tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-450974167545009080.post5700226452168641088..comments2022-11-17T05:30:40.354-08:00Comments on troubling stars: Simplify to find freedom Part 2troubling starshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814687479260066692noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-450974167545009080.post-68173108697327252872008-05-06T05:21:00.000-07:002008-05-06T05:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for the the link to the essential oil site ...Thanks for the the link to the essential oil site - the prices ARE<BR/>great, but how would we work shipping?<BR/>Isn't it great to stash everything in the bathroom? Kindof crowded<BR/>with 3-4 chairs in there but highly worth it to not have to punish Ro<BR/>10 times a day for climbing onto the kitchen table! My hard thing with<BR/>cleaning is that I have to do it while Ro is still awake bc Ben needs<BR/>the house clean when he gets home for his personal sanity. Its also<BR/>important bc he needs to go to bed super early (8:30-9:30) to get<BR/>enough sleep before his alarm at 5 something (the lil Rascal). Ben's<BR/>not someone who can survive on less than 8 hours, thats why Lil mans<BR/>first 9 months were so rough on him.<BR/>And if I clean while he's there he feels neglected and starts<BR/>wondering what I did during those almost 12 hours he was gone....<BR/>So.... all that to say - house has to be clean before 5:45 and stay<BR/>clean until the next day. Boo - not easy to do with the master uncleaner shadowing me around!troubling starshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814687479260066692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-450974167545009080.post-65551447900019165612008-05-05T08:40:00.000-07:002008-05-05T08:40:00.000-07:00I keep Fen's coloring books and pens in the bathro...I keep Fen's coloring books and pens in the bathroom and our recycling is also in there. It's a little troublesome because we have to unlock the door every time we use it, but we keep the bathroom door locked...and it saves a WORLD of chaos. Also, I have eliminated all sharp objects from the kitchen drawers, so Fen is free to go in and take a spoon out if she wants to play with it...and I don't have to be afraid she's going to nip her fingers off with the butcher knife! I keep a weaved breakfast tray on the table that holds all the mail, and various papers/bills that are of immediate concern...everything stays together in the tray and when I need to move it...nothing gets lost in the transfer. My biggest cleaning habit (which is so not revolutionary) is that at the end of the day, I take half an hour and make sure everything is in order (throw pillows, dishes, floors, toys, laundry)...to be ready to be messed up again the next morning. I may have to go to bed a little later than I prefer, but this way nothing every piles or builds up...it's the same clean-up process every night. And I go to bed with a orderly home...which for me, allows a huge sense of peace and calmness. ok, those are my tips...pretty basic :).ABOUT XIN LEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063966563148420877noreply@blogger.com