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I have this much energy today, you guys.
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In fact, to be exact, I had 5 hours and
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19 minutes of sleep. If you clicked on
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this video today because you need some
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cleaning motivation, we're going to do
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it together, you guys. Other than that,
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today we're going to be turning my
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family room into a movie theater.
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But I need to take a moment, as you can
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hear, and tend to these babies. And then
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we'll get into that.
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And I spray water all over my pants.
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Hi friends, welcome. Today we are
0:49
getting into a whole house clean with
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me. Continuing our whole house clean
0:52
series. I have this much energy today,
0:55
you guys. Zero, no motivation, no
0:59
energy. In fact, to be exact, I had 5
1:02
hours and 19 minutes of sleep. I am
1:06
exhausted in the sleep that I actually
1:08
had. I don't think the Fitbit counted
1:11
the time that I woke up out of my sleep.
1:14
However, things have to get done. So, I
1:16
am declaring right now that that right
1:18
there was the last amount of complaining
1:21
that I was going to do. I gave myself 30
1:24
seconds to get my little venting session
1:26
out because it's not going to do
1:28
anything. It's pretty useless. I'm
1:30
either going to get it done or I'm not
1:33
going to get it done. And I think I know
1:36
what it is aside from just sleep that's
1:39
really causing me to feel extremely
1:41
discouraged for the things that I have
1:43
to do or the day that I have coming up
1:45
today. I already think I can guess or
1:48
have like I have a theory about what's
1:50
really going on in my head right now.
1:53
But I'm going to share that with you
1:54
guys later because
1:57
I have a time frame that I want to get
1:59
things done. So I'm going to just dive
2:01
right in. We'll talk more about that
2:03
later. But if you click on this video
2:04
today because you need some cleaning
2:07
motivation,
2:08
especially if you have like me, no
2:11
motivation to begin with or you're just
2:14
feeling tired. What are you supposed to
2:16
do? We're going to do it together, you
2:17
guys. Here's what we're going to do.
2:18
First, we are going to fuel ourselves,
2:21
get our brains together, get our body
2:23
fueled, as well as set some things in
2:25
place to help us when we really start
2:28
taking a deep dive into that exhaustion.
2:31
I'm going to make myself some coffee and
2:32
I'm also going to be drinking some
2:34
water. But most importantly, I am going
2:36
to sit down and say a prayer. I'm going
2:38
to let the Lord know how I am feeling
2:39
today and ask him to lend me his
2:42
support. And I'm going to leave it
2:44
there. I'm going to have faith that that
2:47
that's it. And I'm going to get
2:49
extremely specific, you guys. Praying
2:51
that I don't have to fight off any
2:54
headaches today. Hey, I already woke up
2:56
with a slight like mental fog, which
2:59
normally translates to headache for me.
3:02
Mental fog is normally I didn't get
3:04
enough sleep or that my sleep was
3:06
interrupted while it was in like its
3:08
deep state of sleep. Normally, if you
3:10
wake up while you're in your light state
3:12
of sleep, then um that's better. And the
3:15
way that you would typically go about
3:17
that basically is if there's a time that
3:20
you need to wake up, you set your timer
3:22
30 minutes before that. Doing that
3:25
allows your your body to kind of like
3:28
wake up even though you're not out of
3:31
the bed yet. And so you might drift back
3:33
off to sleep while you set your alarm to
3:36
snooze, for example, for the next 30
3:38
minutes or so. However, you're no longer
3:40
in that deep state of sleep. You might
3:43
still be in a light state of sleep. Your
3:45
mind is still resting. Maybe don't turn
3:47
on the lights. Don't turn on your phone
3:49
or anything like that. For the next 30
3:51
minutes, you're in a light stage of
3:52
sleep. So that when you actually fully
3:55
wake yourself up with the lights, with
3:58
whatever it is you have going on for
3:59
that day, you didn't wake up out of that
4:02
deep sleep state. You didn't force your
4:04
body out of sleep, if that makes sense.
4:06
You woke up out of the light stage of
4:08
sleep. So that is something that I
4:11
didn't do today. I literally was like,
4:13
it's now or never. And I just jumped out
4:15
the bed. We have a lot of things that I
4:19
need to get done today. I already
4:21
switched over the laundry that I forgot
4:22
to switch into the dryer last night.
4:24
Other than that, today we're going to be
4:26
turning my family room into a movie
4:28
theater. We're having a watch party for
4:30
the new Why Did I Get Married? I think
4:32
it's the third one that just came out.
