Hay marina I’ve been wanting to still write to you . I haven’t forgotten you girl . Please pray 🙏 for me and my husband we have covid it’s been very hard on us 😩😭trusting in Jesus praying 🙏 for a healing ❤️🩹
Praying for you and your husband! There are some awesome healing scriptures on UA-cam. Play them in the background of your day to day. Kenneth E Hagin. Faith comes by hearing the word of God! ❤️
I hear you! I tried a new channel and she was talking about how filthy her kitchen was and she had a single dirty mug by the sink. She seemed like a lovely person, and her home was gorgeous, but it just wasn’t relatable. Merina, you are an amazing person and I love watching you do life.
As a wife, mom and grandmom I want to share my experience. All my adult life I have been where you are and now that I am a grandmother I can say this. No matter how bad you want a perfectly clean and organized house, you will NEVER have it for more than a day or 2 😂 Because when you have kids, they are just that.....kids! Then after the kids, come the grand babies 😂. So please do not stress yourself about keeping a perfect clean house! All you have to worry about is knowing you are doing your very best at keeping house. Once you get in the routine of doing every day the most important chores of a wife, which includes taking care of your husband and children, cooking, laundry and an overall clean house. That is the most important thing to do as a wife. All the organized house thing comes later in life when you become a grandma 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️😊
I’ve been struggling being happy in our new home. We gave up our dream home that we built to make better financial decisions. Seeing you be so thankful in your home, being patient with all the updates, flowing with grace when it is messy is so so encouraging to me. Teaches me that I need to be thankful for what I have❤️
We all need that reminder sometimes. I’m renting a run down 2 bedroom apartment with my 3 kids. Some days it’s home and some days it’s the bane of my existence. You’re so right!! Gotta be thankful ❤️
You are an amazing You Tuber but most importantly you are an amazing woman, wife, and mom. I'm so proud of you. Your home is beautiful. God bless you and your precious family 🙏🤗💞.
Marina I know you might not see this but I sat in my bedroom last night surrounded by boxes and cried walked out saw this video and felt so blessed by your words that I was able to go back In and tackle half of it thank you so much your words are always so inspirational it means so much!😘❤️
I have been in the biggest rut with my depression and my house for months now. It's been terrible. Watching this, I want to go clean!! Exactly what I needed!! Thank you ☺️
I love your enthusiasm and energy. My daughters house looks like yours- before you clean lol. She has two kids under 5 and works as an accountant from home. I was just trying to help and offered my assistance to clean - from my heart. She looked at me, smiled and said ‘that’s you Mum’ I don’t need a sanitised home’ . ‘I feel safe and happy in my home’. I realised that’s all that I could ever ask for her. It matters more than any washing or dirty dishes 💖💖💖💖
This is totally random, but I just want to say thank you so much for not cussing on your channel. I watch you while making breakfast for my 14 month old in the mornings and it's so nice to not have to worry about cussing. Also, you're doing such a great job getting your house organized!
Rome wasn't built in a day. It takes time to really clean & declutter. You got this girl. We got this. I'm about to start deep cleaning & decluttering my house room by room. No time limit. Just gonna start from one end & work my way down til I'm done. Just took a bunch of stuff to goodwill today. Got rid of riding toys, toys my grands have outgrown, a bike no one likes, 4 Christmas trees, decor for different holidays that I don't want anymore, clothes, & a bunch of other stuff. If it doesn't serve a purpose or I don't absolutely love it, then it's out of here. Having less stuff makes it so much easier to keep your house cleaner. Let's do the dagum thing together. Happy New Year! 🎉
I've been contemplating putting together a 52 week challenge in which each week focuses on a single regular chore or two and setting the routine for those. Sweetie, I'm so excited to grow with you and his year, let's all become Titus 2 women. The other day I think on ig you said you want to be that granny that makes biscuits from scratch and man do I feel that!
I saw this somewhere and it helped me with motivation, instead of viewing a sink of dishes as a dreadful task say “Lord thank you for giving me food to eat with a family to eat off of these plates!” and it switches your mindset from dread to thankfulness.
Hey Merina, I absolutely adore your honesty. Both myself and my 77 year old father have COVID and need prayers for healing. Especially for my father. 😷🙏
Great job marina! That little closest would be a piece of cake for Shane to put shelves in for you and give you so much storage room. You could put a black and white curtain with a tension rod to match your shower curtain. love your videos!
Hello I just want to say thank you i watched youre video this morning and you movated me into cleaning out my closet i got rid of three big bags of clothes that i havent worn in months and i donated them to good will and i felt really good about it, im 70 yrs old and again thank you, i love watching you and youre beautful family. God has blessed you stay the way you are.
Have y'all considered building a bed frame that is similar to what is in campers for under bed storage for things like seasonal clothes, bedding or your project supplies? Would be a great master bedroom makeover idea 😃
I’m not a mama or a home maker, but you literally give me soo much motivation to get the dang thing done. I have horrible anxiety and ADHD! & I suck at keeping things organized and clean. Soo when you show your house in all its glory it gives me soo much inspiration to just get it done!! Coming across your channel has been a blessing in disguise!! Keep up the good work! You are an amazing mama and your family is beautiful!
I love watching you. You are real. Don’t apologize for your children. You are right they should come first. You are very good mother. That is easy to see. I believe if other people don’t like what is going on, what is being said, they can walk away and they can stop watching. You go girl!
