Why even try?!

Once we moved into the new house, I gave up the idea of getting the whole house clean in one day. I used to do that with the townhome, but that was with half the number of bathrooms and half the square footage. I took some tips from my friend BG who had a cleaning schedule. Can I tell you how much that has saved my sanity? Rather than feeling bad for not getting everything done in one day, I do something daily. I feel a true sense of satisfaction when I can cross that chore off my list and I can get around to other things like reading blogs, facebook, and, oh, spending time with my kids.

Last week, the chore was to wash the windows. I have a wall of windows in my living room that I was anxious to clean. They go to just about a foot off the ground, so when the shades are up the girls like to press their hands on them when they look outside. At certain times of the day when the sun is shining through it's a collage of little handprints...which can be endearing but also annoying at the same time. Anyone else feel this way?

It was a cold day but I really didn't think much of it. I cleaned the windows on the backside of the house (inside only) and got all ready to do the storm door on the front of the house. So, maybe it was colder than I thought. I put the window washing fluid on and immediately before I even had a second to squegee it off, it was frozen!! I kind of stood there in stunned silence. I am getting better at this blogging stuff because before I chiseled the layer of ice off my door, I took a picture!

Here is my frozen door:

Guess this means no more washing windows until Spring. Bummer.