Post Christmas Mayhem - The Kitchen
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Let the cleanup begin with the kitchen where all manner of junk has landed! More to come! Thanks for watching!
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Le Chiffre is your constant companion in the kitchen whenever you're cleaning up food. He's a beagle for sure.
You have no idea the spark of joy I feel when I click onto UA-cam and see you've uploaded a new video. And when I see that you are starting a series (12 Days of Christmas, Bathroom remodel, etc.)...sheer happiness!
exactly!
I reduced my Christmas chaos this year due to my daughters cancer diagnosis and I will never go back to Christmas chaos! To be able to fit all Christmas things in about six boxes is WONDERFUL. It reduced stress, still looked gorgeous and festive, but didn't take so much of our time to put up or take down. I just kept our absolute favorite and best, and I got rid of ALL the filler stuff. I highly recommend it!
I did the same today in my kitchen. I hosted 30 people Christmas Eve and today I restored and put away all my platters, silver and crystal. Feels so much better.
Will be having a blitz on my kitchen after the Christmas explosion - and will be pleased in a few days to be taking down the decorations. I also keep them in designated room boxes, makes it much easier to put up and take down. Scott's writing is very neat, my husband's is like a "spider on crack crawling across the page" - son's words not mine lol. Don't be too hard on yourself over the weight lose - you have a very hectic schedule, so need to keep your energy levels up to maintain everything - I always think moderation is the best policy. The post arrived, a big thank you for the card.... Lorna UK
We haven't seen the pups in a while - I was glad to see them moving around today lol. Love how they were watching you waiting for something to drop :) so adorable!
I have to confess your videos are my guilty pleasure....guilty in the sense that I watch you running around like mad whilst I am sitting in bed with a coffee!! (of course before my own madness starts for the day). lol Good luck with your weight loss...you look healthy and strong and understand you do want to lose a few pounds but I have come to realise myself (now 51) that my stamina and energy are the most important things xox
I have 1 more day to watch the grandsons then I'm off for 5 days!! I am going to start my cleaning and decluttering. I am going to go room by room. I am soooo tired of all the CRAP!!!!!
I felt the same way, had to get the Christmas stuff down, it felt cluttered. I spend all day on the 26th and 27th putting it away. I have a 5x8 storage closet (condo living) so it had to be put away carefully. It felt great to have it done. Also, while watching this video I felt inspired to hit pause and go tidy up my own kitchen :)
I love to watch your cleaning and organizing videos. They really motivate me to wanna clean. lol
Hi Sophia. My kitchen is a disaster zone right now, I became bedridden on the 21st December and even now I only go downstairs for a short amount of time. So my fella and sons did Christmas !!! yes a big uh oh lol but at least we got through it. I cant wait to get fully recovered xx
I so understand how you feel, we had 24 over for Christmas Celebration and I am so tired of this holiday. It took me three hours the day after to get my house back in order. I ordered out for a customized New Years Eve Dinner.
My house was clean yesterday...sorry you missed it lol! I have three boys so I know what that is like, clean one day & the next day you would never know it was clean! So cute how the dogs come when you are putting food in trash can! Love you house, very beautiful.
You know...since Mr. LS is always hanging out around the dishwasher you should teach him how to load the thing. :D :D :D He is the cutest! It doesn't take long for a clean house to become a disaster does it. I love watching these video's. We had a quiet Christmas here this year and that afternoon/next morning all the Christmas decorations I did put out were once again sleeping in the storage room.
Well....thank you for keeping it real and letting me know that Im not alone with areas that need re-cleaning and reorganizing.... the madness is real....thanks for sharing
It always feels great to get the kitchen back in order
Thanks for the kick in the butt! I just rejoined WW today and am doing the online plan as well. I have 26 baby pounds to lose, one at a time. I also feel the same about my house; when I was home it was always impeccable but since I went back to teaching full time, it has been hard to get into a routine. On we march in 2016!!
Hi sophia I hope you are doing well . I am an Arbian woman especially from Egypt and I really appreciate your work and effort and I really took so much benefit from your videos. thanks you I learned so much from you .
I had my decorations up early as this was our first Christmas at home in 8 years. Thus I was over it by boxing day and down they came.
I have a small home which I love but I needed the space.
Happy New Year for 2016! x
Thank you Sophia. I can't wait to do my house. We just got back form seeing my family for Christmas. Then off in the caravan in two days. I have so much other stuff to do to get ready mine will have to wait until after the camping trip. xxx
you still look awesome! I feel guilty for not doing anything today besides normal spot cleaning. now I am inspired to get off my behind and get things done! Thank you as always!
yay a cleaning video! and a fast one at that! I spent Xmas with my parents and before the dishwasher was full she made it very clear everyone was to eat snacks and leftovers with paper and plastic. We had a very wet and muddy week and could not run the dishwasher or even use much water.