I'm only 8 minutes in but I had to pause the video long enough to coment. Most people are all through raising their children when they become as wise as you already are. You really are a motivational speaker, add that to your many hats. Xxxooo
Your shirt shows how much God truely loves us. You inspire me to try and do better daily, Loving God has taught me to let go of things I can't control or even change and to embrace the things that I can change . Have a blessed week💕🙏
Hey Sister, I’m not going to go through all the comments, so if others have suggested this, just add me to the vote to list. Have Shane to build you a couple of shelves in your bathroom closet. It would provide you with much needed storage. Praying for you, taking on major personal growth, but I know you got this. I feel your pain when it comes to giving up my books, but I’m doing it, well other than my Christian books, Nora Roberts, Elizabeth Lowell or my Rocks and gems books. Lol Stay strong and determined P.S Buttermilk biscuits, buttermilk Ranch, buttermilk pancakes!
I just love your personality. Your cheerful attitude blesses me every time I watch you. I love your kitchen island makeover. Thank you sweet lady and keep letting Jesus shine through you..
It’s a mirage. Those of us who don’t have ADHD or other challenges just SEEM to have our act together. It’s a huge mirage. Which is why we like to watch your videos because it reminds us to hang in there and keep on keepin’ on. Thank you!
Hey Marina! Just wanted to share how healing, reassuring, and motivating your videos are for my soul! My house has looked almost exactly like this lately as I’ve been going through a lot with work and we gave your orbital method a go in the livingroom and kitchen today and it worked amazing for me! I’m also ADHD and I found myself instinctly trying to break focus but I just kept getting myself back to the section I was focusing on and it GOT DONE FINALLY!!! Thank you so much!❤️❤️❤️❤️
YOU NAILED IT. Your priorities are straight, which is beautiful, but my main takeaway of apologizing for kids behaviors they can’t help/ their feelings come first/ and that being linked to empathic behaviors OMGoshes. That is SO true!! Bless you for pointing that out! You always encourage me! Thank you for being you! 💗
Hey Merina! So much motivation. Just keep telling yourself “less inventory, less stuff to manage” How many brushes or pairs of pj’s does one really need? If you keep paring down, you truly will find you can make due with what you have. Less clothes will force you to do laundry more often, but less if it. You can do this…. If anyone can, you can… Love your content. ❤️ Watching from Michigan ❤️🦌
Simply put…I adore everything about you! I honestly could watch you all day! Your optimism and honesty is so refreshing and add that darling Shane to the mix and you’ve got the perfect video! Happy Anniversary to you two! The roses Shane got for you are beautiful! Keep being you, Merina because you are perfect the way you are and we all love you to pieces! ❤️
I was a house keeper at a hotel, private homes, and at my university...the pumice stone is what I was going to suggest for the toilet, it was what we used and really does work...as you now know!
Hi Merina. It was so good to see you back - and that it was a longer video❣️ I know that you hate when your home gets like this, but you keep working at getting it back to the way that you want it to be for you and your family - and that is what counts. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ It takes a lot of heart and love for your family to keep working and trying to improve your home as you are. Keep up the good work. I’m cheering you on from PA. 🥰 Sincerely, Kyra
You’re great! I LOVE that you talk so much and explain everything that you feel or what pops into your head. You’re yourself and you don’t apologize for it. It makes you relatable. You have a gift.
You are not supposed to deny people their blessings, if they want to send you something they want to so let them. I myself really like to see what people send it us so nice that people are generous and kind. Enjoy your gifts. Have a blessed day.
i love how you go at your own pace and dont stress a made up time line, like if you dont finish in one day its no big deal to take a break and come back to it! also before we had family over for christmas my husband and I did so much cleaning and I was like Wow Im doing the dang thing like Merina!! now i know how you feel in every video, you do so much!! :)
I think a bunch of us are joining in with you on getting our homemaking life together. Also asking for prayer for my Dad as he is having a major surgery next Wednesday. But we are already praising God that the cancer did not spread!! God is God!!!
I love how relatable you make sure and be. You let us know we all have issues, we arent perfect, and its OKAY. We will get through it together. Its important for us single people to feel apart of something and we aren't forgotten.
You guys got so much done. Can't wait for the kids' rooms to be done. I know you do your best. And it takes time to create a working system. And good on you for sharing the book verbiage / content issues. It's great when Christians look out for each other. God bless you, Shane and your 4 kids!! ❤️❤️
So after watching this I sorted out my laundry to get going for tomorrow (10 loads) I’ve been slacking and loaded and started my dishwasher! I really needed this! It’s toooo late for me to start cleaning tonight but doing just that feels like a lot! Lol
The apologizing for my kids 100% hit home from me. I’ve talked about this several times with people close to me but I am so worried about what everyone thinks at the grocery store. Even if they are just joking with each other a little to loud and someone looks I’m telling them to stop and say sorry to the person who shot the look. I am done doing that. They are not being naughty, they are being kids and if you don’t like it get your groceries delivered.
You know I used to be like that in my early years with my own kids and grandkids. Now at 63 when a child dies something that the adult tell the child to apologize, I say thank you and say you are the best mom you can ever be. No worries, i understand. I used to be a school teacher. Children will always be children at any age. Look at me I'm 63 and still I am a little girl when I see something I like. Again you are doing a great job. Keep doing what you are doing with a big smile. Just like you are doing with your children too. Be the best parents, grandparents, family member you can be. You never know what anyone is going through on the inside if you do not smile. Smile can make the ice melt deep down inside the soul of any person. Be blessed bc you are a blessing.
I will say this while kids can and should be kids I do know if as a parent they are not taught how to behave in public we then have adults who think society needs to put up with whatever they dole out. Im not speaking in cases of children who have issues and I definitely as a parent never expect any parent to apologize but age and time appropriate, private corrections should happen. I am quite sure your kids are not misbehaving to cause others problems Merina.
