How was your weekend? I wasn't in this space much. I had some great family time.
The
hubs was let out of work early Thursday afternoon and had the rest of
the weekend off. We spent Thursday running errands, Friday visiting our
friends and their new baby at the hospital, (the
hat actually fit!!), Saturday
morning at the library (a few more errands along the way), Saturday
afternoon reading, and Sunday at church, then spending time with family
and friends.
I do believe my week tends to be more relaxing than my weekend at times! :)
I
love having extra time with Ben at home but I seem to let the housework
and general routine of the day go when he's home. This includes
blogging. Thus, Friday rolled around and you got neither a {this moment} nor an update on
Project Simplify.
Last week's project was Kid's Stuff. Like I
mentioned, Ziva doesn't have a lot of stuff... I did go through her
drawers and clean out what she's outgrown and what just plain doesn't
get worn. Let's face it, if you know us in real life (or look at my blog for that
matter), you know I dress Ziva in basically the same 3 or 4 outfits...
Another
thing I did in her room recently was round up all the stray cloth
diapers and pack them in a plastic tote. This little lady wears undies
to bed and everywhere we go! While looking over the (large) array of
diapers we accumulated over 2+ years I have to say I was really only
pleased with the appearance of the prefolds! I do believe you can do
almost anything with a prefold. Diaper a baby, dust your dresser, I've
even seen a picture of my baby sister wearing one fashioned into a sun
hat. (Kudos to my dad for such ingenuity! ) I had to replace all the
elastic in the pockets at around 18 months and replaced Velcro with
snaps before that. I had stinky problems for a little while and let me
tell you, prefolds can take a beating. I scrubbed my pockets with a
toothbrush a couple times to strip the detergent buildup. Not fun. I've
toyed with the idea of selling everything that's not a prefold or cover.
Then I've said no I'll just keep what I have - but I don't really want
to replace elastic again... I don't know what I'll do, but I do know
that living in Maine, our babies need to wear clothes over diapers most
of the time so the cutesy factor isn't a good argument. For goodness
sake can someone please send me a link to this post next time I get
pregnant?? (Before I see the latest, greatest, cutest new diapers,
please!)
Also? There's nothing much cuter than my Z at 6 months old in just a prefold and an amber necklace! =]
Getting back to
Project Simplify - This week's project is in the kitchen. Which I'm very excited about. I know I'll be getting rid of lots of unused mugs (why do people have so many mugs????), and cheap pans we bought at walmart as newlyweds needing to cook in something. I'm really just hoping to get down to the bare essentials, and the rest of the clutter will be off to goodwill. I'll probably have a wishlist after this... because sometimes my $10 yankee swap blender just doesn't cut it. (Is it bad that I'd rather mash chickpeas with a fork than use my blender?)
I can't wait to share my before and after pictures - please leave a comment if you're cleaning out too!
