Current life update 1-29-2020

Right now I am at work thinking about my life in general. I have just returned to work from my maternity leave and it is going extremely difficult for me because I have to wake up at night to feed the babies every 3 to 4 hours and then come to work in the morning then when I go back from home, I immediately start taking care of all three kids again. It became a circle of life for me 24 hours and I am so tired. Lack of sleep definitely is not helping either. It drains all my energy and I am always so sleepy. I can go and on how hard my life is right now but despite all that, I am so grateful to Allah that I have my children and a loving husband who helps me a lot. Allah gave me everything I have ever wanted and that is a big blessing. Sometimes I am scared all these might be taken away from me if I blink because if something too good going on, something worst might be coming on my way which may hurt a lot more than I would be able to handle. I pray to Allah that it doesn't happen to me. Anyway, so we hired a nanny for Rehan because it is hard to take care of three kids at once. We sent him to day care which he hated and after a week later, day care kicked him out so we ended up hiring a nanny for him who comes to our house 3/4 days a week from morning to evening. My mother in law takes care of the twins when we both are at work and that is just one day a week because we work from home 4 days a week. Either Makid or I stay home and take care of the babies while do our job. She still gets tired of taking care of the twins and always looks so grumpy and tired. I know it is hard to take care of babies but she doesn't have anything else to do besides that anyway. Oh well! can't complain since it is not her responsibility to take care of our kids. We are glad at least she is here.

Bench transformation

Cabinet transformation

Bathroom back splash

Bathroom transformation

DIY

Weekend diy project.

Six Easy Habits of Organizing Solutions for Any Home

Now many of you who are struggling to organize your lovely home, I came up six realistic solutions to solve your problem that I usually do to keep my house organize and tidy. To me organizing is a problem but for some, it might not seem that way so if you are like me, please keep on reading.


I wasn't always like that back in the days when I was in my parents house. I was very messy and did not care about being tidy and stay organize like most teenagers. If you have children at home, you know what I am talking about. But once I got married and bought a house, everything has changed. I became some other person who is the main care taker of the house. I wouldn't say I became like my mother because she does not know how to organize (sorry mother). I wouldn't blame her either because not everyone knows  how to organize especially if you to cook and clean and maintaining everyone's needs. I think organizing is a skill and you can only learn to organize if you read through other's organization experiences and willing to put effort into it. I strongly believe that nothing is impossible in the world if you put your mind to it.


Here are the 10 organizing solutions I came up with...


1. Pick up as you go. Yes Yes I know, no one likes picking up after a long day at work or doing other things but trust me when I tell you this, it will save you so much time in the future and your house will stay organize without much effort. It's better to do quick pick up than pilling up things and spend long period of your valuable time to organize. Whenever you enter the house, look around to your left and right, see if anything on the ground and pick up as you go and put things where they belong. You don't have to go around the whole house to do that, just when you are passing by certain area in the house.


2. Have room for every item. You might heard that million times from different places and that is because it is a very effective way to organize your home. For example, if you have a place to put your car keys, you will not put your car keys somewhere else in the house and it will became habitual thing once you have a place to put your keys. Another example I can give you is that, whenever you grab your mails from outside, if you have place to put them in the house, most likely you won't put them on your kitchen table or on the island to make a pile of mess. You can simply place a tray somewhere in your home and put mails until you have time to go through them. It will be a good habit for your kids as well. If they have a place to put their toys, they will likely to put away toys once they are finish playing with them. Your house will look tidy as ever.


3. Don't be afraid to throwing away unnecessary items. Most people I know struggle through this throwing away process and I don't blame them. We work really hard for our things and we enjoying having things but we need to have balance between owing things that are necessary in our lives and owing things simply just because I can afford it so I have it. This is simply about one's mind settings. You don't have to have the latest greatest kitchen gadgets every couple of months when the new better functionality item comes in the market. If you do have the money to buy new things then why not through away the things that you already have first? It will make your house less stuffy and will have more room to breath and less time to organize. Most of the times, we buy things because it's prettier, better than the one we already have at home so we end up multiplying our items. How many of you can relate to owing sets of tea cups and spoons and knives but only use one sets most of the times? Think about the multiples at your house and through them away or better option is to donate them. Someone else might need them more than you. Doesn't it feel great to help out someone else? Your house will be less clutter and you will make someone else happy. 2 in one :) great deal if you ask me!


4. Always make your bed. Making your bed is not fun but if you can make a habit out of it, you will see a tremendous difference in your life. A made bed gives you the feeling of a clean home and it reduces stress so you can do other task while at it. If you do this everyday, it will eventually become one of your habit. Who doesn't like to go to bed at night in a made bed? Imagine at the hotel, if they didn't make your bed, would you ever get on the bed? You do not even care if someone else slept just before you came but since the bed is made, you don't have the yaaky feelings of sleeping in a same bed someone else slept last night and might have left some unwanted stain on the mattress (we never look under if the bed is made so nicely).


5. Box up seasonal clothes. Every season we have to wear different types of clothing and that's the way it is so why not put away all the heavy jackets, scarves, hats, etc. in the summer time? You will have more room in your closet and less things to organize. You will not  have the overwhelming feelings when you go into your kids closet and see all the cloths are pilled up on the floor or your own if you organize cloths according to the season.


6. Place a shoe rack at the entrance. Your entry way is the first thing people see when they come in so make an impression that they will not judge you based on that. I don't know about you but I have a real problem with having to see shoes are everywhere at the entrance of our home. Entry way should be clutter free and a welcome feeling. No matter how organize you are through out the house, if your entry way is cluttered with shoes and other stuffs then your house will not feel like a organized home. Your guest will automatically think that you are a messy person. They will not go into your closet or your bedroom to see if your a organized person or not so make sure to clear up the entry way. Put a shoe rack and make your kids the habit of putting away shoes right away once they enter the house. Also, keep a coat rack as well if you don't have a closet near by so they won't put their coat on the floor. Sometimes if there isn't a place to put coat or purses, guests feel awkward to keep their purses or coats in their hand. Make your home a welcome place for everyone.
 
6. Never leave your kitchen sink full. This is the only location we feel very lazy doing it. Sometimes we just ignore the mess and move on to do other task in the house. Instead ignoring doing dishes once your are finish eating, clean them right away. If you ignore one dish at a time then things starts to pile up. Others will also follow the same action when they see dishes in the sink. I don't really use the dishwasher that often because I let everyone wash their own dishes when they are done so I don't have to deal with them at once. My sink will stay clean all the time. If I have to use the dishwasher, I do this once a week for all the dishes if I feel like to be extra clean. It will become a habit if everyone just clean their own plate once they finish their food.

Procrastination

Lately I am so busy with life that I have no time for anything else. I really want to start posting some of my projects that I have been working for a while now. Although I have not finished any of them, I am super excited to share with you all so stay tuned friends :)

My Paintings

My Painting over the Mantels

First Day Blogging Feelings

Recently I have been reading so many blogs about many different topics which has interested me enough to open my own blog. So I thought why not write about something or show some of my DIY projects that fascinates me and at the same time I can spend my free time wisely by sharing with people. Now, here I am starting my journey and hopefully I can change the world by blogging..(just kidding :p). Wish me luck!

That's my cutie pie Teddy bo bo!!!. Say Hi!