I love your videos and watching your family work together. You give me motivation to get up and clean up. Today me and my boys 10 yrs and 9 yrs cleaned up their room. Three bags of trash and 2 bags to donate. Thank you. 😊
Hey Merina, Just wanted to say how truly special you are to all of us! I am so proud of how far you have come in your journey in your home and life. Sending all the beautiful blessings your way this New Year! God bless
Good morning Marina!! I love your attitude and your "lets get this DAGGONE THANG DONE" smile!! My mom had the same problem with her bathroom sink, tall, deep but no storage space. I cut 4 cleats, 2 pieces of scrap plywood and added a shelf on both sides. Doubled her storage immediately! Y'all are doing a great job, keep up the great work and videos!! Love and hugs for the whole family!
You’ve been my go-to feel good UA-cam for the past several months. I look forward to anything and everything you post. You’re a little ray of sunshine in all the dark of the world today Oh, and a little laundry advice, something I’ve only started implementing myself in the last few months. Smaller loads. It tricks my brain into thinking I have less to do. Nothing worse than opening up the dryer to a big tangled wrinkled mess. Smaller loads feel easier to tackle AND my clothes definitely seem cleaner. Just keep a steady train of loads going and when it’s folding time that little load doesn’t seem so bad and you get a little time in between before it’s time to fold a little load again
Omg I am literally lolling right now as u were describing ur adhd mind and the nail clippers 😂girl this is like watching someone describing me. I struggle with the same things but I do find regular declittering of certain rooms or areas every 2/3months helps it not get overwhelming. Keep it real I live your authenticity xxx
I’m the same way Merina. I am definitely an empath. I can pick up on emotions in every situation and it’s draining at times but I do feel that it’s a gift from God. Love your light and you’re beautiful spirit ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I can’t get enough of your videos 🤣 sooooooooo much better seeing it done in a real way as apposed to polish and like they’ve got their lives together. Loving having you keep me company whilst I “orbit” round my rooms cleaning 🤣
I'm in need of prayers my back has been hurting so bad since Christmas and haven't been able to get my house cleaned. I love you girl and you bless my heart ❤️
Great video! I just want to remind you that the Lord says that you are Fearfully & Wonderfully Made. You are such a Beautiful Woman of God. Your Husband & Children are so very Blessed to have you. You have a Beautiful home. Much Love from Jacksonville Florida.
You have made such a beautiful home, Marina! I didn’t want it to end…so much motivation! If you ever decide to put a shelving system in that closet next to your tub you could have a great space for bathroom back stock and possibly fit you vacuums and mops in there too.
Thank you. Thank you for being one of the most real and authentic people I've seen on UA-cam. I appreciate your honesty about being a big gal and what you struggle with. I'm trying to find motivation within my own big body to get housework done. I don't know how your back isn't killing you!
Happy New Year!!!! The little nook behind your bathroom door would be a great place to add-in some shelves for your towels and paints and whatever else. ..LOL. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEOS AND THE WORD OF GOD!
Thanks for being so real! Being a homeschool mom to 2 girls and with a baby it’s so easy to always feel behind on cleaning! I would like to get better at keeping up the house. You’re an inspiration to me!
I love your videos! I am 66 years old and live in TN in a 4 br home. But exciting news for me. We bought property in SC and we are in the process of buying a new single wide MH ! We are buying the Cool Breeze ! Look at it on line when you can! It will be for vacation for a while. Then when my husband retires it will be our permanent home! Girl talk about downsizing! 😂😂😂. We have been in this home for about 28 years. Talk about stuff stuff and more stuff. As soon as we have the new MH in place I have to start getting things out of this home! It will take at least a year to clean out and declutter this home before we can sell. But I am excited about the new home! I will be watching you for tips! You are adorable! Have a blessed day! 😀😀😀
Hi girl. Not gonna lie I held my breathe when you gave a view of the dining room etc..... my ocd cleaning brain kicked in and I sooooooo wanted to jump through the screen and help you. I know what it's like to get overwhelmed with life and appreciate the support I get, hence I love to give too xx
Your videos have helped me so much, especially this one! 2021 was a terrible year for my family, we lost my dad, my aunt and my father in law in all of 5 months. So the holidays were not celebrated this year and I need to get out of this funk and get off my rear and get in gear! Your videos always put a much needed smile on my face. I want to thank you for your words of encouragement and just being a light for so many people. ❤
Merina and Shane, I love and admire your humor and candor and HONESTY that you show in your vlogs, God did not make us all the same.... I was raised in a home where things were tidy, my sister and sister in law are the NEATEST people in the universe,,, I did NOT inherit that gene,,, I tell my husband I am a "pilot and a clutter-bug", I tend to clutter and a Pile it....
I have combined the Flylady & Clean Mama cleaning routine & it really works. Doing simple routines everyday helps maintain & keep my home clean & tidy. The 1 load of laundry everyday has made a world of difference.
I liked this video already, and I’m only a few minutes into it. I know it’s going to be amazing and super motivational. I love how you bust into song while your talking, I do the same! 😄 I love that you put God first, with our Heavenly Father in our lives, life is just so much better. He’s got you girl! I love your channel, my 10 year old daughter and I both watch and she thinks you are wonderful and funny. Happy New Years to you and your beautiful family! ❤️
Oh Merina you worked so hard! Your home is so pretty and cozy and joyful☃️🏡 Love the organizing tips the uses of the bins is great! Love you all. 🏡💞✝️❄️☃️
I needed this video. My house (mobile home) looks and feels terrible on the inside and outside and I’m just trying to claw my way out. My goal is to be better. A better mom and a much better wife. You truly are inspiring and are so appreciated.
You give me so much motivation, I have slacked bad the last couple of years. I have put other things before the needs of this home. Please pray for me!
So happy to have a video from you today! My grandma fought hard but she was takin home to be with the lord yesterday morning. She was such a special woman and meant so much to me! I haven't stopped crying and hoping to wake up and it be a dream. You are just the light I needed to take my mind off it even if for just a little while!!!