4:34
They're bringing their kids. So during
4:36
those times that normally I can be like,
4:38
"That's okay. I'll just clean up
4:39
downstairs. We'll leave upstairs." Blah
4:42
blah blah. That's not happening because
4:43
the kids are going to be hanging out
4:44
upstairs. They're going to be playing up
4:46
there probably watching like the Mario
4:48
movie or something. So, I need to make
4:51
sure there's like a small table up there
4:52
for any snacks that they might be taking
4:55
upstairs. I don't want it, you know, all
4:56
over the place. I guess they could eat
4:58
on the floor. I don't know. I would like
5:00
to keep it on the table, make up the
5:02
bed, make sure that there's, you know,
5:05
at least it's presentable. It's not even
5:09
the worst right now, but I'm hard on
5:11
myself in that way. I don't recommend
5:13
it. Don't beat yourself up about it. The
5:15
people that are coming over, they are
5:17
family. I don't feel the need to have to
5:19
impress anybody or anything like that.
5:21
However, I still just need to get it
5:24
done either way because we only have
5:27
about a week and 2 days before we are
5:31
going back down south to Florida. So,
5:33
let's go ahead and make some coffee,
5:34
drink some water, say my prayer, and
5:36
just get right into it. Comment down
5:38
below and let me know what is it that
5:40
you're fueling yourself with today. Is
5:41
it prayer? Is it tea? Is it coffee?
5:44
matcha, your water, some vitamins,
5:47
whatever it is. Comment down below. Let
5:49
me know how are you setting yourself up
5:51
for success today. Don't forget to also
5:54
schedule in a small meal, a protein bar,
5:57
neutrorain bar, a sandwich, something,
5:59
or have a full breakfast if you have the
6:00
time, because that's going to set you up
6:02
for success later in the day. You might
6:05
make it through the first one or two
6:07
hours feeling tired, exhausted, lack of
6:09
sleep. However, we have to be
6:11
intentional with our health as well and
6:14
take care of our bodies. Therefore, make
6:17
sure you eat something, too. Also, my
6:19
son is upstairs playing with Legos,
6:22
so that's great. However, he's cleaning
6:24
his own room up today. So, I'll show you
6:26
guys on the board how I wrote out
6:29
exactly exactly what he needs to do.
6:32
It's so great once they learn how to
6:34
read. You can leave them all types of
6:36
little notes and instructions and things
6:38
like that. So,
6:41
he has a fivestep
6:44
checklist that's going to help him to
6:46
clean his room. And then I'm going to go
6:48
in there and make sure it's good.
6:50
Vacuuming, making up the bed, dusting,
6:52
things like that. But he's going to do
6:54
the bulk of the cleaning in there.
7:43
Prayer was said and I am fully ready to
7:45
dive in. Now I have to go out to the
7:47
porch and get the groceries. Just some
7:49
things that I ordered for later on
7:51
tonight. I'll show you guys what that
7:52
is. I'm going to wipe down the table
7:54
before I do that, which might not make
7:57
the most sense because I'm pretty sure
7:58
the table will get dirty, but I'm going
8:01
to do it anyway and then do it again
8:03
because that is how I am.
8:15
The kids got something on the table like
8:18
this red mark. There was like a red
8:21
sheet of paper that just was sticking to
8:23
the table and it was damp. I guess I
8:26
don't know how that got there or how I'm
8:28
going to get it up. I'm going to try a
8:30
magic eraser, but I'm not going to worry
8:32
about that right now. Clean as the go.
8:35
They don't have to be dirty.
8:46
Anybody
9:01
else ever try to just get all the
9:02
groceries in one go? We're going to
9:04
unload the groceries while I basically
9:06
give you a haul, I guess. So, I got some
9:07
plastic cups and some straws for slushie
9:10
mix. also have a large can of pre-made
9:15
nacho cheese sauce that I can put in my
9:18
slow cooker so that it'll stay hot and
9:20
we can have nachos for the movies.
9:29
Few different flavors of nachos. We got
9:31
the spicy, the cheddar, as well as just
9:33
the plain classic Tostito round. I
9:36
ordered some salsa by a completely
9:40
different brand than this. This is a
9:41
Great Value restaurant style salsa. Not
9:45
the brand that I wanted. Guess they ran
9:47
out of stock of the one that I actually
9:50
ordered. Got some jalapenos right there.
9:54
Some taco seasoning mix for the meat.
9:57
Lots of theater candy. I'll show you
9:59
guys that. um cheese because the kids
10:04
are probably just going to do soft
10:06
tacos. I got some sour cream topping.
10:08
And then I got four lbs of the Maride
10:10
Wagu beef. This is going straight to the
10:13
fridge. It's going to be about nine of
10:15
us in total. The kids don't eat a ton of
10:19
a lot. Um I think 4 lbs is more than
10:22
enough. The Waggle brand is our favorite
10:23
brand with just 75% lean and 25% fat.
10:28
That is what we like for tacos or nachos
10:32
and things like that. Here are the other
10:34
sauces. So, we got some mixed pico de
10:37
gallo. It has like the tomatoes, the
10:40
cilantro, the onions in there, and then
10:42
we got this market side Catalina style
10:45
salsa. Also, not the actual brand that I
10:48
chose. And then here is the queso, the
10:51
only one that I actually did order.
