Goals befor Pesach

My goals for the Fridge and pantry for before Pesach!
Yes I know its weird but I have goals for my inanimate objects! I have made a goal for myself for the fridge to keep it clean and the food fresh. Now, my goal is to of course keep that up but to also not have to keep anything in the fridge for over pesach. Meaning, all contents will be consumed or disposed off! I am tired of carting back and forth in between fridges where there are other non pesachdic items. I'm tired of putting stuff into bags and bringing it to my in-laws for storage and then bringing it back...totally not necessary! So, this year to continue in the spirit of not complicating our lives...we will consume what we have, and either pitch or dedicate one small shelf for non pesachdic items!
The same can be said for the pantry. Of course we don't cart it around to my in laws like we do with perishable items to use their basement fridge. But it takes up way to much space that is needed for Pesach storage! Also, even thought the expiration date isn't for a few years, it does not mean that you have to keep it around that long! So, as of JANUARY 1st we are no longer buying things for the pantry unless they are for immediate use. We will be working on 'clearing' the space the old fashioned way...eating our way through it :-)
Now, I don't want people to get the wrong idea. I am totally for storage and for being prepared and for a pantry it is awesome to have one. However, when things stand around for tooo long, and when things get lost because of an over abundance then there is real issues.
So what I'm telling you all is...

ITS TIME TO CLEAN FOR PESACH :-)

Take off your shoes please!

This is not the post that I've been meaning to write.
But I'm 15 months pregnant and I'll do what I want to!!!

So, THIS is why I INSIST that people take off their outside shoes in my home!

I am not crazy, I just like being clean and HEALTHY!

So, everyone...
Please take off your SHOES in my HOUSE!

Clutter=no room=dirt=WHY?

So I'm on a cleaning spree...sort of.
I'm always liking things clean...especially my house. Recently we are needing to make some more room for the new addition to our family that will g-d willing come at the end of August. With this making room, comes the realization that even though you de-clutter constantly and your house doesn't look messy or out of order...really it still is! Closets are awesome...but dangerous. There can be many things that go in the closet and then NEVER come out again.

THEREFORE...we DE-CLUTTER!

Donating to a good cause feels so good!
Selling things online, or in a used book store (just an example) also feels so good...and it creates space! Something that is more useful then a book that you haven't opened in 5 years and probably will never open again!

There are just somethings that are hard to part with because of all the memories...but really...the memory is not in the item...its in your head...or picture...you can always take a picture and keep it forever...and have a clutter free home :-)

Why I love Hasidim

We decided right before Pesach to upgrade our vacuum cleaner. The one we had was just not doing the job. Yet, the old vacuum was not that bad. So we wanted to donate it. Finally after a few weeks of waiting the local jewish charity decided to come and pick it up (after we called them to remind them that we still have it). The man they sent to pick it up is a Hossid. AWESOME. He was friendly, polite, full of conversation and appreciative.
After a brief introduction of his name and what his role is in the organization he was polite and asked how I was doing? How was my night going? Mind you its Thursday night I'm a wreck trying to get ready for Shabbat.
I thought he was caring and a good person. I thought that he embodied Hasdisim. And that is why I love true Hossids! Not the ones that pretend to be holy while being rude and obnoxious.

Hair Cut

Today I cut my own hair for the first time in my life.
Quite an experience.
I'm actually thrilled that I did it myself.
Yay independence!!!

Cleaning!

I’ve decided that no matter what, today I have to put up a post.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure what to write about. I have many ideas, and conflicting thoughts and they are one jumbled mess. So, to a lot of people’s disappointment this is just going to be one of “those” posts.
In preparations for Rosh Hashanah I’ve decided I want the house to be all done up. Meaning, the frames that my husband was so nice to hang up two weeks ago…I WANT TO PUT PICTURES IN THEM! I want all and I mean all of the frames that I wanted to put up for the last year to be UP! No exceptions. I want everything I don’t want thrown out and lastly I DON”T WANT CLUTTER! I maybe an obsessive little cleaner but I am not sure for whatever reason this have magnified 100 fold. I think it could be that I no longer have a job to keep my mind occupied with so while I am at work I think of all of the wonderful things I could be doing at home! I have been on a de-cluttering attack since we got back from Detroit. This weekend this peeked with me completely rearranging the guest bedroom….ah perfection (NOT). AND WHY is it not perfection, because I have not put up the pictures for that room! Oh, but wait I am so into this that I even want to attack the basement…possibly this weekend!
You see I really feel it’s because my family doesn’t visit enough. I need to get everything done the way that I want it before they come for Rosh Hashanah and then they won’t come back probably till next Rosh Hashanah so they won’t see any improvements that I do afterwards, so I feel like I need to rush all of the improvements into the next week an a half!
You may be thinking to yourself…how decorating can be such a monumental task for this girl. AND I answer with…ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
It’s not all about decorating! It’s about cleaning, organizing, cleaning some more it’s all about a house that you can eat off the floors and has no clutter.
Am I close to achieving that, well maybe? Yet, every time I walk into the office (the epitome of all things bad in the world of cleanliness) I feel as though it sets me back about 100%
Yet, I will try to persevere, I will try to improve, I will try ever so hard not to go crazy about it and realize…hey at least it’s better than some other people’s houses. Yet the bottom line remains: “If Rifki jumped off the bridge would you”? My answer was always no, therefore just because someone else is all cluttered and dusty does not mean that I have to be that way too!
On that note, I’m going to leave work and run 100 errands before Ice cream and dinner.
With two weddings on the horizon BEFORE ROSH HASHANNA! I urge everyone to stay tuned for much cooler posts to come…