I think you will feel so much better mentally when you get everything organized and decluttered.! I don’t mean that as an insult as my house was HORRIBLE at one point. It was so bad I couldn’t even walk through the garage to get to my car and my laundry closet you’d open the door and stuff would fall out everywhere etc. every closet was bursting at the seams, nothing was organized etc. I suffer from depression and anxiety and I am trying to homeschool 2 kids and do it all and once I got things under control around me I felt like I personally felt better mentally. I hope this is the case for you also. Your taking the first step by trying so that’s all you can do. I got for a cardiologist appointment today to review test results. I’m beyond terrified and my anxiety is really flaring up. Please say a prayer for me.
You go girl! Getting organized is important, but sometimes staying organized can be a problem. You have your hands full with 4 children, home schooling, etc. I’ve found it helpful to try and put things away right after I use them instead of leaving it on the counters. Again, being motivated is important. Hopefully after you get the bathroom finished you’ll be so impressed with your achievement you will keep it up.
I love it! I'm going to quit apologizing for my child. Yes! Let your child feel their emotions. Life is hard. No matter what you are doing or not doing someone is gonna judge you. The people that matter will love you and your kids no matter what.
Thank you for normalizing a lived in house. And one that does not have to be picture perfect. I love the houses that are beautiful laid out but I have three kids and my bathrooms are small smaller then when I lived in a trailer. More times then not I have to chose functional over pretty and it does make me sad sometimes to think maybe I am less for not that picture perfect home. But New Years resolution I’m working on that. And I have been doing fly lady cleaning for little over a month and it’s helping so much but some days I still go to bed with a dirty sink but hey I’m trying and I’m not giving up ❤️
Thank you! You are the real deal. I struggle so hard everyday trying to just keep afloat with my house. You make me feel not so alone. I am so ashamed.
The story about your brain and the fingernail clippers had me laughing out loud and trust me I needed that. All 11 members of my family have COVID and I have not been in the best of moods so thank you for just being you!❤️
Hey beautiful…been waiting patiently for your video lol. I get so much motivation from you and your family!! Thank you for allowing God to bless others thru you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so excited for this video!! I am trying to get my house organized also. Girlllll, I feel you on the ADHD thing and not having it together. The struggle is SO real! 💕💕 I'm going through my house little by little and organizing one thing at a time. Go you!! Love you!! - Raylynn 💜
You are a real inspiration to everyone who watches you on here. Love your attitude, and also praying for you and your family. Also, I like how you're so real and transparent
Homemaking is a goal of mine for this new year as well. This has motivated me to tackle and get things done in my home so thank you for sharing. I am currently recovering from covid but can not wait until I’m better so I can tackle my home.
Merina, you did the daggone thing!!! I was over here going "yes, you go girl" so many times through this video😅! This was an amazing video, to see what you accomplished. I'm doing the same to my house, and this was just the motivation I needed. Another great video girl❤
Hay marina I’ve been wanting to still write to you . I haven’t forgotten you girl . Please pray 🙏 for me and my husband we have covid it’s been very hard on us 😩😭trusting in Jesus praying 🙏 for a healing ❤️🩹
You got it friend! Starting a prayer chain up! ❤️❤️ love you so big!
Praying for you and your husband! There are some awesome healing scriptures on UA-cam. Play them in the background of your day to day. Kenneth E Hagin. Faith comes by hearing the word of God! ❤️
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I hope you and your husband get better I’ll be praying I was out a whole week with covid🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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“This isn’t a tutorial on how to get your life together. This is a documentary on how I’m doing it” 😂😂😂 I DIED LAUGHING. You’re the best!! ❤️
I died when she said this too 🤣🤣🤣💜
I cracked up also, she’s fun to watch, and so very honest!
Chelsey I died laughing too! Marina is so funny, but still inspiring!
I'm new here and girl I love what you do with a single wide and making it fit your family. It looks wonderful 😍. Thank you for sharing.
I love how unapologetically real you are. It's so refreshing to watch a "real" person versus the curated perfect, barely dirty homes being cleaned
And sooo much more satisfying!💕
Yes totally agree!!
This 👏🏽
So tired of all the perfection being shoved down our throats! I want real life and Merina delivers it!
I hear you! I tried a new channel and she was talking about how filthy her kitchen was and she had a single dirty mug by the sink. She seemed like a lovely person, and her home was gorgeous, but it just wasn’t relatable. Merina, you are an amazing person and I love watching you do life.
I’m new to ur channel but it seems I can’t get enough of u , u and Shane crack me up reminds me of myself and husband
As a wife, mom and grandmom I want to share my experience. All my adult life I have been where you are and now that I am a grandmother I can say this. No matter how bad you want a perfectly clean and organized house, you will NEVER have it for more than a day or 2 😂
Because when you have kids, they are just that.....kids! Then after the kids, come the grand babies 😂. So please do not stress yourself about keeping a perfect clean house! All you have to worry about is knowing you are doing your very best at keeping house. Once you get in the routine of doing every day the most important chores of a wife, which includes taking care of your husband and children, cooking, laundry and an overall clean house. That is the most important thing to do as a wife. All the organized house thing comes later in life when you become a grandma 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️😊
I’ve been struggling being happy in our new home. We gave up our dream home that we built to make better financial decisions. Seeing you be so thankful in your home, being patient with all the updates, flowing with grace when it is messy is so so encouraging to me. Teaches me that I need to be thankful for what I have❤️
We all need that reminder sometimes. I’m renting a run down 2 bedroom apartment with my 3 kids. Some days it’s home and some days it’s the bane of my existence. You’re so right!! Gotta be thankful ❤️
I agree, us as well, it's changed my whole perspective
Your home is beautiful. You are an amazing mother, wife, and child of Christ.
I try my very darndest ❤️ love you sweet friend!
