How to end your day after a busy day

My end of day notes: As a Mommy, I know Life can get too busy to clean up. I feel like I hardly have the time of day to clean the house let alone keep it that way. Why? because every time I turn around there is a mess! And why can I never, ever keep up with it? I am simply way to busy trying to spend time with my baby that I may never get back once it's gone. I grab a dish and then I eat out of it and then I put it in the sink and I walk away, also I am busy in the kitchen throughout the day or every other day, cooking, cleaning as I cook while I can try to do both or very process of putting together puree foods to be cooked, frozen and stored for baby. There is almost always something to do, something that keeps me on my toes and so, how do I manage? I don't I get my sleep, I spend time with my baby that I will never ever get back and guess what, dishes will away be there. So here I am to tell you, how to end your day after a very busy day.

Today, was a fairly easy day. It couldn't have gotten any better. I woke up, my Husband gave our baby the bottle for me on these days that he has off and I love it, I get a mini break and I love that too. He was so awesome to change the babies diaper today and that was great! I just loved! that! I got to get some sleep, and yes, there were still dishes to be done, because of course we don't have a working dish washer at ALL. BUT, BUT someday, we will, God will provide. Never despise small Beginnings. I got some dishes done and put away and then sent a good size trash bag full of items to the compost pile today that was a good start to our newly started compost that we have made. It's nothing fancy but it's a start, if we have success with it, we may find another spot to create a nice compost pile of our own to enjoy for our future Gardening needs. I got some peaches peeled and cut in half to be boiled for 9 min. Now we have peach puree more than we need to last us a little over 30 days if not two months. We shall see how long all these baby puree's last but I enjoyed putting it all together. I am feeling successful.

I had some left over Oranges and I have to say they were the perfect type of Oranges to be juiced. There were not very many left from what I had gotten from my Aunt Anita's Orange tree's and so I decided to juice what I had left over before they went bad. From what I had on hand I was able to juice at least 2 full cups. It was the best Orange juice we had ever had, let me just say, we will not be buying any more Orange Juice in this family. Nope, not any more. What's wrong with taking the time to juice things ourselves?? it's so rewarding! and oh so pure, right off the tree! and we loved it! Some things are simply not instant gratification. Most things are worth waiting for. Make it yourself. Make it pure. Make it simply sweet.

Now as for my end of the day now, I have had some really good ice cream to end my day. I think I served myself a little too much because it melted and got frothy before I had the chance to finish it all. As for how to end your day after a busy day, these are my 3 tips. You can wake up to a clean house, or at least a partly clean home, and you can wake up to a bottle ready to use and guess what beds can always be made too.

So, while I may not be able to accomplish the dishes in a day, or do my hair to save myself from looking like a Mom who's busy from the second she gets up to the second she goes to sleep there are few things I can do. For example, beds can be made!!! Yes, they can! At least during one baby nap time you can in fact make the bed. Be it first thing in the Morning, which is my first nap time or a lunch time nap, it is do able. If you absolutely cannot get your bed made bring the baby in the bed room with you, and place books and toys on the floor, items that your baby will love and be distracted with and then run around as fast as you can and make that bed. You can do it. I do it! I love a clean room and a cool room with the A.C on at the end of the day to come to at the end of my day. At least my bed is made and room is crisp and inviting and not a disaster zone like the rest of the house, right???

Kay, so that is the bed, idea. If your looking to wake up to a house that looks a little less then a war zone, make the bottle once the baby is in his or her crib and any other bottles you may need to fill for the night or next day and then store them away in the fridge. Next turn your attention to the baby bath tub, do a quick pick up. That can't be hard. Keep a hanging hamper where you toss all those dirty clothes or towels in, pick up bath toys and put up baby soap. Quick and easy. After you do a quick bath time clean up run around the living room and family room and do a quick round up/pick up of all toys put them all in one place together, don't busy yourself with categorizing and organizing anything just put stuff together where they were placed back into their homes. Anyway everything will be dragged out again when you wake up in the morning so no need to be a stickler.

Fold any blankets you have laying around and place them back on their spots on the couch. Fold or put away any extra small items of laundry and then deal with putting the laundry part away a little later. Toss any remaining dishes into sink and be done with your day. Now! if you are looking for any time to get your hair done, do it before bed and don't worry about styling it!!! it will look the way it will look anyway after a long day. And any how if you are looking to try and get some real shut eye getting up before the crack of dawn just isn't in the books any how so straighten and leave as is, simple yet nice. Mommyhood is no simple task. I simply tidy up before bed, fill bottles, do a quick bathroom clean up and make the bed during nap time. Life does not need to get more challenging than that. It's simple. Keep things easy and don't over do something that will always be there, years to come. And cleaning will always remain. Time with children does not. It's time sensitive the fact that it is temporary. So enjoy your day, love your baby and think about the small clean up before bed.