & what goes. He tells me what labels to make or do away with.

[@KlingonPrincess]

All I've done today is take a walk. So unmotivated. I'm just going to watch tv and cross stitch. Looking forward to tomorrow and perhaps more energy. 🌻🍄

[@lakequeen64]

Hi Karen,I just love the picture Rachel painted ❤She is very good .Way to go Rachel!

[@ThisMainerMom]

Thank you! ❤️

[@lakequeen64]

@@ThisMainerMom your welcome!

[@jennyjenkins877]

I'm sure Robin was appreciative of the cleaner and more organized workspace. My partner doesn't bother with that stuff either.

[@christinedisneyqueen5746]

Hey Karen! I love the way you take care of your family. 🩷 That picture Rachel painted is great! 😊

[@ThisMainerMom]

Thank you dear friend! 😃

[@bethstratton3391]

Nice mini clean in Robin’s office space. Plus, the lunch you cooked looked very tasty. I liked Rachael’s painting. She is a very talented with her artwork. Btw regards wax melts versus candles, I agree they are better, but you have to be so careful the cats don’t paw at the hot wax in the top and hurt their paw pads. Also you have to watch they don’t jump up and knock the hot wax onto their fur. Perhaps a waterless desktop defuser that uses natural oils or natural scent sachet plug-in would be safer.

[@sarahbryant6391]

Nice job Rachel you have a very special gift. Nice work karen oh Leo gotta love him

[@helenelindholm656]

Hi! Well done. Rachel is a real artist. Now we keep on working on our kitchen declutter. Take care❤

[@denisebergman7041]

Thanks Mrs.Karen, just ordered those black labels for my classroom. ♡

[@ThisMainerMom]

You’ll love them! 😃

[@annawiderski6703]

I love wax melts! I’m a rep of Scentsy and they have so many options for warmers and wax melts, and they have wall fan diffusers that’s uses pods to smell up the room. If you interested I can send you my shopping link. ❤ love your videos!

[@carolynoquinn4573]

Great job in the Office, Karen.

[@ThisMainerMom]

Thanks! 😃

[@michelesusanne1]

I like the wax melts, I think they are less toxic too, since just the scent is going into the air, the wax is not directly burning up, like with a flame. You can get soy wax and natural scents. I use them in our bathrooms.

[@Myeverydaywifelife]

You can use coconut oil and essential oils in a wax warmer. Just an idea. I do that. Or I use an essential oil diffuser.

[@michelesusanne1]

@@Myeverydaywifelife oh I like the coconut oil and essential oil idea 💡 Thank You 🌼

[@shannong7556]

She is quite the artist 👏👏👏

[@ThisMainerMom]

Yes she is! ❤️

[@SonyaChavez]

I would love a pine coat wreath, but you have so many other projects you want to do. Just do it for fun for yourself.

[@brendamontanye9877]

what I did today.... well, I cleaned out our large chicken coop. I do that about once a year, meaning emptying it completely and setting it back up for when the hens return from our farm for the winter. It was pretty ick but work we did on it a couple of years ago made the job doable. I have a mama hen with 3 chicks that had to be moved to a mobile "chicken tractor" and I needed to finish the job before the other mama hen hatches hers. The new pullets need more space so they'll get to use the coop before they are joined by the older gals. It's a bit of a dance. What makes this not any type of complaint is that today was the first day in months I didn't wake up with pain from knee bursitis. I finally gave in and got a cortisone shot about 10 days ago. I was being stubborn and really that was dumb. So the whole time I was mucking out the coop I was thinking, "I can't believe it doesn't hurt so much!". When I was nearly done I started hearing sirens and counted 7-8 emergency vehicles and police go by on the main road. I found out later that a child had been hit by a car. I don't know other details but last month there was a teen who drowned in the river. These things are so hard and I pray for these families and I thank God for each day I have with my loved ones. So, I am slowly changing my attitude and mindset about pain and about annoying chores. There are solutions to the pains and honest work is a celebration of what we value. Also I totally would want to organize my husband's desk. Actually I just adopted his desk 43 years ago and now he asks where things are :) What I'm really eyeballing is the shed, cellar, the barn, and (why not?) the farm. heh heh heh. Not actually joking :) But probably I should master my own domain here at home first.

[@allioakley3372]

I have nothing left to declutter I know that sounds great but it's sad to me so we're starting to just wash all our walls and door frames we have to do something. It's just not as much fun as decluttering 😂

[@ThisMainerMom]

Oh that IS kinda funny!! My decluttering videos are so much more popular I wonder what will happen when I’m done!!

[@allioakley3372]

When you're done decluttering you'll just have to travel around and help friends declutter. Those videos are awesome too

[@ginapearson3601]

Hey lady, loving the slow homemaking theme.

