Pantry clean up and problem, commenting problem and which tree should I do?

Hello everyone,  

I was home all afternoon yesterday and all day today and I made quite a bit of progress on my to do list.

The floors all got cleaned yesterday and did they ever need it! 

The first job I did today was clean  and reorganize our pantry.  

This is before ——

And after 

I made a new batch of taco seasoning - it’s a tried and true recipe and I’ve blogged about it multiple times.  

A triple batch fills a quart jar - I’ve put this in small jars for Christmas gifts and everyone liked it 

Just a caution about pantry filling - I had 2 unopened boxes of Aldi brand “Velveeta”

 They were out of date by a few months (but I don’t rely strictly on dates)

I opened one for a recipe I cooked yesterday and that shelf stable cheese was dry and brown.  

So I opened the second one and it was the same.  

I threw it away.  

when I bought more,  I only bought one and I spent extra for the name brand.  

I don’t know what happened with the Aldi product 

I’m thinking about how to decorate for Christmas.  I looked on my old blog posts to remember what we did other years .

I still haven’t decided. 

This white tree is very tall and I could decorate it like a snowman again or put an assortment of ornaments on it.

Or I could use the short green one.  It’s a nice tree and a small tree would be easier. 

I think my grands would love the tall one though 

   

How do you all vote?  

Also, Blog authors,  if your blog is in my sidebar,  I read your blog.  And I’ve been trying to comment recently but my comments seem to just disappear when I hit publish- with no message about my comment needing to be approved.  

I’m sure it’s a blogger bug and I’m hoping to figure it out.  

But please know I’m not ignoring you all 

❤️ Rhonda 

Let’s get my home back in shape

Good morning Homemakers 

First here is my to do list for the week 

It’s different than how I usually do it.  And I’ll explain.  Because every room in our home needs more than just some vacuuming and dusting,  I listed each room and my plan is tackle each room and then as I get it back right,  I’ll move to another room.  

This is what all the rooms looked like Sunday afternoon 

  

I took all these photos in about 3 minutes and Ducky followed me from room to room.  

The bathrooms and laundry room also need attention, but really, who wants to see a messy bathroom?  

I hope I can get lots done but last week, I was slowed way down with a cranky back.  It’s been feeling fine the last 2 days but I’ll be careful and if it flares up, I’ll have to stop.  

My plan is to do floors, dusting, wash bedding as needed and deal with clutter in every room.  

Anyone else starting  this week after Thanksgiving with a messy house?  😧😧😧

I’ll check back in soon…….

❤️Rhonda