Today was the first day back to school for the kids from Winter Break. I woke them up at 7 am to start their day. It gave them two hours to get ready before school. After breakfast we played games and had some fun before class started. We stayed mostly in the house and watched TV. Stayed up and video conferenced a school mate from Australia.

☁️ 48°F – 42°F 🙂 |🔴 | Seattle

Received my last Varicella vaccination shot this morning. I some how never caught it as a kid and through all my travels. Worked with the kids on removing their clutter in their rooms and arround the house. I thought it would be difficult for them to get rid of some of their toys and old school projects, but I was wrong. They like how much more room they have in their rooms and easily find things they want to do. We are on our way to have the rooms completed by weeks end.

I’m in a removing the clutter and reorganizing kind of mood. I’m slowly  rearranging the cupboards so the kids can access breakfast staples easily.  Kids start school up again tomorrow and want to remove as much unnecessary stress they have during the school days. Mostly comes from frustration on not finding things or can’t access what they need easily. It shows during school time when they misplace their composition books or writing utensils. This is why I am reorganizing their desks for school work only. Tonight I removed all the organizational equipment and stuff in them off my daughter’s desk.  Anything she needs is in a draw. Her desk is baron, only a keyboard, mouse and monitor. She has room to write, draw and make school projects without fighting to find room to do so.

Going to enjoy a beer and read a book before bed.

🌧️47°F – 37°F 🙂 |🟡 | Seattle

Started the kids on their room projects. Both are filling boxes of toys and stuff they no longer use or need. I pulled out shelves and storage organization units since it’s not needed anymore.  Moved one of the shelves into the living room and filled it with games and instruments that was originally stored in their rooms. Tonight they played with the instruments and toys they forgot they had since it was buried underneath with toys they didn’t want to play with anymore. We are going to continue with removing the clutter tomorrow and the following days. We should have it all done by the end of next week. I don’t want them to be overwhelmed. My son’s room is very small, but he has a crawl space that is used for storage. I’m going to gut it and make it into another room that he can play in or make it into what ever he wants. Want to clear it out and usable by next week.

🌧️ 46°F – 47°F 🙂 |🟡 | Seattle

Packed up all the Christmas decorations and put the Livingroom back together. Feels so much more roomy. Planning out my next week. Going to work on the children’s room this week and plan my goals for the new year.

🌧️ 51°F – 44°F 🥱| 🟡 | Seattle

Cleaned up the kitchen and washed clothes. We made Jambalaya for dinner in the pressure cooker. Came out delicious. Played games with the kids and watching movies. We will stay up to light up some fireworks.

🌧️ 50°F – 44°F 🙂 | Seattle

Another boring day. Reworked my document folder. For some reason it didn’t take the last time I did it. Once this is all done I will be able to gain access to it on all my devices and be organized. Deleted quite a few very old documents.

🌧️ 46°F – 39°F 🙂 | Seattle

I slept the day away. Spent most of the day on the couch trying to figure out what happened to my files on my computer. I figured it out but will take 24 hours to have everything since properly. While I was waiting I watched tv.

🌧️ 39°F – 33°F 🙂 | Seattle

Spent the morning and afternoon working on my Surface Pro. Reworking on how everything syncs up with Onedrive. Went outside on this beautiful day and worked on my backyard. Even chopped up some wood.

☀️ 46°F – 32°F 🙂 | Seattle

I did very little today. Slept in and watched TV for most of the day. Saw the Seattle Seahawks beat LA Rams. Helped the kids put their Lego sets and built a bird house for my daughter so she could paint it in the afternoon. I feel lazy tired. Going to get early tomorrow.

⛅ 47°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle

Spent the day mostly in the kitchen. Made 15 lbs of mashed potatoes. I needed to get threw the bag we had before it went bad. Used up all the onions in the process. Made a large batch of garlic/butter croutons. Went outside and ran with the kids for 45 min.

🌦️ 49°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle