If you were to come to my home,
on any given day,
at any given time,
these are the things you will find,
every single time:
1. A clean kitchen. I'm obsessed with cleaning the kitchen. I clean it every day. Sometimes twice a day. This includes loading/unloading the dishwasher, clearing and wiping off the counters and table, sweeping and mopping the floor, taking out the trash and recycle, and diffusing essential oils.
2. Speaking of essential oils, (and obsessions), you will find a collection of doTERRA essential oils in all the main rooms of my house. To include: the bathrooms, the bedrooms, the computer room, the kitchen, the living room, and the laundry room.
3. You will find a made bed in my bedroom, and an unmade bed in the "guest room". We usually sleep in the guest room because the bed is more comfortable in there, but it is also up against 2 walls, and therefore difficult to make every morning. However, when we sleep in our bedroom, the bed gets made every single morning, without fail.
4. A mini DVD player in the kitchen with any of the following series constantly being played: Friends, The King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond, Sex and the City, or Modern Family. I rotate out and just push pause instead of turning it off. I am home alone often, we don't have television, and I hate a quiet house, so this does the trick.
5. The light over the kitchen sink turned on. And surprisingly, in 5+ years, I've only had to change the lightbulb once.
6. A basket (or two, or three) of laundry waiting to be washed, however; you will rarely find a load of laundry sitting in the washer or dryer waiting to be dried or folded, because as soon as its dry, it's taken out and put away.
7. The toilet seat lids in all 3 bathrooms ALWAYS put down. R has always been very good with this, but it wasn't until I learned that it was bad feng shui to flush the toilet with the lid up (it symbolizes throwing away money) that I stopped.
8. Dog toys scattered around the downstairs floor. I used to try to "clean up" after the dogs by putting the toys in one place, but that became waaaaay too tedious of a job, so I gave up.
9. Love notes and favorite quotes taped to the kitchen cupboards, walls, and doors, both upstairs and down.
10. The computer turned on. We never turn it off. Ever. We're not the only ones who do this, right?
11. Dirty carpet. No matter how many times I spot clean it and go over it with the Kirby, it's still dirty. When we move (into our dream home), there will be NO CARPET!!! Hardwood floors and rugs ONLY!!!
12. My gym/work bag on the couch. Actually, it's on the love seat. Either way, the arm serves as a great place to hold R's wallet, keys and baseball cap, along with my gym bag, purse, and water bottle.
13. A chocolate stash in my freezer. (Refer to bullet #3 on my "Encore" post).
14. The refrigerator magnets and photos in the same placement. I occasionally reorganize them, but rarely put new ones up or take the old ones down.
15. And lastly, you will find that all the doors (we have 4 separate entrances to our house) are always locked. As soon as we walk inside, we turn around and lock the door behind us. On top of that, even if we are home, it is not uncommon for the alarm system to be turned on, just in case.
And just for the record, don't be surprised if you drop by unexpectedly and come across these things as well:
My sewing machine and/or scrap booking supplies set up in the living room. Too much of a pain to put away and take out as often as I use them, so when I pull either out, they generally stay there for several days or possibly even a week or two.
If you happen to go in my shower, you may or may not find a hair glob stuck to the shower wall. I'm great at swirling it up into a little ball, but horrible at remembering to throw it away at the end of my shower. Mah bad.
The vacuum cleaner in any random room of the house. Having two big dogs--who mostly live inside, I am forced to vacuum at least once a day (and change out the vacuum bag at least once a month), and sometimes it just doesn't make it back to the wall where it usually sits when not in use.
With that being said, consider yourself warned :)
And now that that's said and done with, you tell me:
What are the things I would find in your home,
any day of the week,
any time of the day,
every single time?