You are an amazing You Tuber but most importantly you are an amazing woman, wife, and mom. I'm so proud of you. Your home is beautiful. God bless you and your precious family 🙏🤗💞.
Love that, “I don’t want to just involve him in my everyday, I want to surround my life around Him”
Marina I know you might not see this but I sat in my bedroom last night surrounded by boxes and cried walked out saw this video and felt so blessed by your words that I was able to go back In and tackle half of it thank you so much your words are always so inspirational it means so much!😘❤️
I have been in the biggest rut with my depression and my house for months now. It's been terrible. Watching this, I want to go clean!! Exactly what I needed!! Thank you ☺️
Sometimes we have to give up stuff in order to declutter!
I think you can freeze butter
Bless you! GO FOR IT! It will lighten you in SO MANY WAYS! You will BREATHE SO MUCH BETTER. Happy 2022 to you and yours!!!♥️🌹
@@suewilson6540 you can so much can be put in freezer cheese, flour, cornmeal, milk, buttermilk, bread list on on
I don't know you, but your message touched me. Please know, you are doing your best. Take one day at a time. Life is so short. You're worth it.🤗🙏
I found your channel by accident, and it's been the most rewarding experience! Your videos are so relatable, hilarious, and heartfelt.🥰
I love your enthusiasm and energy. My daughters house looks like yours- before you clean lol. She has two kids under 5 and works as an accountant from home. I was just trying to help and offered my assistance to clean - from my heart. She looked at me, smiled and said ‘that’s you Mum’ I don’t need a sanitised home’ . ‘I feel safe and happy in my home’. I realised that’s all that I could ever ask for her. It matters more than any washing or dirty dishes 💖💖💖💖
This is totally random, but I just want to say thank you so much for not cussing on your channel. I watch you while making breakfast for my 14 month old in the mornings and it's so nice to not have to worry about cussing. Also, you're doing such a great job getting your house organized!
Rome wasn't built in a day. It takes time to really clean & declutter. You got this girl. We got this. I'm about to start deep cleaning & decluttering my house room by room. No time limit. Just gonna start from one end & work my way down til I'm done. Just took a bunch of stuff to goodwill today. Got rid of riding toys, toys my grands have outgrown, a bike no one likes, 4 Christmas trees, decor for different holidays that I don't want anymore, clothes, & a bunch of other stuff. If it doesn't serve a purpose or I don't absolutely love it, then it's out of here. Having less stuff makes it so much easier to keep your house cleaner. Let's do the dagum thing together. Happy New Year! 🎉
I've been contemplating putting together a 52 week challenge in which each week focuses on a single regular chore or two and setting the routine for those.
Sweetie, I'm so excited to grow with you and his year, let's all become Titus 2 women. The other day I think on ig you said you want to be that granny that makes biscuits from scratch and man do I feel that!
I saw this somewhere and it helped me with motivation, instead of viewing a sink of dishes as a dreadful task say “Lord thank you for giving me food to eat with a family to eat off of these plates!” and it switches your mindset from dread to thankfulness.
Hey Merina, I absolutely adore your honesty. Both myself and my 77 year old father have COVID and need prayers for healing. Especially for my father. 😷🙏
Great job marina! That little closest would be a piece of cake for Shane to put shelves in for you and give you so much storage room. You could put a black and white curtain with a tension rod to match your shower curtain. love your videos!
Hello I just want to say thank you i watched youre video this morning and you movated me into cleaning out my closet i got rid of three big bags of clothes that i havent worn in months and i donated them to good will and i felt really good about it, im 70 yrs old and again thank you, i love watching you and youre beautful family. God has blessed you stay the way you are.
Have y'all considered building a bed frame that is similar to what is in campers for under bed storage for things like seasonal clothes, bedding or your project supplies? Would be a great master bedroom makeover idea 😃
Yes! I second this idea🙋
Good idea!
YT recommended your channel and I love your content! So many play music and don't talk, I enjoy it when people talk!
I’m not a mama or a home maker, but you literally give me soo much motivation to get the dang thing done. I have horrible anxiety and ADHD! & I suck at keeping things organized and clean. Soo when you show your house in all its glory it gives me soo much inspiration to just get it done!! Coming across your channel has been a blessing in disguise!! Keep up the good work! You are an amazing mama and your family is beautiful!
I love watching you. You are real. Don’t apologize for your children. You are right they should come first. You are very good mother. That is easy to see. I believe if other people don’t like what is going on, what is being said, they can walk away and they can stop watching. You go girl!
I'm only 8 minutes in but I had to pause the video long enough to coment. Most people are all through raising their children when they become as wise as you already are. You really are a motivational speaker, add that to your many hats. Xxxooo
Your shirt shows how much God truely loves us. You inspire me to try and do better daily, Loving God has taught me to let go of things I can't control or even change and to embrace the things that I can change . Have a blessed week💕🙏
Hey Sister, I’m not going to go through all the comments, so if others have suggested this, just add me to the vote to list. Have Shane to build you a couple of shelves in your bathroom closet. It would provide you with much needed storage. Praying for you, taking on major personal growth, but I know you got this.
I feel your pain when it comes to giving up my books, but I’m doing it, well other than my Christian books, Nora Roberts, Elizabeth Lowell or my Rocks and gems books. Lol
Stay strong and determined
P.S Buttermilk biscuits, buttermilk Ranch, buttermilk pancakes!
I thought of this idea too for my own bathroom after watching!
I just love your personality. Your cheerful attitude blesses me every time I watch you. I love your kitchen island makeover. Thank you sweet lady and keep letting Jesus shine through you..
It’s a mirage. Those of us who don’t have ADHD or other challenges just SEEM to have our act together. It’s a huge mirage. Which is why we like to watch your videos because it reminds us to hang in there and keep on keepin’ on. Thank you!
