Welcome
to Loving that Man, a series of posts with musings, tips, and tricks to loving that
special man in your life.
I woke up early to get my day started with the following
plan:
1.
Watch “The Originals” on my DVR. (I have a bit
of a bad vampire TV show obsession)
2. Get
showered and dressed
3. Wake
up Ryan.
4. Make
our Lunches
5. Start
our Dinner in a crock pot
It was a great plan!!
I was on track, checking each of my boxes until I pulled
the chicken out of the freezer.
After unwrapping said chicken I noticed that the yellow spongy
meat plate was not budging from the frozen chicken breasts. As I struggled,
begged, and rinsed the meat to release the packaging, the chicken slipped out
of my hands into the sink splashing all sorts of dirty soapy water around. It
then jettisoned out of the sink and across the kitchen floor landing right in
front of our dogs that were in audience.
Needless to say there were three chicken breasts unfreezing
in our trash can as I raced off to the office.
Note
to everyone, buy chicken breasts in individually packed bags, or freeze chicken
in bags.
Proverbs 31:15 - She gets up while it is still night; She provides food for her family
The mornings come quickly at our house these days. For the
last few months our schedules have been packed so full of fun, house refreshing
(painting and what not), and work that my days seem to run together. It’s hard
to find the discipline to stop and take care of the little mundane things.
However, if I don’t I end up running from the Organized Chaos Death Squad, known as the OCDS. You know that squad of little gremlins that creates waist
high piles of laundry, the one who whispers that it is perfectly reasonable to
drive thru the nearest fast food restaurant for dinner because the meat is
still in the freezer, or my personal favorite that moment when you realize that
every bowl, spoon, and cup is either in the sink or laying around the house and
you mysteriously feel okay about it. When I am seduced by this chaos, my world
begins to fall apart.
Ryan has three pet peeves around our home: no clean
clothes, dirty dishes and wasted food. Who can blame him? They are my pet peeves
as well. To avoid these things from
happening I've made some changes to my routine that I wanted to share in hopes
of helping other women avoid the OCDS
and increase the happy man quotient!!!
1.
Laundry – Do a load a Night/Day. If I keep our
laundry caught up this way, we don’t get into the “wash what we need” cycle.
That cycle is costly to my wallet, water, and Ryan’s sanity. This is a new routine for me, and I sometimes
fail at it. I find that if I do a load at night and get in the dryer before
bed, I can fold it the following morning. (For
Transparency - Putting away clean laundry is a whole different story. I just
hate that part, luckily Ryan doesn't mind it too much)
2. Dirty
Dishes – When I am cooking dinner I am trying my best to:
a. Wash
as you go – If you have a pot/pan/dish that you are done with wash it up when
you have a free moment and put it in the dish washer.
b. Clean
up ingredients as you are done with them. I try to put extra ingredients away
as I am cooking so they aren't out on the counters when the meal is over.
c. Fill
up one side of the sink – for dishes that need to soak. As Ryan pointed out to
me it’s better to fill up the side without the garbage disposal. You might need
it!
d.Do the dishes after every meal. We get into a “Rinse so they don’t stink” cycle at
times. Then you end up with multiple loads of dishes and nobody wants to do
that!
3. Dinner
– Meal Planning and Daily scheduling. On Saturday or Sunday I sit down and
review our week. I note the evenings when we have plans and will need to eat
out, and then plan dinners accordingly.
Freezing my meats for the meals is helpful on not wasting food, as long
as I remember to defrost the meat in a timely fashion. I am really successful with
this when I review my weekly calendar before bed so that I am prepared for the
next day! I love my Erin Condren Life Planner right now for keeping our calendar
and plans in sync.
Any
suggestions to share on ways of maintaining a happy home that directly impact
your special man, I’d love to hear them!