[@ThisMainerMom]

Thanks, Gina!! 💞

[@jessicaquiroz7178]

Today, I’m going to be vacuuming and mopping my entire house or at least as much as I can do

[@ThisMainerMom]

Awesome! 😃

[@carolynoquinn4573]

I also dust my husband's Treadmill, lol.

[@ThisMainerMom]

😂

[@michelesusanne1]

I buy the cotton crocheted dish cloths every year from the church ladies at a craft bazaar. It goes to a good cause but I would love to learn how to make them. They also make ones that are more like a scrubby, the yarn must have plastic fibers in it. I am working on using up our paper supplies like notepads/paper before buying anymore.

[@ThisMainerMom]

Do you knit or crochet?

[@michelesusanne1]

@@ThisMainerMom no I don't know how to do either

[@jeanettekvinlaug2772]

❤

[@berniv-l6548]

Hi K i passed on your Joy list tip to my mom, i love that, love your cooking, ps are you able to recycle where you are?

[@ThisMainerMom]

Yes, we do some recycling! I am so glad you could help your mom!! ♥️

[@pandapeek55]

I no longer use anything with fragrance not only for my health but especially for my cats health. Some of the essentials oils in scents can cause serious illnesses in pets. ☹️ There are many scents that are especially bad for cats because their noses are way more sensitive to smells than ours. Also, you still need to be careful with wax melts and cats. I knew of a cat that was curious enough he put his paw in the wax and burned his little paw. 😢

[@angelarothbauer8096]

I have organized my hubbys man room but he gets upset and says he can’t find things - we recently determined he can’t find them in the boxes he throws stuff in

[@lisaann6267]

i always use chicken legs, thighs always have a slight liver taste to me. its been slightly windy here every day, so dont bother dusting till it lets up, my back & hips dont like it. :) have a blessed week. 🙏🙏🤗🤗🌿🌿🌺🐈🐈☕☕🥤🥤🥤🥤🍦🦋🦋🎶🎶📖📖

[@ThisMainerMom]

I think I maybe have put one bite of liver in my mouth in my whole life! 😂 I hope You have a blessed week as well!! 🙌🙏🏼😍🤩🥰😘

[@judenebaer9997]

❤😊

[@ThisMainerMom]

👋💞

[@judenebaer9997]

🖐👋

[@CynthiaFulkerson]

I think a candle warmer would be safer............just my opinion.

[@Myeverydaywifelife]

Yea I would organize hubby’s office and I did but it needs it again. He does not have a system and doesn’t put like items with like times but some how he knows exactly where things are. He has a memory like an elephant! I do not! I didn’t label the drawers though. He did like it when I was done organizing it by category though.

[@ThisMainerMom]

Yes, same here! Hubby is a computer programmer so he knows systems just doesn’t like one with stuff I guess!! 😂

[@Myeverydaywifelife]

@@ThisMainerMom Ha! Bob was a computer engineer in fact a systems engineer! Lol He can organize well if he wants too sometimes he just doesn’t care. When we redid his bedroom closet because his shelf fell down, he organized it all himself and it looks good.

[@Myeverydaywifelife]

@@ThisMainerMom Then when he unloads the dishwasher he never puts the dishes back in the same place twice lol! I think he think well they are in the vicinity so good enough. It doesn’t matter to him, it’s a man thing. Sister says her hubby is same way. It’s all good I just Jeuge the dishes after he unloads to the proper position. Ha!

[@carolynoquinn4573]

Hi hon! You mentioned your bathroom remodeling recently?

[@ThisMainerMom]

Yes hubby is talking about getting back to it so I am hoping the floor will get done in the next couple of weeks…🙏🏼

[@carolynoquinn4573]

@@ThisMainerMom Exciting! Atleast for you and I, lol.

[@ThisMainerMom]

Yes!! 😂

[@carolynoquinn4573]

I've never rinsed rice.

[@michelesusanne1]

It's a good idea to rinse it before cooking. It can reduce the arsenic in rice by 30%. Also, rice grains rub together during processing and shipment, creating a starchy dust that can make the grains clump together and give the cooked rice a gummy texture. Rinsing removes this excess starch, resulting in separate grains with a fluffier texture.

[@carolynoquinn4573]

@@michelesusanne1 Ah, ok. I guess I usually use a kit or rice a roni, etc.

[@jl1726]

Window valances when you have a view like Robin does seems like something you could declutter and save yourself some unnecessary cleaning…

[@carolynoquinn4573]

So, Rachel doesn't cook for herself?

[@ThisMainerMom]

She does, but I like to once in while. ❤️ She’s a great cook and started cooking for herself at 14!

[@carolynoquinn4573]

@@ThisMainerMom Wow, that's cool!

[@angelarothbauer8096]

Also Karen or community I watch the ads for Karen but should I wait till her video restarts or hit skip when ad ends

[@ThisMainerMom]

Thank you so much! 😍