Hooray for another round!

I'm so glad all y'all want to do this again. Like Z said, last's years challenge has actually had long-lasting effects and I still find myself thinking about funny or useful things mentioned last year. I laugh when I look at that small pile of clothes by my bed and remember Kathryn's suggestion to cut off the front two legs of a chair and then attach the back of the chair to the wall, you know as a place for those clothes that's built into the design of your room.

I must say though I'm in a much better place this year, house-keeping wise. I don't know if it's that I'm better it, have more sleep in my reserve bank, or just think I'm awesome, but I feel pretty good about our home these days. Not that it's extremely clean or tidy, but just better. Anyone else there? Or maybe this is an off-year instead?

One of the best things that's developed this year is this:

We now actually do Saturday chores every week right after breakfast. The kids expect it and usually are enthusiastic (Wally likes to cross-off the boxes; he's his mother's son). Mostly this means Justin and I clean and the kids play around us, but they're getting better at picking up under and behind their bed so we can sweep and vacuum. They love the spray bottles for mopping (an idea stolen from someone last year!) and are ok at wiping things down. 

That said, I desperately need this challenge and the chit-chat around it. So here's to round 2!