10:54
This is a queso blanco by P medium. So,
10:58
a few different topping options. And
11:01
then these are for the kids. I got the
11:02
soft tortilla bowls as well as the soft
11:06
tortilla wraps. And then I got lettuce
11:09
because the shredded lettuce is like
11:11
iceberg. However, I really wanted the
11:13
romaine lettuce. So, I just got three
11:14
hearts of it. And I'm going to just
11:16
shred it, chop it up myself, put it in a
11:19
glass bowl with a lid on it, and then
11:24
here's the 12 mini bags of popcorn. We
11:27
have the large bags of popcorn right now
11:30
in our pantry that we purchased last
11:32
week. And then I just decided to get 12
11:34
mini bags in case the kids want some or
11:36
in case we just want individual smaller
11:39
bags. I don't know, maybe someone's
11:40
going to just want a huge bag to eat.
11:43
However, this makes it easier not having
11:45
to buy actual popcorn bags. Everything,
11:48
it's already individual bags. Here,
11:50
here's our flavors. We got this white
11:52
cheddar flavor, kettle corn flavor,
11:57
and then we have a nacho cheddar flavor,
12:00
and then we have different candies. My
12:02
husband really likes these like sugar
12:06
candy rings. Uh, so I got him those. And
12:09
then I just got like a few different
12:11
varieties that will stack up. We got the
12:14
M&M's. I remember seeing my friend
12:16
eating these one time when the kids had
12:18
like a piñata. This was what she took
12:21
out of her kids candy bag and I think
12:23
that's the favorite, so I got that for
12:24
her. Otherwise, I just got the classics.
12:27
We got the Reesei pieces. I love these
12:30
little hot tamalies. And then I just got
12:32
two Skittles. And then baby girl has
12:36
been requesting we restock
12:38
bananas. So got her more bananas for the
12:42
week that we'll be here. And then
12:46
these are going into the fridge. These
12:48
are what we use in the slush machine.
12:52
One whole carton of this it fills up the
12:56
entire machine like to the max line. So
12:59
you can't use more than this. However,
13:02
this fills up to the max line. So, I got
13:04
two of these so that we can make
13:06
slushies. And then later on, I actually
13:08
have cups with lid that's supposed to be
13:10
shipped. I just don't know what time of
13:12
day it's supposed to be here. So, I did
13:14
get the plastic cups without the lids,
13:16
but I'm hoping that the ones with the
13:18
lids can get here. I literally placed
13:20
this order at like I don't know 1:00 in
13:23
the morning probably. So, here's what I
13:26
have. I'm going to get the stuff that
13:27
needs to go into the fridge into the
13:28
fridge. And I really, really need to
13:31
clean up. I'm also going to bring
13:33
another recliner here into the family
13:38
room.
13:39
As always, I'm starting off by trying to
13:41
throw away any trash and get that right
13:43
out of the way.
13:56
It will always be this way.
14:04
It will always be this way.
14:18
Heat.
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Heat.
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Heat. Heat.
15:01
All
15:18
righty. I'm feeling a whole lot better
15:20
just having things wiped down and all
15:23
the trash thrown away. It is really
15:26
insane how clutter can really cloud our
15:30
vision, make us feel a lot more
15:31
overwhelmed than we have to be. You
15:34
guys, I think that I'm going to end up
15:35
bringing some buffet
15:38
pans out of my garage cuz I have to go
15:40
into the garage anyway. I have a bag
15:42
from some clothes that I decluttered
15:44
about 2 weeks ago and the bag never made
15:46
it into the garage being that they go
15:48
in. So, basically, I have a bin in the
15:50
garage that has like seasonal clothes
15:52
that I interchange throughout the
15:55
seasons. So, I need to take that bag of
15:58
clothes and dump it into the seasonal
16:00
bin in the garage. So, while I'm out
16:03
there, if I can easily grab the buffet
16:06
pants, I'll bring them in and plug them
16:08
up somewhere so that the meat can stay
16:10
warm. That way, no one has to use my
16:14
microwave and things like that. just
16:16
makes things a lot more simple, you
16:18
know, and helps out with time and things
16:21
like that. Um,
16:24
but
16:29
if I can't easily grab, I'm not going
16:31
to. I'm just not. And if it's not easy
16:34
to put back away, I'm also not going to
16:37
because this is a one day thing. We
16:39
literally have a flight
16:46
in about 10 days from now.
16:58
So, next what I really want to do is
16:59
just grab a chair that I want to put
17:01
inside the family room really quick.
17:08
Come
17:34
on. Come on.
17:38
I just moved the recliner and there was
17:40
literally a cup from my daughter
17:43
underneath there and it looks like she
17:45
spilled like juice and water underneath
17:47
there. So, thank goodness I actually
17:49
moved that chair. I should probably do
17:51
it more often because otherwise it
17:53
probably would have been like sticky,
17:54
dried up juice for the next week or so.
