Category: 12-Week Challenge

get dressed to shoes.

1/16/2019

"Everybody up! It's 9:30 and we have things to do!"

Monday was a snow day and the two older girls were still asleep.

"Up and dressed to shoes by 9:45, please!"

I started down the stairs and Harlee shouts from her bed, "Wait...dressed to shoes? What does that even mean?"

So I explained that that meant getting completely dressed and ready, including shoes.

"But we're staying home today." Harlee said (whined?).

"Right, but we have a lot to get done, including work in the basement, and it's just easier to be productive in shoes."

After breakfast, we were downstairs purging and organizing the storage items in the basement and Claire says, "I think you were right...it IS easier to work in shoes!"

But why?

For me, it puts that final touch on the fact that I'm wearing REAL CLOTHES and not PAJAMAS.

It makes me feel motivated to actually DO something and not just sit around drinking coffee, reading a book, or watching Marie Kondo on Netflix.

Shoes give me the ability to run down to the basement if I need something, to take trash straight out to the burn barrel, or to take those donate bags out to the car without thinking about it.

Even if my choice of shoes to clean in happen to be Crocs.

In fact, I get so comfortable going from one task to another in my good ol' house-cleaning shoes that I often find myself walking through the grocery store, pumping fuel at the gas station, or even heading into meetings in them.

Thankfully, Crocs are almost back in style these days.

So what about you? Do you wear shoes to clean in? Any specific pair of shoes or just whatever you're planning to wear that day?

Rocking the Crocs at the farmhouse,
Hannah

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home management: laundry

1/12/2019

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Let's be honest.

The laundry struggle is REAL.

And to just be frank...I am so over it.

Mount Washmore has spent one too many days in my house.

I know there are several contributing factors.

First of all, we have TOO many clothes. We have more than we need and more than we will ever wear.

Secondly, we have dirty clothes strewn throughout the house. It's like the children get dressed in every corner of the house. And of course, Mr. Farmhouse sometimes drops his dirty clothes DIRECTLY beside the hamper.

And finally...we haven't built a laundry habit that includes at least one load a day.

Until now.

As part of the 12-week challenge, I chose my January daily habit to be one load of laundry a day...from start to finish.

Through the washer, through the dryer, folded, AND put away.

Last fall, I started to make my bed every single morning. Even if I got nothing else accomplished during the time I had before leaving for work, I still made my bed.

And now...I don't even have to think about it.

Since starting the "one load a day" laundry habit, although I can't say I'm to the point where I'm doing laundry automatically, I can definitely notice a huge difference.

In fact, I only have one load that could even be done right now because we're all caught up on the rest of our clothes.

This next week, as part of the 12-week challenge, we're going to be focusing on going through our clothing and discarding or donating those things that don't spark joy.

I would encourage you to join us as we continue our journey to move closer to our goals over the last ten weeks of the 12-week challenge!

Tackling laundry at the farmhouse...one day at a time,
Hannah

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