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spring cleaning checklist | the kitchen

I like to deep clean at least twice a year, in the Spring and before school starts. Both times I would rather use my broom as a guitar and belt out show tunes at the top of my lungs on my front lawn with my neighbors driving by.  Since the temps will be reaching nearly 80 for the entire week  I’m happy to open the doors and windows to let in some fresh air and get started on the inevitable.

Yes, it’s that time of year friends.

Despite every good intention to stay on schedule keeping my house clean, I fell off the past few weeks and I am not ashamed to say my house is in complete disorder. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I have decided to take it one week at a time focusing on each area, and I encourage you to do the same. The key is once you’ve cleaned that area make sure to keep it on the weekly cleaning rotation to maintain order.

This week I am focusing on the kitchen. I’m just going to go ahead and get it out of the way first. I’ve organized my pantry, coffee and junk drawers so all they need are tidying up. All of the other cabinets, need M A J O R love.

Here is a printable checklist of the areas to include in your kitchen Spring cleaning. I’m going by this and hopefully I’ll be back on Sunday to highlight at least one of the best transformed spaces.

I would say don’t worry so much about making things pretty, the main focus is to get rid of the clutter, organize and take inventory of things that need to be thrown out and replaced.

Spring Cleaning Checklist

 

Who’s joining in?

Fashion Featured Mama Style

classic & plain style

My husband is very attentive and will blurt out random facts at his discretion. As I was heading to Target one day he asked if I owned clothes that weren’t denim, white, black, gray, striped or plaid.

I hadn’t really ever noticed that I am drawn to said clothing descriptors but I like what I like and while it is very plain in the eyes of some I just like my look to be classic and simple in shape and color.

Ventured out to brunch with my Fab Five blog buddies and got Lashawn to snag a few photos of my outfit of the day in all of its plain glory. Can I mention how much I am loving boyfriend jeans right now. These are in heavy rotation, and I plan to snag a few more pair to distress using this tutorial.

distressed boyfriend jeans

distressed boyfriend jeans

Flats are my shoe of choice these days and most likely will be until I depart this Earth. Heels and I see each other very rarely these days. I remember a day when I would not be seen in flats. Didn’t own a pair or tennis shoes.

distressed boyfriend jeans

In the past I’ve worn accessories sparingly but now I’m dialing it up on the bling factor. Loving on my costume jewelry.

distressed boyfriend jeans

distressed boyfriend jeans

                  Trench: Thrifted | Blouse: Thrifted | Jeans: Thrifted | Shoes: Old Navy | Necklace: Macys | Name Necklace: Pynkluxe | Bracelet: Thrifted | Bag: Wilson’s Leather (on super sale, I’m salty)

What is your signature style?

Featured Living

hello march | hai 37

Today is my 37th birthday.

As I inch closer and closer to 40, I truly feel like I’m finding my groove. This past year I jumped a great hurdle by putting on my big girl panties, doing that mental work and getting deeply rooted into who I am and making no apologies for it.

I would love to believe I am on the downslope from here. That whole thing about the journey not being given to the swift? All of that. Life is good and I am blessed to usher in 37 healthy, happy and whole.

Let’s not skip around the fact that it is currently March, and the month is starting off in a bit of chaos. My house looked like this a few days ago and isn’t much better now. My husband scraped the popcorn off the ceiling, I’ll be back later with more holy dust Batman pictures and some tips on what and what not to do when scraping your ceiling.

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I spoke about my woman/mom cave, and I’ve moved into the space but it will be a few months before I get down there because we are making some major changes around here and I can’t wait to share them. Once the dust clears I’ll come back and share.

I am entering March with the belief that great things are on the horizon, the weather is warming, we’ll be traveling in a few weeks and my seedlings are growing.

Life is good!

Helloooooooo March!

 

 

Living

Giveaway | Cirque du Soleil Kurios Tickets

Cirque du Soleil Kurios is coming to Atlanta. If you’ve never seen a Cirque du Soleil show I encourage you to put it on your bucket list. The entire experience is amazing to say the least.

Kurios is a Cirque du Soleil show that is great for the entire family as we all know kids are Kurios too!!  Step into the curios cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him.  Share the experience today with $25 kids tickets.  Kurios Cabinet of Curiosities will perform under the iconic blue and yellow big top at Atlantic Station March 3 – May 8.   CLICK HERE and take advantage of this offer now!

**Offer Disclaimers:  Offer valid on select show dates and times while supplies last.  This offer may not be combined with other offers or applied to previously purchased tickets.

Here’s a sneak peek of Kurios!

Happy to offer one of my Atlanta readers the opportunity to win a four pack of tickets to see the showing on April 19 in the big top at Atlantic Station. Please note that the show begins at 8PM and runs approximately 2.5 hours.

Good Luck!

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