17:57
I'm going to sweep and mop in here
17:59
before I actually clean up the mess,
18:02
which is backwards from how I typically
18:03
do things. But yeah, we got to get all
18:05
that juice up off the floor first. Get a
18:07
new mop pad put on.
18:19
I probably could have done this in the
18:21
basement and it would have went faster.
18:23
So, it was either do I want to stand
18:25
here and hold this for 2 minutes or do I
18:27
want to run downstairs, fill it up in 30
18:30
seconds, and then run back upstairs. One
18:32
probably would have took me 1 minute.
18:34
This one's probably going to take me 2
18:36
minutes. So yeah, of course when you're
18:40
going the route that takes the longest
18:43
because it's less strenuous.
18:47
And I spray water all over my pants.
18:53
That's what I get for being lazy. Should
18:54
have just went downstairs.
19:17
Heat. Heat.
19:45
Yes, that was a terrible job that I did
19:47
there. However, I want to see how I want
19:49
everything to be, I guess, laid out. And
19:52
of course then I'm going to give it
19:53
another full mop. But that had to get
19:55
cleaned up immediately.
20:55
I think that's good enough as far as the
20:58
television setup goes. Now, I want to
21:01
tackle this homechool area here. Some of
21:04
the stuff is my daughter's busy stuff
21:06
for her. Coloring books, crayons,
21:10
and then some books. My son took out
21:13
some old books from his old Good and the
21:15
Beautiful language arts. Just all the
21:18
stuff
21:20
from
21:23
homeschool this week. I think we'll keep
21:26
this. How cute. I think we're going to
21:28
keep his little origami tulip. It's
21:30
super cute. Let's put all this stuff
21:32
back. See
21:36
the Lord's Prayer, handwriting,
21:40
language arts, math.
21:46
In that order.
21:52
There we go. Then in here we'll put
21:58
reading
22:01
and
22:03
spelling
22:05
and a little coloring book to keep baby
22:07
girl busy
22:10
and his tablet. All can go on that one.
22:48
Okay. Here's
22:57
that after shot of the family room. This
23:00
is pretty much the extent of what we're
23:01
going to be doing here. We have some
23:02
seating set up. We invited another
23:04
couple over and their children to watch
23:07
Why Did I Get Married three. And I'm
23:10
going to basically keep everything as
23:12
is. We got baby girls homeschool stuff
23:14
over there. My son's homechool stuff
23:16
here. a little bit of fall decor that I
23:18
want to be taking to Florida with me.
23:20
And then I cleared off this table here.
23:23
We can use it to hold some things
23:25
because these two seats does not have
23:27
any type of cup holders. However, this
23:29
one, the middle seat, folds down to a
23:31
cup holder. So, we can place things over
23:33
here. And then I want to go outside and
23:34
grab some hydrangea flowers from the
23:37
yard and put some flowers in this space
23:40
to make it cute. And then I still have a
23:42
few business things that I need to wrap
23:45
up this week before we head to Florida.
23:47
So I need to leave out my vinyl cutter,
23:50
my laptop, my laminating machine. It
23:53
needs to stay there. As much as I would
23:55
like to have this thing spotless and
23:56
clean around here before company comes
23:58
over, it's just not realistic for the
24:00
current state or the current season that
24:02
we are in of life right now. However,
24:03
you guys look how cute this is. My
24:06
husband printed this with his 3D model
24:10
printer and it's like the Watt statue at
24:12
Disney. I love it. And I'm probably
24:13
going to be taking this back to Florida
24:15
with us, too. Otherwise, the family room
24:17
is done. I'm going to finish my
24:18
espresso. I only drank half of it. So,
24:21
I'm going to finish that. I'm also happy
24:23
that pretty much the kitchen only has a
24:25
few more things that needs to get done.
24:27
I have, I think, two pans in here, two,
24:31
three cups. I have like five dishes. I
24:33
always love to do an evening close down.
24:34
If I don't do it, my husband will do it
24:36
sometimes. So, we're going to get the
24:38
last couple of dishes in here washed and
24:41
then once that's done, I'm just going to
24:43
mop the kitchen floor and then I'll be
24:45
able to move into the front room in the
24:47
bathroom of the house. The front room
24:48
isn't bad. However, we have a lot of
24:50
stuff in there as well as we're
24:52
preparing to move to Florida. Yes, I
24:53
have this mic just hanging on my shirt
24:55
cuz it's loose. And yes, I'm looking
24:56
insane today. I just don't care. I have
25:00
to put away some things like homechool
25:02
stuff down into the basement. I might
25:04
get to it. I might not. I'm saving it
25:05
for last because I want to be
25:06
intentional with time. It's already
25:08
1:00, you guys. By 3:30,
25:12
I need to be completely done because
25:15
5:00 is the time that I need to I'm
25:16
going to now go into the hallway area.