Hey Marina! Just wanted to share how healing, reassuring, and motivating your videos are for my soul! My house has looked almost exactly like this lately as I’ve been going through a lot with work and we gave your orbital method a go in the livingroom and kitchen today and it worked amazing for me! I’m also ADHD and I found myself instinctly trying to break focus but I just kept getting myself back to the section I was focusing on and it GOT DONE FINALLY!!! Thank you so much!❤️❤️❤️❤️
FlyLady always says “Progress over Perfection!” It’s something I’ve had to repeat to myself many times in my journey. You go, Girl!
YOU NAILED IT. Your priorities are straight, which is beautiful, but my main takeaway of apologizing for kids behaviors they can’t help/ their feelings come first/ and that being linked to empathic behaviors OMGoshes. That is SO true!! Bless you for pointing that out! You always encourage me! Thank you for being you! 💗
Hey Merina! So much motivation. Just keep telling yourself “less inventory, less stuff to manage” How many brushes or pairs of pj’s does one really need? If you keep paring down, you truly will find you can make due with what you have. Less clothes will force you to do laundry more often, but less if it. You can do this…. If anyone can, you can… Love your content. ❤️
Watching from Michigan ❤️🦌
I love your positive real down to Earth videos! I use them for motivation. Thanks for being so pvo and full of joy♥️
Simply put…I adore everything about you! I honestly could watch you all day! Your optimism and honesty is so refreshing and add that darling Shane to the mix and you’ve got the perfect video! Happy Anniversary to you two! The roses Shane got for you are beautiful! Keep being you, Merina because you are perfect the way you are and we all love you to pieces! ❤️
I love that you are real people and not here for show! Thank you for blessing us
I was a house keeper at a hotel, private homes, and at my university...the pumice stone is what I was going to suggest for the toilet, it was what we used and really does work...as you now know!
Yep, it works.
Functionality is a word.
Hi Merina. It was so good to see you back - and that it was a longer video❣️ I know that you hate when your home gets like this, but you keep working at getting it back to the way that you want it to be for you and your family - and that is what counts. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
It takes a lot of heart and love for your family to keep working and trying to improve your home as you are. Keep up the good work. I’m cheering you on from PA. 🥰
Sincerely, Kyra
You’re great! I LOVE that you talk so much and explain everything that you feel or what pops into your head. You’re yourself and you don’t apologize for it. It makes you relatable. You have a gift.
I agree 💕
You are not supposed to deny people their blessings, if they want to send you something they want to so let them. I myself really like to see what people send it us so nice that people are generous and kind. Enjoy your gifts. Have a blessed day.
i love how you go at your own pace and dont stress a made up time line, like if you dont finish in one day its no big deal to take a break and come back to it! also before we had family over for christmas my husband and I did so much cleaning and I was like Wow Im doing the dang thing like Merina!! now i know how you feel in every video, you do so much!! :)
I think a bunch of us are joining in with you on getting our homemaking life together.
Also asking for prayer for my Dad as he is having a major surgery next Wednesday. But we are already praising God that the cancer did not spread!! God is God!!!
I love how relatable you make sure and be. You let us know we all have issues, we arent perfect, and its OKAY. We will get through it together. Its important for us single people to feel apart of something and we aren't forgotten.
You guys got so much done. Can't wait for the kids' rooms to be done. I know you do your best. And it takes time to create a working system. And good on you for sharing the book verbiage / content issues. It's great when Christians look out for each other. God bless you, Shane and your 4 kids!! ❤️❤️
So after watching this I sorted out my laundry to get going for tomorrow (10 loads) I’ve been slacking and loaded and started my dishwasher! I really needed this! It’s toooo late for me to start cleaning tonight but doing just that feels like a lot! Lol
I’m a Army Veteran and when they sent me the Desitin I was shocked but turns out to be the Best I love it!!
You have put so much work in your home ! I lived in a trailer for 15 years I had no idea how to make it beautiful like yours!!!
I think you are doing great considering your limited space and 4 kids. Glad to see you again. You made my night. Thanks for being yourself 💖😊
The apologizing for my kids 100% hit home from me. I’ve talked about this several times with people close to me but I am so worried about what everyone thinks at the grocery store. Even if they are just joking with each other a little to loud and someone looks I’m telling them to stop and say sorry to the person who shot the look. I am done doing that. They are not being naughty, they are being kids and if you don’t like it get your groceries delivered.
You know I used to be like that in my early years with my own kids and grandkids. Now at 63 when a child dies something that the adult tell the child to apologize, I say thank you and say you are the best mom you can ever be. No worries, i understand. I used to be a school teacher. Children will always be children at any age. Look at me I'm 63 and still I am a little girl when I see something I like. Again you are doing a great job. Keep doing what you are doing with a big smile. Just like you are doing with your children too. Be the best parents, grandparents, family member you can be. You never know what anyone is going through on the inside if you do not smile. Smile can make the ice melt deep down inside the soul of any person. Be blessed bc you are a blessing.
I will say this while kids can and should be kids I do know if as a parent they are not taught how to behave in public we then have adults who think society needs to put up with whatever they dole out. Im not speaking in cases of children who have issues and I definitely as a parent never expect any parent to apologize but age and time appropriate, private corrections should happen. I am quite sure your kids are not misbehaving to cause others problems Merina.
I love your videos and watching your family work together. You give me motivation to get up and clean up. Today me and my boys 10 yrs and 9 yrs cleaned up their room. Three bags of trash and 2 bags to donate. Thank you. 😊
Hey Merina,
Just wanted to say how truly special you are to all of us! I am so proud of how far you have come in your journey in your home and life. Sending all the beautiful blessings your way this New Year! God bless
I love you friend. Thank you so very much ❤️❤️
@@fearfullycreated A good tip for frozen get a book write down product and time to cook and get rid of cardboard packaging
Good morning Marina!! I love your attitude and your "lets get this DAGGONE THANG DONE" smile!! My mom had the same problem with her bathroom sink, tall, deep but no storage space. I cut 4 cleats, 2 pieces of scrap plywood and added a shelf on both sides. Doubled her storage immediately! Y'all are doing a great job, keep up the great work and videos!! Love and hugs for the whole family!
