For the last two weeks I’ve had Sunday and Wednesday off. While having a day in the middle of the week off is sort of nice and breaks things up – it tends to leave me very confused. Monday felt so much like Friday … today feels awfully Friday-ish too.
But never fear! There is a website for everything it seems. Thankfully isitfriday.org has kept me on track. This morning it informed me “no, it’s thursday.” Getting closer at least!
Did you do anything special? I slept in this morning and then took a little nap this afternoon. That’s conserving energy… right? 
Good night Earth. Hope you had a good day.
Love, Vanessa
Did you do anything special? I slept in this morning and then took a little nap this afternoon. That’s conserving energy… right?
Good night Earth. Hope you had a good day.
Love, Vanessa
It looks like fair skies this morning for Los Angeles!
Dublin is looking a little cloudy.
Rainy in Toronto.
Get your forcast here! Sorry SLC, you haven’t made the list yet!
(via fourty-sixth at grace)
This weekend was a cleaning weekend! I did other stuff of course but I had made a goal to do some serious cleaning.
(Method’s Le Scrub and my favorite cleaning sponge… is it weird that I have a favorite sponge? Ummm… don’t answer that.)
With my cleaning goals in mind I decided to try to make an effort at using products that are more “green”. I am going to make a confession – I have my doubts about “green” products. With products like bleach, ammonia, Lysol, etc I know they are killing all the yucky stuff. The ingredients on the back and the killer smell while I’m using them tell me so. But I was am determined to get into the habit of using more planet-friendly products so after much searching I settled on a few from Mrs Meyers and Method.
I’ve used Method laundry detergent for a long time and I really like it. So I picked up Le Scrub (Mint & Eucalyptus) and the French Lavender cleaning spray. They both smell amaaaazing AND my bathroom is clean and shiny. Not only that but I could actually breathe while I was cleaning. What a nice change.
And I bought Mrs Meyers Lavender Oxygen Bleach , because well sometimes you just need bleach. It works just as well (if not better) than the Clorox kind AND is gentle on your clothes and again you are spared the bleach-y smell. I’m 100% satisfied.
The next hurdle… floors. Ugh. I hate cleaning floors. After using a friend’s I went ahead and got the Shark Steam Mop. If you are going to buy it you should get it from Costco because it’s cheaper and you can return it if you want – but I promise you won’t want to. I’ve had it for a few months actually and I love it. No more regular mops or Swifters or buckets and brushes. The steam sanitizes without any chemicals at all…. great if you have babies or puppies.
There are also a lot of completely natural cleaning products you can use – like lemon mixed with a little salt to get rid of rust stains, and toothpaste to polish silver. There’s a great article in Real Simple Magazine that gives you 66 natural cleaning solutions.
I’m feeling downright earthy!
It even gets Simon off his feet!
It even gets Simon off his feet!
On March 23, 2009 about 200 people begin dancing, taking over Antwerpen’s Centraal Station in Belgium and doing a carefully choreographed dance to the “Do Re Mi” song from “Sound of Music”.
Doesn’t this make you smile? I just want to watch it over and over.
On March 23, 2009 about 200 people begin dancing, taking over Antwerpen’s Centraal Station in Belgium and doing a carefully choreographed dance to the “Do Re Mi” song from “Sound of Music”.
Doesn’t this make you smile? I just want to watch it over and over.
a flash of delight 