25:19
Basically, the hallway is where I put
25:21
everything that either needs to go
25:22
downstairs or upstairs because it's
25:24
between both of the entryway. It's
25:26
basically in between both sets of steps
25:28
that goes up and down. So, I'm going to
25:30
move a lot of that stuff out of the
25:32
hallway and then I'm going to sweep and
25:35
mop the kitchen and the hallway at the
25:38
same time. That way, I can go one round,
25:40
get it all taken care of. But I'm also
25:42
going to let the Robovac go into the
25:45
family room for any crumbs that I might
25:47
have missed. I think I got most of them.
25:49
However, we don't allow guests to wear
25:52
shoes in our home at this point. They
25:53
all know they have to bring some sort of
25:56
slippers, socks, whatever they want to
25:58
do barefoot. how we don't care. Just no
26:00
shoes in the house. So, I try my best to
26:03
keep like dust, lint, even tiny little
26:07
crumbs off the floor because even me, if
26:09
I'm barefoot or have on socks, if I feel
26:11
a crumb underneath my foot, it's going
26:13
to drive me insane. So, I try my best.
26:15
So, I did a good sweep, a mop a couple
26:17
times, and I'm going to let the RoboVac
26:18
go through and pick up anything that I
26:20
might have missed.
26:32
So, I'm showing you guys the hallway
26:33
here. So, I need to sweep and mop this
26:37
area, including the doormat over there.
26:40
You guys can see the coat closet over
26:42
there. I'm just going to close that
26:43
closet. And then over here, I'm showing
26:45
you guys I have baby girl has her little
26:48
toy right there, her little push toy.
26:49
I'll take that to her room. My husband
26:51
has his work bag from yesterday. And
26:54
then I also have that blue laundry bag
26:56
that I was telling you guys about that
26:57
needs to go into the garage. So I'm
26:59
going to take that, put it inside my
27:01
clothes bin. And then here hanging up on
27:03
the banister. It's just a ton of things
27:05
that has to go upstairs. I have two
27:07
jackets actually hanging on there that I
27:09
need to hang into the coat closet. And
27:10
then I think I have like a couple of
27:12
towels to take upstairs to the laundry.
27:15
Just basically laundry that needs to be
27:16
sorted out. So once I finish up here,
27:18
I'm going to carry all that stuff
27:20
upstairs and put them into the laundry.
27:23
This is the problem area that I was
27:26
talking about earlier where I need to
27:29
put the stuff away. Some of it is like
27:31
homeschool stuff that we haven't gotten
27:34
around to. Some of it is homechool stuff
27:35
that is completed in our bin that I was
27:38
using to store away like completed work.
27:41
It's pretty much running out of space.
27:44
Um I don't want to store it on the
27:48
bookshelf. However, it's very much
27:50
looking like I might need to store it
27:53
down there neatly on the bottom shelf
27:55
until I get some sort of portfolio just
27:57
so that I'm not stressing myself out. I
27:59
have a couple of packages down there at
28:02
the moment that we need to return to
28:03
Amazon or USPS and we have to do that
28:06
this week. So, I want to keep them close
28:08
by the door basically. And then I also
28:10
have a ton of clutter right here that I
28:11
need to take upstairs. There's all
28:13
things that need to go upstairs like a
28:14
leftover bag from my son's dentist
28:16
appointment. I'm gonna take the little
28:18
toothpaste, whatever it's in there
28:19
upstairs, and then I have a couple of
28:21
like hair bows, combs, bracelets, a
28:24
random cleaning towel, um my husband's
28:27
watch, random little tiny things that
28:30
I'm just going to sort through. That's
28:31
probably only going to take me 2 minutes
28:32
to do. So, let's tackle this stuff right
28:35
here for now. I'm going to head to the
28:38
garage first and then we'll check back
28:40
in. Making progress for sure. I emptied
28:44
the blue bag. There it is, hanging on
28:46
the banister. hung up those coats. I
28:48
also got baby girl's cloth diapers out
28:50
of the dryer. They're hanging up in that
28:52
white bag like right there on the
28:55
banister. So, things I need to take up.
28:57
Put the extra laundry bag away. Put away
29:00
baby girl's cloth diapers. And then I
29:02
got a couple more things to go in
29:04
laundry upstairs. A couple of towels and
29:06
my son's play superhero cape. Have to
29:10
wash that door mat right there. And then
29:12
I got some boxes to recycle as well. So,
29:14
I'm keeping those by the door. Over
29:16
here, we have some shoes that if we
29:19
don't wash them and take them with us to
29:22
Florida, we are going to either put them
29:25
away for future children because the
29:27
kids are not going to be able to fit
29:28
those when we come back. Those are
29:29
majority the kids shoes. I think I have
29:31
a pair down there, my favorite pair to
29:34
wear like every day these days, those
29:36
white ones. And then I also have some
29:38
shoes that I wear like once per year.
