Ash Thoreau

Today, I progressed with cleaning up my house by cleaning out my dining area and the tops of my cabinets in my living room. I have found that when you have a toddler that can’t certain items for safety’s sake, it becomes very easy to let things pile up in high places. Such as those living room cabinets.

So my first area of attack were those cabinets. I threw a lot away, but found better places to store said items, still out of reach but not in ridiculous, trashy looking piles. It feels a lot better in that area of the house.

Then the dining room. I had dead leaves and potting soil on the ground from all of my plants. It’s just a hazard of the hobby. And before you get on me about dirt being where we eat, we never use the dining area for dining. With the trip we took and then going back to work, I just hadn’t had time to get it done till now. I cleaned off the table that had random gardening stuff piled high on it. And I took out this tall planter/cart that is usually filled with plants and already on the back patio by this time of year.

Now my table is away from the plant shelving and in it’s own little clean corner. The plants are all reorganized. And I moved some family display pieces to mix in between all the plants. It looks quite nice. Now I just have some framed pictures/art to hang above the table and that area will be complete.

After all of that, we all hung out on the back patio when my husband got home from work. The heat finally broke again, and it was pleasant evening. My kid pretended to grill us up some food using rocks. At one point she tried to feed me a giant quartz she had just grilled. I told her I was full, lol.

Overall, it was a very productive weekend. I have one more day off, but I’m on call. I won’t know if I truly have the night off until after about one hour after the start of the shift. So I plan to rest up in case I do have to go in. Maybe play some Spiderman when the kiddo goes down for a nap.

My husband plans to go to the paintball field tomorrow. I originally planned but decided it might kill me if I have to get up early to go out there, spend the entire day out there, only to find out I have to work. So I’m opting for the chill day instead.

Random Review!

I did get new headphones that I LOVE. Previously, I was attempting to use regular Samsung earbuds that constantly fell out of my ear and hurt. Now, I have these open ear buds. It wraps around my ear and sits flush with my ear canal. The sound quality is great and it doesn’t mess with my glasses. I don’t even realize I have it on. I finished my audio book today because I was able to listen to it all while cleaning up my house.

Also, the new buds helped me get through my kid’s screen time. I get so fed up with her television shoes that she watches. She doesn’t watch Bluey anymore (the only watchable kid’s television show out there). Ms Rachel, Sesame Street, and Blue’s Clues all induce panic attacks. So when she watches something that sends me over the edge like that, I need a way to tune it out. I wear a speaker on one ear so that I can still be aware of what is happening in the room simultaneously. It’s quite handy.

If you have similar problems with normal earbuds, I highly recommend these. I’m not sponsored or anything, so you know I’m being honest! They are by TOZO and are called “02 True Open Ear Wireless Headphones.” At the time of writing this, the are $69.99 with an additional $20 coupon on Amazon, but I was able to get order them on sale yesterday for even a little less than that with an Amazon “Lightning Deal.” So if that’s too expensive, watch them. I’m sure they’ll go on sale again at some point.

Anyways, sorry for the random review thrown in there. I am just so pleased, I felt it was worth saying. They will change how I listen to anything in the future.