You’ve been my go-to feel good UA-cam for the past several months. I look forward to anything and everything you post. You’re a little ray of sunshine in all the dark of the world today
Oh, and a little laundry advice, something I’ve only started implementing myself in the last few months. Smaller loads. It tricks my brain into thinking I have less to do. Nothing worse than opening up the dryer to a big tangled wrinkled mess. Smaller loads feel easier to tackle AND my clothes definitely seem cleaner. Just keep a steady train of loads going and when it’s folding time that little load doesn’t seem so bad and you get a little time in between before it’s time to fold a little load again
Omg I am literally lolling right now as u were describing ur adhd mind and the nail clippers 😂girl this is like watching someone describing me. I struggle with the same things but I do find regular declittering of certain rooms or areas every 2/3months helps it not get overwhelming. Keep it real I live your authenticity xxx
I’m the same way Merina. I am definitely an empath. I can pick up on emotions in every situation and it’s draining at times but I do feel that it’s a gift from God. Love your light and you’re beautiful spirit ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I can’t get enough of your videos 🤣 sooooooooo much better seeing it done in a real way as apposed to polish and like they’ve got their lives together.
Loving having you keep me company whilst I “orbit” round my rooms cleaning 🤣
Its truly refreshing to see a “normal” real life cleaning video!! Kudos to you!!
I'm in need of prayers my back has been hurting so bad since Christmas and haven't been able to get my house cleaned. I love you girl and you bless my heart ❤️
This video totally inspired me to do a massive declutter of my own yesterday. Feeling so much better! Thank you! ❤️
Great video! I just want to remind you that the Lord says that you are Fearfully & Wonderfully Made. You are such a Beautiful Woman of God. Your Husband & Children are so very Blessed to have you. You have a Beautiful home. Much Love from Jacksonville Florida.
You have made such a beautiful home, Marina! I didn’t want it to end…so much motivation! If you ever decide to put a shelving system in that closet next to your tub you could have a great space for bathroom back stock and possibly fit you vacuums and mops in there too.
Great idea about the closet shelf. A home for the vacuum!!!
Thank you. Thank you for being one of the most real and authentic people I've seen on UA-cam. I appreciate your honesty about being a big gal and what you struggle with. I'm trying to find motivation within my own big body to get housework done. I don't know how your back isn't killing you!
To prevent weevils in your flour, cornmeal and such put a couple of whole Bay Leaves in the side of your canister. They are a safe natural repellent.
Happy New Year!!!! The little nook behind your bathroom door would be a great place to add-in some shelves for your towels and paints and whatever else. ..LOL. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEOS AND THE WORD OF GOD!
Thanks for being so real! Being a homeschool mom to 2 girls and with a baby it’s so easy to always feel behind on cleaning! I would like to get better at keeping up the house. You’re an inspiration to me!
I love your videos! I am 66 years old and live in TN in a 4 br home. But exciting news for me. We bought property in SC and we are in the process of buying a new single wide MH ! We are buying the Cool Breeze ! Look at it on line when you can! It will be for vacation for a while. Then when my husband retires it will be our permanent home! Girl talk about downsizing! 😂😂😂. We have been in this home for about 28 years. Talk about stuff stuff and more stuff. As soon as we have the new MH in place I have to start getting things out of this home! It will take at least a year to clean out and declutter this home before we can sell. But I am excited about the new home! I will be watching you for tips! You are adorable! Have a blessed day! 😀😀😀
What an incredible job you did!!!!!! Sooooo proud of you!!!!!
🥺 thank you so much for being here and cheering me on friend!
Hi girl.
Not gonna lie I held my breathe when you gave a view of the dining room etc..... my ocd cleaning brain kicked in and I sooooooo wanted to jump through the screen and help you. I know what it's like to get overwhelmed with life and appreciate the support I get, hence I love to give too xx
My niece would love the Yu Yu Hakusho shirt Shane is wearing. 😁
Your bathroom looked awesome in the after.
Organized chaos. It’s like I’m watching my life on video. Thank you for sharing with us 🥰
Your videos have helped me so much, especially this one! 2021 was a terrible year for my family, we lost my dad, my aunt and my father in law in all of 5 months. So the holidays were not celebrated this year and I need to get out of this funk and get off my rear and get in gear! Your videos always put a much needed smile on my face. I want to thank you for your words of encouragement and just being a light for so many people. ❤
I am so very sorry for your losses. Bless your heart and your family. Prayers for your healing. Take care. 🙏💕
Iam so sorry for your lose, it is hard to recover for one lose, Prayers to you and your family..🙏🏼💔❤⚘
@@sandywalburn7196 thank you so much. Its been a struggle but we are hanging in there. ❤
@@taylorgontkovic4543 thank you. Its been rough but we are making it ❤
@@melindajohnson8247 if you ever need someone just to listen, just respond to this comment, and I will give you my email. I’m a very good listener. 🙏💕
Merina and Shane, I love and admire your humor and candor and HONESTY that you show in your vlogs, God did not make us all the same.... I was raised in a home where things were tidy, my sister and sister in law are the NEATEST people in the universe,,, I did NOT inherit that gene,,, I tell my husband I am a "pilot and a clutter-bug", I tend to clutter and a
Pile it....
Girl, your Killin it!! I'm so proud of you honestly 💓 Happy New Year guys!! Love youins
Your channel is so awesome and I love that you and family loves the LORD and each other and your always staying busy and getting stuff done 🙏❤️🙏
Using those ornament containers for toys is genius! What a great video to start the new year off with!