29:40
Very expensive, also very cute, but also
29:42
don't match everything. So, I'm probably
29:44
going to place those back into the box
29:45
they came in and store them. Everything
29:46
else has been taken care of that I said
29:48
I would take care of. The books that
29:49
were stacked up here, I decided not to
29:51
be lazy.
29:53
I did not store them under there. Lazy
29:55
is not the right word. I was kind of
29:56
pressed for time, but I was like, I will
29:58
be backtracking. I don't know if you
30:00
guys saw, but last week I actually
30:01
decluttered this entire bookshelf. So, I
30:04
didn't want to backtrack and put things
30:05
back on this bookshelf. So, the only
30:06
thing that I left is how things actually
30:09
were, as well as some packages that we
30:11
need to return. And then my husband, he
30:13
also has his camera. And then I have my
30:15
camera. Things that we are going to be
30:16
packing up. Speaking of packing up, here
30:19
it is. We have two suitcases of things
30:22
that we like to put inside the car
30:23
that's going to be shipped down south.
30:25
And then over here, I have a couple of
30:26
totes, business stuff, homeschool stuff,
30:29
and then our two carry-on bags that
30:31
we're going to be taking to the airport.
30:33
So, all of that stuff is sitting out
30:34
because we're in the midst of packing.
30:37
Everything else in here is taken care
30:39
of, and we're going to sweep them up the
30:40
hallway. My son has completed his Legos.
30:43
Now he's upstairs cleaning up his room,
30:45
doing his checklist, and I'm going to
30:46
take baby girl's Tony box upstairs to
30:48
keep her busy as well. In the kitchen,
30:52
I'm working on again sweeping, mopping,
30:55
and unloading the dishwasher. Once we
30:57
get that unloaded, we can put those few
30:59
dishes in there. And then the dishwasher
31:01
will also be clear for when we have
31:04
guests over if we want you, like if we
31:07
dirty up anything while I'm cooking. I
31:08
don't have to worry about handwashing
31:10
them because the dishwasher is clear.
31:12
We'll just toss them in there. Things
31:13
will stay clean all night long. Robovac
31:16
is also doing its job. However, it found
31:20
a cord. Once we finish unloading the
31:22
dishwasher, sweeping, and things like
31:24
that, I am going to go get some flowers
31:26
to put in this space. And we are
31:27
basically heading upstairs after that to
31:29
check on my son, see how he's doing, and
31:31
then clean my daughter's room. I also
31:33
took care of the bathroom already. And
31:35
this is taking longer than it typically
31:37
would because again I'm just like trying
31:38
to move a lot of things around in and
31:41
out of the garage putting some things
31:42
away into storage. I also put out the
31:44
warming trays. So it's three of them.
31:47
All three of them. It's just going to be
31:49
beef in there. It's just going to keep
31:51
them warm. I don't have to use all three
31:53
of them. I could actually take all of
31:54
them out and put one large aluminum pan
31:56
in there and then that way I don't have
31:58
to wash anything when I'm done. I can
32:00
just throw it away because this is the
32:01
part that heats this bottom part right
32:03
here. However, I wanted to stick with
32:04
what they have here and use that instead
32:08
to keep things nice and warm. Um, that
32:12
way we have lids on there. So, we'll put
32:14
the top the spoons can go in here and
32:16
everything. Just makes things a lot more
32:17
sleek. Keep it off the counter top, put
32:19
it on the stove. I'm going to plug it
32:21
up. We have a little plug back there,
32:23
that little cord where we can just plug
32:25
it in, keep all the meat warm. And then
32:27
here's the warmer that we're going to be
32:28
using for the nacho cheese. That way, we
32:30
don't have to worry about using the
32:31
microwave at all. I feel like that's
32:33
just so much easier. So, I grabbed that
32:35
when I was in a garage. But, let's go
32:36
ahead and just keep going, you guys.
32:38
Running out of time here. I think I said
32:40
I wanted to be done within the next two
32:41
hours from now. So, I guess, you know,
32:43
it would be nice to finish earlier.
32:46
However, we have already been going
32:48
about this for about an hour. So, let's
32:51
keep going.
33:18
Let the
33:25
I get more
33:31
That's done. Let's reload the
33:33
dishwasher. Few dishes here and there.
33:36
They barely need to be rinsed. This
33:38
should be easy peasy work.
33:41
However,
33:43
I have a feeling my kids are going to be
33:45
down here bugging me soon.
34:01
Dishwasher is loaded. They're moving
34:03
along. Now we're going to sweep this.
34:38
I want to shine.
34:59
Look at how long is coming out of the
35:00
door.
35:15
Heat.
35:32
Heat. N.
35:39
Yeah.
35:42
Heat.
35:52
Heat. Heat. N.
36:18
Me and the Robo back are packaging in
36:20
the kitchen. Now I'm going to hide it.
36:52
I can't control.
