Day 5 - Sunday Funday

As much as I hate when Sunday comes, and I know that I have to go to work tomorrow, I love our Sunday routines.  Being a creature of habit, routines definitely keep me sane.  Sundays are usually for laundry.  I don't mind throwing a couple of loads of laundry in the machines.  I don't even mind folding the clothes.  I actually hate putting the clothes away!  I feel like my closet could truly explode at any minute so that thought of having to find room for the clean clothes drives me nuts!

Sundays are for de-cluttering.  For some reason, during the week, the house accumulates random clutter.  Unopened mail sits on the counter with the name "Michael Andre" on it for a few days.  Travel coffee mugs sit on the half wall, when the sink is another 15 steps away.  Magazines are sprawled on the coffee table.  Finnley's toys are all over the floor.  Coats are hanging on the backs of the kitchen chairs instead of in the coat closet at the back door.  I am okay with them sitting there Monday through Saturday, but on Sunday, my de-clutter day, everything must have a home.  Everything must be put away.  We have to give the illusion that we live in peace and cleanliness.

Sundays are also for grocery shopping.  Mike and I have mastered the grocery store.  We used to walk around the store together - not by his choice, totally by mine.  I used to think grocery shopping together was "so cute" because we were young and in love and married and that's what young, married couples did.  FALSE.  We have figured out that by dividing and conquering, we can kick the grocery store's ass. I have learned (from my crazy parents) to organize the grocery list by section and by aisle, so I can whip down the list crossing things off as I walk.  I HAVE to shop with a grocery list.  I would forget too much if I didn't.  I like to establish our weekly menu on Sunday so I know what I am making, what I should buy, etc.  It just makes my life so much easier during the week when I am trying to manage, work, our dog, the gym, Mike's hockey schedule, etc.  If you don't create a grocery list now, I would highly recommend it.

Sundays should be spent conducting some major DVR catch-up.  There isn't much time during the week to watch our favorite shows (Modern Family, Happy Endings, and the like), so we like to watch them together on Sundays.  I don't know what I would do without DVR given our crazy schedules.  I suppose we could simply "not watch TV," but I feel committed to these shows now.  We have had some bad luck with shows - either they become too far-fetched (Desperate Housewives), too weird (Glee), or they get cancelled (What About Brian?).  If Modern Family and Happy Endings are still on the air, AND they are still entertaining, then we will continue to watch.

So as much as I hate Sundays (especially when that clock strikes noon; for some reason I feel like noon marks the downward spiral of the day), I love it just the same.  Time to get organize, my idea of a Sunday Funday.  WOOOOO!!