I have combined the Flylady & Clean Mama cleaning routine & it really works. Doing simple routines everyday helps maintain & keep my home clean & tidy. The 1 load of laundry everyday has made a world of difference.
I’ve been doing one load every day all year (🤣) I am with you! IT WORKS!!!
I liked this video already, and I’m only a few minutes into it. I know it’s going to be amazing and super motivational. I love how you bust into song while your talking, I do the same! 😄 I love that you put God first, with our Heavenly Father in our lives, life is just so much better. He’s got you girl! I love your channel, my 10 year old daughter and I both watch and she thinks you are wonderful and funny. Happy New Years to you and your beautiful family! ❤️
This warms my heart so much!!!! I’m so thankful for you guys. I love you so much.
Oh Merina you worked so hard! Your home is so pretty and cozy and joyful☃️🏡 Love the organizing tips the uses of the bins is great! Love you all. 🏡💞✝️❄️☃️
I needed this video. My house (mobile home) looks and feels terrible on the inside and outside and I’m just trying to claw my way out. My goal is to be better. A better mom and a much better wife. You truly are inspiring and are so appreciated.
WE GOT THIS TOGETHER!!! 😄 seriously I ain’t goin nowhere without ya so ima wait right here til you’re all caught up and then we’ll keep goin lol 😄❤️
You give me so much motivation, I have slacked bad the last couple of years. I have put other things before the needs of this home. Please pray for me!
So happy to have a video from you today! My grandma fought hard but she was takin home to be with the lord yesterday morning. She was such a special woman and meant so much to me! I haven't stopped crying and hoping to wake up and it be a dream. You are just the light I needed to take my mind off it even if for just a little while!!!
Prayers for you and your family my friend. Please know I am here if you need to talk. 💚
I’m so sorry for your loss. The loss of a grandparent is just as hard as losing a parent. Prayers for your family to feel loved and comforted.
🙏🙏❤️❤️
@@stephiekay06 Thank You!
@@jackiebrannon1978 Thank You! She was so special to me. Just hard to let myself believe she is gone.
Holy moly, you rocked this clean and declutter, girl 👏👏👏👏👏❣️
Just love you’re energy and your open realness Mama! We’re right here with you. ❤️❤️❤️
I think you will feel so much better mentally when you get everything organized and decluttered.! I don’t mean that as an insult as my house was HORRIBLE at one point. It was so bad I couldn’t even walk through the garage to get to my car and my laundry closet you’d open the door and stuff would fall out everywhere etc. every closet was bursting at the seams, nothing was organized etc. I suffer from depression and anxiety and I am trying to homeschool 2 kids and do it all and once I got things under control around me I felt like I personally felt better mentally. I hope this is the case for you also. Your taking the first step by trying so that’s all you can do. I got for a cardiologist appointment today to review test results. I’m beyond terrified and my anxiety is really flaring up. Please say a prayer for me.
You go girl! Getting organized is important, but sometimes staying organized can be a problem. You have your hands full with 4 children, home schooling, etc. I’ve found it helpful to try and put things away right after I use them instead of leaving it on the counters. Again, being motivated is important. Hopefully after you get the bathroom finished you’ll be so impressed with your achievement you will keep it up.
I love it! I'm going to quit apologizing for my child. Yes! Let your child feel their emotions. Life is hard. No matter what you are doing or not doing someone is gonna judge you. The people that matter will love you and your kids no matter what.
Thank you for normalizing a lived in house. And one that does not have to be picture perfect. I love the houses that are beautiful laid out but I have three kids and my bathrooms are small smaller then when I lived in a trailer. More times then not I have to chose functional over pretty and it does make me sad sometimes to think maybe I am less for not that picture perfect home. But New Years resolution I’m working on that. And I have been doing fly lady cleaning for little over a month and it’s helping so much but some days I still go to bed with a dirty sink but hey I’m trying and I’m not giving up ❤️
Thank you! You are the real deal. I struggle so hard everyday trying to just keep afloat with my house. You make me feel not so alone. I am so ashamed.
I haven’t watched yet just wanted to say I’ve really missed you and your inspiration Merina. I pray that 2022 is a great year for everyone.
Thank you so much my friend ❤️❤️
The story about your brain and the fingernail clippers had me laughing out loud and trust me I needed that. All 11 members of my family have COVID and I have not been in the best of moods so thank you for just being you!❤️
Hey beautiful…been waiting patiently for your video lol. I get so much motivation from you and your family!! Thank you for allowing God to bless others thru you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for being here I love you so much!!!!
You got this Marina. I have faith in you. Love you girl.
I'm so excited for this video!! I am trying to get my house organized also. Girlllll, I feel you on the ADHD thing and not having it together. The struggle is SO real! 💕💕 I'm going through my house little by little and organizing one thing at a time. Go you!! Love you!! - Raylynn 💜
You are a real inspiration to everyone who watches you on here. Love your attitude, and also praying for you and your family. Also, I like how you're so real and transparent
Homemaking is a goal of mine for this new year as well. This has motivated me to tackle and get things done in my home so thank you for sharing. I am currently recovering from covid but can not wait until I’m better so I can tackle my home.
You are so humble and unapologetically you! You are very relatable 🙂
Merina, you did the daggone thing!!! I was over here going "yes, you go girl" so many times through this video😅! This was an amazing video, to see what you accomplished. I'm doing the same to my house, and this was just the motivation I needed. Another great video girl❤
She sure did didn’t she??! So motivating!
I am blown away by how much you were able to accomplish! You did that darn thing!
I have been WAITING for this video. I've just been going through it and I needed your light ❤ happiest new year to you and the family 💕💗
I love you friend ❤️❤️❤️ we’re here for you!!