I decided to join in on the 31 Days to Clean challenge because I saw quite a few other mommy bloggers that were going to take part. I felt it would be motivating to see other people posting/tweeting/facebooking about the challenge. So I bought the Kindle version of the book and read through the first several days and jumped right in.
My basic description of this book would be moms devotion meets the flylady special forces. Each day the author goes over the topic and in the end you have a Mary Challenge and a Martha Challenge. On day one she asked the reader to make a “mission statement” on why you want your home to be a haven. Then read through all the Martha Challenges to see that you have all the cleaning supplies to complete the 31 days. ( after this week I realize that I need to get more Magic Erasers and Pledge to finish)
Here was my mission statement:
“Our home is a blessing from God and I am want my family to feel that our home is the best place to be. I want to show my husband that I am grateful for how hard he works and be a good example to our girls. A clean (but not perfect) home is less stressful and open to guests.”
I took some photos to show some of the cleaning part of the week (I didn’t take a photo of everything I did):
Cleaning out the fridge and freezer. I can’t believe how handy this list of stuff in the freezers has been in deciding what to make for lunch and dinner each day. P.S. The shelves and drawers fit in the new sink Mike put in last weekend.
Cleaning the outside of the fridge.
Cleaning the inside and outside of the microwave and oven. When I was most of the way through the oven Nadia came in the kitchen and said, “That’s some serious cleaning.”
The author Sarah Mae has offered interesting questions with Bible Verses and quotes each day. I have been journaling through this and think it will be interesting to see the end result. The best part so far has been the feeling of accomplishment at doing all these tasks that are not everyday chores.