Today officially marks the end of our holidays. My hubby is back at work, my son is back at school and my little monkeys are back.
I really enjoyed the time off and time spent with my family but it is somehow nice to get back to routine. I missed the little ones and our regular daily schedule.
During my two weeks off I was able to get so much done though. It is amazing how quickly you can clean a house and how much better the job is when you don't have three to five little monkeys "helping" you and following you around.
One project I was quite happy to have done is sorting out all my recipes and cookbooks. A year or two ago I purchased a box for holding index cards at the second hand shop and put my recipe cards in it. It is a long metal one and would hold hundreds of cards. It has long been my desire to go through my cookbooks, recipe magazines, binders full of recipes I wrote out years ago etc. and write down the recipes I wanted to keep on cards and file them in this box. Well, job done! I am so pleased with how much room this gives me and how much easier it will be to find recipes without having to search through everything. I wish I had remembered to take pictures! I have four cookbooks and several small recipe books for the yard sale box and I had a whole shopping bag full of papers and recipes for the recycling!
I took some time to go through and declutter as well as deep clean the whole house. I was also able to do some planning for meals and activities for the monkeys.
It is so nice to start the year off on the right foot with a fresh clean house, organized and ready to go.
Blessings,
Liisa
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