Making A Home Monday Special Edition!

CeCe8579 · October 2014

This or that edition plus please post any MAHM questions or topics you'd like to see :-)

Choose which one you have/prefer in your
home:

Coffee or Tea
Queen bed or King
Candles or warmers
Art or family photos
TV or radio
Curtains or sheers
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly
Chachkes or no Chachkes
Bath or shower
Pets or no pets

And GO :-)

CeCe8579 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea- Coffee

Queen bed or King- We have a queen but I'm getting a king for Christmas. Love a king sized matress.

Candles or warmers- Both but I love my warmers for scent and candles for looks.

Art or family photos- Both. I like quirky art and love family portraits.

TV or radio- Both but TV more.

Curtains or sheers- Sheers. I love a bright home.

Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly- Dinner on the fly most of the time. I have am idea of what I'm going to make but it can change.

Chachkes or no Chachkes- Chachkes but no too many, haha.

Bath or shower- Both. Showers misy because I never get time to actually enjoy a bath.

Pets or no pets- Pets. Two small dogs.

BDevereaux · October 2014

Coffee or Tea: Depends. Coffee in the morning, tea (decaffianated) at night.
Queen bed or King: King. We switched last year and it's so nice to sprawl out.
Candles or warmers: I mainly use warmers. I do like candles, but only use them for "special" occasions, mostly when we have company over.
Art or family photos: Family photos. I do need to purchase more "art", though. Our walls are still pretty bare after being here for two years.
TV or radio: TV, for sure.
Curtains or sheers: Curtains. Although, in this house, we have none. Mostly blinds.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly: Plan ahead (and by plan ahead, I mean by a day or so). Makes me feel more organized. I try to do this during the weekdays.
Chachkes or no Chachkes: Maybe juuuuust a few, haha. I have a few "momentos" that remind me of family members who have passed.
Bath or shower: Shower
Pets or no pets: Pets! Just one dog is perfect for us.

sailorgal · October 2014

Coffee or Tea - neither - I like hot chocolate or occasionally apple cider
Queen bed or King - prefer King but we have a Queen
Candles or warmers - candles
Art or family photos - art
TV or radio - neither
Curtains or sheers - curtains
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly - wish I could plan ahead but we generally do on the fly
Chachkes or no Chachkes - I had to google this....which means the answer is obviously no.
Bath or shower - shower
Pets or no pets - no pets. We had the school fish for the summer and that was annoying enough to take care of.

pettycrocker · October 2014

Coffee or Tea - Cofee
Queen bed or King - Queen
Candles or warmers - Candles
Art or family photos - Photos
TV or radio - TV
Curtains or sheers - Sheers
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly- Plan ahead
Chachkes or no Chachkes - lol I had to google this.. No chachkes
Bath or shower - Shower
Pets or no pets- Dog and fish

I would like to know how often everyone dusts and how often do you do a deep cleaning, Do you do one room at a time? Do you tackle the whole house at once? Etc

fuzzbumble · October 2014

Coffee or Tea-coffee!
Queen bed or King-king
Candles or warmers-candles
Art or family photos-both
TV or radio-both
Curtains or sheers-neither! We have honeycomb shades if the sun gets too bright.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly-dinner on fly for sure
Chachkes or no Chachkes-had to google, no.
Bath or shower-bath
Pets or no pets-cat

We tend to do everything at once, when the mess gets to that, "wow, this place is a disaster" state. I have to dust before vacuuming because then the dust would fall on a clean floor and then what's the point!!!

phishgirl29 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea: Coffee
Queen bed or King: king.
Candles or warmers: candles
Art or family photos: art
TV or radio: tv
Curtains or sheers: curtains
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly: plan ahead
Chachkes or no Chachkes. Non please!
Bath or shower: shower
Pets or no pets: 2 obese domestic short hairs live with us.

cwuredhot · October 2014

Coffee or Tea: Coffee in the morning (or before a night shift) but love tea in the afternoon (actually drinking tea right now)
Queen bed or King: King bed
Candles or warmers: candles
Art or family photos: Family photos
TV or radio: tv
Curtains or sheers: Curtains
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly: I try to plan at least the morning of but doesn't always work that way
Chachkes or no Chachkes. Just a few
Bath or shower: shower
Pets or no pets: No pets

I dont' dust enough! And deep cleaning gets one room at a time when it looks like it needs to be done, such as a tornado has hit it.

