Runaway October

I snagged this home­mak­ing meme from Trail Mix.

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Aprons — Y/N? If Y, what does your favorite look like?
Oh yeah! I’m totally dig­ging on aprons. Unfor­tu­nately I only have a $2 spe­cial from Ikea right now, but I have plans to make/acquire many many more. Once I no longer have a small per­son strapped to my chest 24 hours a day I’ll be rockin’ me some aprons. I’m also hop­ing to make a bunch for the kids, maybe it’ll help me save on stain lifters.

Bak­ing — Favorite thing to bake
I love to bake, with my favorite being some­thing new or fudge, although fudge isn’t really bak­ing. I love the hol­i­day sea­son because it gives me an oppor­tu­nity to just go nuts.

Clothes­line — Y/N?
I made Matt hang up one of the nice retractable ones, but my mom was doing the wash at the time and I wasn’t going to make her use a clothes­line if she didn’t want to. Now I’m home and the clothes line has come unse­cured from the wall and Declan thinks it’s his pull­toy. This reminded me that I do need to get it back up soon, espe­cially for sun­ning my cloth diapers.

Donuts — Have you ever made them?
No, not sure if I have the urge either.

Every day — One home­mak­ing thing you do every day
Uhh… wake up? I do straighten the fam­ily room every morn­ing though

Freezer — Do you have a sep­a­rate deep freeze?
We have two fridge/freezer com­bos, but I would love a sep­a­rate deep freeze too.

Garbage Dis­posal — Y/N?
Yes, but it doesn’t get much use I guess.

Hand­book — What is your favorite home­mak­ing resource?
Teh Intar­webs. And my mom. If I have any ques­tions I rely on both.

Iron­ing — Love it or hate it? Or hate it but love the results?
Meh, I’m a slow ironer and sorta wrinkly clothes don’t bug me or Matt, so…
I do love freshly pressed clothes though.

Junk drawer — Y/N? Where is it?
Yep, 2.5, located in the kitchen.

Kitchen — Color and dec­o­rat­ing scheme
Uhm, stan­dard tract home white, out­dated cab­i­nets and pinky beige tiling. It’s a rental so it goes to say that I don’t like any of it.

Love — What is your favorite part of home­mak­ing?
Not hav­ing to get dressed if I don’t want to? I’m new to being a S/WAHM so I haven’t quite got into the swing of things but I so look for­ward to the day when every­thing is rel­a­tively orga­nized home and when sud­den com­pany doesn’t cause a mad rush to stuff the dirty dishes in the oven and close all the bed­room doors.

Mop — Y/N?
Yes, we own sev­eral. I or my mother mops. Matt refuses to with­out one of those fancy wringer buckets.

Nylons — Wash by hand or in the wash­ing machine?
Well, the few pair f tights I own have been shrunk to small so now they just hang out in the panty drawer and taunt me every chance they get.

Oven — Do you use the win­dow or open the oven to check?
It has a win­dow, but the light doesn’t work. The oven light hasn’t worked on the last 4 ovens I’ve had. Thank­fully I usu­ally put some­thing in the oven and for­get until the timer goes off. Whether I remem­bered to set the timer is another story.

Pizza — What do you put on yours?
Pep­per­oni, or Ham and Pineap­ple. Some­times I crave mush­room and onions but Matt vetoes the mushrooms.

Quiet — What do you do dur­ing the day when you get a quiet moment?
I inter­net it up if there are no sleep­ing chil­dren in my bed­room, or nurse and play video games at the same time. Hey! I’m stuck on the couch as it is, might as well take advan­tage of the xBox 360.

Recipe card box — Y/N? What does it look like?
No, mostly they’re in my del.icio.us account, but I do have my eyes on this cute lit­tle num­ber in aqua. My mom had a sim­i­lar one full of old recipes but sadly I believe it is long gone.

Style of house — What style is your house?
Stan­dard late 90’s stucco and chicken wire tract house. A touch of south­west­erny, but mostly cookie cut­ter style.

Table­cloths and nap­kins — Y/N?
I’d love to have more, but it seems kinda point­less as I’d have to change it 3 times a day.

Under the kitchen sink — Orga­nized or toxic waste­land?
Def­i­nitely not orga­nized, but we do strive to keep all toxic-ness out of the house completely.

Vac­uum — How many times per week?
5 or 6 at least. Declan and Fable track in gravel like no tomorrow.

Wash — How many loads of laun­dry do you do per week?
If I was smart I’d do a load a day, but because I’m lazy it’s more like 1 load one week and 10 the next. I hate folding.

X — Do you keep a daily list of things to do that you cross off?
Yes, but it’s a large run­ning list, not nec­es­sar­ily a daily thing.

Yard — Y/N? Who does what?
Yes, the dog and boy tear it up, and Matt is sup­posed to have yard duties.

Z — What is your last home­mak­ing task for the day before going to bed?
Mak­ing sure every­one is fed, clean and has enough cov­ers.