Relaxing...Productive...Weekend? What is that???

The Holidays are here and there is something happening every weekend, almost every weekday, plus work, plus the everyday stuff, and it was beginning to be to much.  I needed a relaxing weekend to GET STUFF DONE and that is what I did.

I had the house to myself.  So it was pretty quiet, the TV was off most of the time, except for when I was watching Pretty Woman.

I achieved so much and now I can say I feel ready to take on all of our festivities.

Here are all of the items I checked off my To-Do List:

1. Went through my childhood boxes, consolidated 3 big tubs into one small shoe box of the best pictures. 

2. Dropped clothes, books, and toys off at the Good Will. 

3. Cleaned out my closet and rearranged my clothes in my drawer like they did here.

4. Made Home-Made Sausage and breakfast casserole for the week.

5. Ate Trade Joe's Joe-Joes and watched Pretty Woman.

6. Made Spaghetti Squash and Tomato sauce for the week. 

7. Cleaned my stove.  I placed the burners in ammonia.   I tried the all natural salt, vinegar, and baking soda for the stove top, but that didn't seem to work great, so I used 409 after.  It still isn't as clean as I would like on my main burner, but I will try again soon.  I need more vinegar and baking soda.

Ta da...

8. Cleaned my bath tub with Borax.  (The marks on the bottom are from a previous tenant and won't budge, any ideas?)

9. Made grain-free Pumpkin Pancakes and Apple Butter from Apple Hill.

TIP: Dirty Microwave? Easy cleaning!

About 6 months ago Pinterest introduced me A Real-Life Housewife. A blog that shares tips and tales from the daily activities as a housewife, I first was intrigued by her tip how to clean your shower head (find it here). It worked like a charm.

On Tuesday she published Microwave Cleaning Made Easy. My microwave was something that drove me crazy and I tried wiping it down with a sponge, but the grease just smeared and made the situation worse. My solution became keep the Microwave closed at all times. Well that is until now. Anxious to try this out I had some extra time Thursday evening, so project clean microwave was about to go down. I followed her directions, and it was barely a project at all. Honestly the most time consuming part I spent sitting on the couch waiting while the microwave ran and rested.

This is going to become part of one of my weekly chores, another thing I picked up from the real life housewife!