Flamingemu · October 2014

Choose which one you have/prefer in your home:
Coffee or Tea - All day long
Queen bed or King - DH & I are giants, I need some room to relax
Candles or warmers - I like fire
Art or family photos - I am a gallery wall up the stairs kind of girl
TV or radio
Curtains or sheers - I like privacy, but end up keeping them open all the time anyway!
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly - in reality, it is a little bit of both
Chachkes or no Chachkes - I have really had to filter myself as an adult or I would be one of those crazy people with shit everywhere
Bath or shower - I have yet to find a practical tub that I can stretch our in
Pets or no pets - We recently lost our dog, and were waiting for my next maternity leave to get a new one so I had time to potty train - womp womp

Flamingemu · October 2014

potatocastillo said:

I would like to know how often everyone dusts and how often do you do a deep cleaning, Do you do one room at a time? Do you tackle the whole house at once? Etc

I dust every other week, used to be a couple times a week when we had furry pets in the house. Deep cleaning is every couple of months when I get overwhelmed with a mess and need to get rid of everything. I usually get through 1 or 2 rooms before I take a break and may or may not get back to it.

lawmom747 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea - Coffee, preferably Starbucks

Queen bed or King - Queen now - but would like a King someday when we move (next house - ha ha - I've been saying it for years)

Candles or warmers - candles

Art or family photos - both - of course most photos are of DD

TV or radio - Radio - I love my Sirius XM since I spend a lot of time in the car commuting

Curtains or sheers - curtains - too many nosy neighbors for sheers

Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly - plan ahead - if I don't do some cooking on the weekend for the upcoming week we are seriously lost

Chachkes or no Chachkes - none - our house is overrun with DD's toys and that is enough

Bath or shower - I would love a nice soaker tub someday

Pets or no pets - None right now

Before DD I used to do all the cleaning in one shot, every couple of weeks. Now I split up the cleaning. Bathrooms one week, dusting another etc. With the new floors we have, I sweep all the time since DD leaves a trail of Cheerios everywhere she goes.

jen4ny · October 2014

Coffee or Tea- Tea
Queen bed or King- King! DH and I hate to sleep in anything smaller.
Candles or warmers- candles
Art or family photos- family photos
TV or radio- TV
Curtains or sheers- I guess curtains but I don't have any in my house right now- just shades.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly- Well I am trying to be better about planning ahead but unfortunately it is often dinner on the fly
Chachkes or no Chachkes- Chachkes but not too many
Bath or shower- Shower
Pets or no pets- No pets right now

shaunah21 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea? Tea - sweet

Queen bed or King? King - DD still joins us around 2AM about twice a week

Candles or Warmers? Candles - Bath and Body

Art or family photos? - Family photos

TV or Radio - both, depends on what we are doing

Curtains or sheers? - Curtains

Plan ahead or dinner on the fly? - Plan

Chachkes or no chachkes? - (thank you google) some

Bath or Showers? - Showers except for bath Sunday

Pets or No pets? Pets! 2 dogs

MoFree · October 2014

Iloveshanej said:

This or that edition plus please post any MAHM questions or topics you'd like to see :-) Choose which one you have/prefer in your home: Coffee
King

Candles or warmers. Neither

Art or family photos. Both

TV or radio Both..I am an NPR junkie.

Curtains

Plan ahead meals

. No Chachkes

Shower

No pets at present. Hoping to get a dog soon. And GO :-)

sailorgal · October 2014

I would like to know how often everyone dusts and how often do you do a deep cleaning, Do you do one room at a time? Do you tackle the whole house at once? Etc

I dust every other week or so and I deep clean each room at least once a month but not all at once. Our cleaner isn't very good, she does more surface cleaning but often after she is here I get the bug to deep clean.

CeCe8579 · October 2014

I should've used knick knacks in instead of chachkes, haha!

Davie813 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea--Coffee for DH, tea for me
Queen bed or King--Queen
Candles or warmers--Candles
Art or family photos--Some of both
TV or radio--TV. We listen to the music channels on it sometimes.
Curtains or sheers--Neither. I like lots of light.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly--We plan ahead and then usually decide we're too tired to actually make what we had planned, so--neither?
Chachkes or no Chachkes--Chachkes
Bath or shower--Bath (Shower for DH)
Pets or no pets--We have a cat (mine from before we met). DH would prefer no pets, so he won't be replaced when he goes.

I would like to know how often everyone dusts and how often do you do a deep cleaning, Do you do one room at a time? Do you tackle the whole house at once? Etc
We try to make sure the house isn't actually a health hazard, and kind of call that good. I keep suggesting that we take a day off work so we can do a deep clean without interruption from DD, but it hasn't happened yet.

pdxveg · October 2014

Coffee or Tea - Both
Queen bed or King - Queen
Candles or warmers - Neither
Art or family photos - Photos mostly
TV or radio - Radio during the day, TV at night
Curtains or sheers - Neither, we have shades.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly - Mostly plan ahead
Chachkes or no Chachkes - no Chachkes
Bath or shower - Shower, baths are boring haha!
Pets or no pets - dog and cat

Steph1673 · October 2014

Coffee or Tea - Coffee
Queen bed or King - King
Candles or warmers - Candles
Art or family photos - Both
TV or radio - TV
Curtains or sheers - Other: Blinds & plantation shutters. A few sheer curtains in bedrooms.
Plan ahead meals or dinner on the fly - On the Fly
Chachkes or no Chachkes - Some knick Knacks (love vintage finds)
Bath or shower - Shower
Pets or no pets - Dog!