37:14
I just have a few more loose ends to tie
37:16
down here. I have a few purses back here
37:18
that I want to take upstairs. An
37:19
exercise resistance band to take
37:22
downstairs. And then I also had to take
37:25
the laundry upstairs as well. However, I
37:28
want to put the trash bags away. I have
37:31
a little mess over here.
37:47
It goes up here.
37:58
Okay. So, it's definitely not perfect,
38:00
but it's good enough for the company
38:01
that we have coming over. It's literally
38:03
cleaning things. I'm really I don't care
38:05
too much about it. Like I said, we're
38:07
leaving in a week. It is what it is.
38:08
It's just extra trash bag and cleaning
38:10
wipes. That's one little something that
38:12
we keep foil and parchment paper and
38:14
just things that I'm not going to stress
38:15
about right now. We're going to move on.
38:17
The very last thing that I want to do
38:18
before we move upstairs is wash any of
38:20
the warming trays that I'm going to be
38:22
using. I also need to wash down the
38:24
sink, but I can't remember. There was
38:25
something that I said I needed to do in
38:27
the sink
38:29
before I washed it down. It was
38:31
something that I knew would get it
38:32
messy. I can't really figure it out at
38:35
the moment. So,
38:37
I don't know.
39:10
Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat.
39:32
Heat. Heat. N.
39:42
Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey.
40:25
Heat. Heat.
40:32
Heat. Heat. Heat.
40:42
Come
40:58
on.
41:01
Heat.
41:06
Here's
41:22
what it's going to be looking like. My
41:23
husband is already sitting here in the
41:26
Meow Movie Theater family room. Got a
41:30
nice good view of the television. He's
41:33
got his drink on the cup holder. And we
41:36
have finished cleaning up downstairs. I
41:39
have the slush machine nice and cleaned,
41:42
ready to go so we can get some slushies
41:44
going. And then I got the warming pans
41:46
over here for the meat as well as the
41:49
warmer for the cheese. All right, so I
41:51
need to take a moment and tend to the
41:53
kids. However, we are now upstairs and
41:55
I'm so excited because that means I'm
41:57
almost done at least with the cleaning
41:58
portion, which is like the boring part.
42:01
I would rather be making myself look
42:03
cute for movie night, getting the kids
42:05
dressed, cooking the foods and things
42:07
like that. Huge mess in here. I'm going
42:09
take a moment. Even though it's a huge
42:11
mess, I want to challenge myself and set
42:12
a timer. 15 minutes tops. I'm going to
42:15
aim for 10. But I need to take a moment,
42:18
as you can hear, and 10 to these babies.
42:21
And then we'll get into that.
42:26
Here
42:42
is baby girl's room after the kids
42:45
helped me to clean it up.
42:49
Didn't take 10 minutes. Um, I was back
42:52
and forth between this room and the
42:54
kids' room. I also left a few things
42:58
out. So, back there we have a spare set
43:00
of covers because next weekend my mother
43:02
is going to be staying with us just
43:04
before we leave watching the kids so
43:06
that we can go to a wedding. We also
43:09
have laundry to fold that I didn't fold
43:11
yet. We're saving that for tomorrow.
43:13
Sundays I love to fold laundry. And then
43:15
I left a couple of baby girl's favorite
43:17
toys. She usually has some of the bigger
43:20
things downstairs like the Minnie Mouse
43:22
airplane toy, her little Minnie Mouse
43:24
push cart, and then she's also been
43:26
loving her Bluey Playhouse as well. I
43:29
got lucky and just have a really sweet
43:31
kids. So, when Noah heard me telling you
43:35
all that I still needed to clean up her
43:38
bedroom and that it was the last thing
43:40
that I needed to do, he just jumped
43:43
right in and began cleaning her bedroom
43:45
up. He had just finished his room. my
43:47
daughter whenever she sees him doing
43:48
something her brother she'll just follow
43:50
him. So the kids I let them clean up and
43:54
I monitored helped and then I went into
43:56
his room to just double check his work.
43:58
Made his bed up with clean fresh bedding
44:01
and then vacuumed both of the kids
44:03
floor. That's all that I pretty much
44:06
mostly did around here and moved a few
44:08
things the best that I could. Na had
44:11
spilled ice cream in the carpet too, so
44:12
I had to scrub that up. I just used a
44:14
microfiber cloth and water and scrubbed
44:16
it and it came right up. I think that
44:18
the biggest thing for me going into this
44:20
being discouraged is that I didn't know
44:22
how long it would take me. Typically, I
44:24
know how long my cleaning sessions are
44:25
going to take. Normally, I can clean my
44:27
entire house within an hour. However,
44:29
today I knew that I needed to move some
44:30
furniture around. I knew that I needed
44:32
to take some things into storage and
44:34
bring some things out of storage in the
44:36
garage. I still knew we were going to be
44:37
hosting, which naturally just makes me a
44:39
little bit more anxious for some reason
44:42
because it's not like you're just
44:44
straightening up and cleaning the house
44:45
for yourself. However, I also needed to
44:47
get a lot of things done before we get
44:50
ready to head down south for the winter,
44:54
the fall and winter season. So, I was
44:56
trying to do a lot of things at once. I
44:58
was wanting to make sure that I created
45:00
good content for you guys, but I also
45:03
wanted to be intentional with my time. I
45:06
knew I needed to get all the cleaning
45:08
done. I also knew that I needed to be
45:10
prepared to host. And then I also knew
45:11
that on top of that, we need to tie up a
45:15
few loose ends around the home as far as
45:17
cleaning and home maintenance go before
45:19
we leave. I have four more days to do
45:22
the deep cleaning. Basically, I need to
45:23
get it all out before our next trash
45:25
day, like any deep cleaning basically.
45:27
So, that the last few days after that,
45:30
before we leave, we're just doing just
45:32
the light stuff, right? Had a lot on my
45:34
mind. I lacked the amount of sleep that
45:36
I needed and I just went into it
45:39
discouraged, not knowing how much time
45:42
everything was going to take me. There
45:44
was another reason why I felt that I was
45:46
a little bit discouraged and I think
45:48
that is lack of control. I like to have
45:50
control over things and when I feel like
45:52
things have it's like a forced type of
45:54
things, it puts me in a little bit of a
45:56
frenzy. What I mean by that is I
46:00
normally choose the time that I want to
46:01
do things when I want to do it and if I
46:03
want to finish it and if I don't finish
46:04
it, it's okay. However, today because we
46:07
were hosting guests, I knew that I
46:09
didn't have all day to do this. So, I
46:11
needed to make sure that I got up early
46:13
enough to get it done. I also need to
46:14
make sure that I'm preparing food. And I
46:16
can't just say, "Eh, it's okay. I'm
46:18
tired. just do it tomorrow because these
46:20
are things that I know we needed to get
46:22
done before we host a guest. And so I
46:24
think that is also a lack of control
46:27
type of issue. I mean, we like to think
46:28
that we're in control, but really God is
46:30
the one in control. And once I said my
46:32
prayer, I think that God helped me to
46:34
realize like, what are you so afraid of?
46:36
You're not even in control. It's me. So,
46:38
I asked God to help me and guide me
46:40
through all all of this. And I just
46:42
basically released the pressure.
46:44
Luckily, it did get done. My children
46:46
helped me. My husband brought me a
46:48
chocolate matcha, my favorite Starbucks
46:51
drink at the moment. Let me know your
46:53
favorite Starbucks drink down below in
46:54
the comment section. And we finished an
46:57
hour before the time that I knew I
46:59
needed to be done. So now I can take me
47:01
a nice shower, wash my hair, gives my
47:04
hair an hour to dry, maybe even two
47:06
hours to dry, and I can comfortably get
47:10
the kids together, get the kids dressed,
47:12
and cook the food and not have a
47:15
headache as soon as everyone is walking
47:16
through the door. I can just go ahead um
47:19
rest, spend a little bit of time on the
47:21
sofa with my husband. We are going to be
47:23
eating later around 56 o'clock though
47:26
and so I'm going to go downstairs and
47:29
have a light snack. I'm thinking a
47:31
protein bar and half of a protein shake
47:33
is going to be perfect for me. I need to
47:36
get some protein. About 130 g per day.
47:38
Know for sure that I have to or I'm
47:40
going to have a headache. I would much
47:41
rather be proactive and preventative
47:45
opposed to waiting until after I had the
47:47
headache. Now I'm trying to figure out
47:50
how to overcome it. So, if you cleaned
47:52
alongside with me, go ahead and comment
47:53
down below. Say hello. Let me know what
47:55
your home project was today. I'm happy
47:57
to have gotten some things off my to-do
48:00
list that I had been putting off,
48:02
specifically like on the hallway, all
48:04
the books that were piling up on the
48:06
little um shoe stand and everything. So,
48:09
I'm happy to have gotten all of that
48:10
done. And now we get to actually enjoy
48:13
some good company and Sunday rest
48:15
because Sunday is our rest day. So,
48:17
thank you guys for cleaning with me
48:20
because you guys are also my motivation
48:22
and I hope that I can be your
48:23
motivation, too, because I'm always
48:26
motivated to be able to create content
48:27
for you guys and to be able to give you
48:29
guys a motivation. So, it's like my
48:32
motivation is motivating you guys in
48:34
some way. So, I hope that we were able
48:36
to motivate each other today. Thank you
48:37
guys for cleaning alongside with me. If
48:39
you're new here, go ahead and subscribe
48:40
and join the family. Especially if you
48:42
stay till the end of the video at this
48:43
point, you're already a part of the
48:45
family. So, welcome. If you've been here
48:47
for a while, comment down below and say
48:49
hello. But again, thanks for watching
48:51
this video and I'll see you guys in the
48:53
next one.
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