The kitchen looked so nice once you were done cleaning it. I loved the wreath on your window, it is very pretty. I am so tired of the Christmas stuff already also. I was going to start taking it down today but my kids wanted me to wait until Jan 1st. I will however start putting away the little trinkets today because I am tired of looking at the extra clutter.
Sophia you look lovely , even in cleaning clothes and no makeup! Don't blame you though wanting the xmas decor out of kitchen, Same here! Gives me more room to cook ect. Loved your video as usual
Great minds think alike lol I blitzed my kitchen Boxing Day too! Purged dishes the whole shabang!!!! Took me most of day but I felt great! Also I did my Xmas box organising last year putting 'mantle' stuff in one box tree in another etc etc worked a treat this yr! Happy new year to you and yours Sophia look forward to your videos in 2016!!! X🇬🇧
Pretty random comment, but Scott has got great handwriting, my husband's handwriting looks like he's still learning the alphabet! Good idea putting everything in organized boxes by rooms. It'll definitely be helpful next year!!
Hahahaha! !! My hubby is the same with the handwriting! ! 😃
+CutTheFat Looks like quite a few of us have the same hubby. I can hardly read hubby's writing. He should have been a doctor. :D
Jake92574 think you're right there !! 😃😃 see Sophia you're lucky! !
Great job on getting things back in order. I absolutely understand what you are going through. I just did my kitchen yesterday day and feel good too. Also, good luck on the weight watchers. Great video and I can't wait to see more so that I can try to keep up with you. Lol.
Great video Sophia , you have motivated me to get my stack of ironing done xxx
I needed this video today, it gave me the motivation to sort out my own kitchen, thank you! I'm also starting Weight Watchers this week!
Your videos always cheer me up. Like others said, you keep it real and your home is beautiful. inspiring!
Enjoyed your video as always Sophia, while watching you decorate for Christmas I did wonder how long you kept the decorations up for, you put so much effort into making them look beautiful, like you and so many others i just feel cluttered as soon as Christmas is over and can't wait for Jan the 1st to pack them away again, then everything feels bare for a few days, lol can't win xx
GREAT JOB, SOPHIA!! I surely need the inspiration right now! Thank you!
I Love you Sophia! and your sons, puppies and hubby too. Thanks for keeping it real. Your methods are a wonderful sort of madness, the best kind for me as I love to organize and clean too and I have stuff too. God bless you and yours in this new year to come and always. Happy New Year
Hi, I'm a new subscriber. I love your channel! I'm so happy I found you. I love to clean and organize myself. Have a Happy New Year🎉💖😊
I enjoyed this so much! Nice to see how you deal with after Christmas!
I feel guilty but excited when I see that you have posted a new cleaning video #sorrynotsorry You do a great job and so efficient. What takes you 2.5 hours would probably take me 2.5 days.
lol - me too!
Agreed! The amount she gets done in a short amount of time is amazing!
I love your videos. It gives me so much motivation and you have a great personality :)
I love your videos! They inspire me to clean my house.
Typical beagle, always looking for food! lol I sure miss mine, Darby O'Brien she was the best. I'm kind of tired of the Christmas décor, also. Can't wait to get it put away. After the first of the year I have two rooms to tackle, not looking forward to it at all. They are my husband's belongings, musical stuff, tapes, records, old clothes, etc. I still have his clothes in the closet, can't remove them yet. And I don't know if I ever will...perhaps someday. To me, you look beautiful with or without makeup...your spirit shines through and that is beautiful. Take care...
You have the best videos. Loved it.
Enjoyed the video--- "Happy New Year" to you,Scott and
The boys.
oh Sofia i just love you : )
its like watching myself on screen but a better more energetic version of me.
Happy New Year to you and all the boys! (that includes hubby)! many prayers for the new year!
Glad I'm not alone in the house being destroyed after Christmas! It looked crazy in here when Christmas was over. Where did you get your headband/wrap? I totally need one of those. Hope you had a great Christmas!
I cleaned and packed up all Christmas decorations the day after Christmas. I love my Christmas decor but after awhile it feels like clutter and it has to go lol.
Oh yeah, I put the Christmas stuff away the day on the 26th as well. I wanted my living room back so bad. So glad to have things back to normal. Not sure why but it feels more relaxing!! Oh, and the snow showed up.
love you Sophia....great job....and good luck on weight watchers...
I just want to let you know the angle with the camera above you while you cleaned the sink was a real good angle for the camera, cab really see what you are doing
Sophia, can you do a vlog on how to keep DUST under control? I installed a specialty heating & air system with special filters in my house which claimed to keep dust and allergens to a minimum, have TWO stand alone Nikken air purifiers, vacuum everyday and use expensive low-dust cat liter and still cannot seem to get control of the dust in my home. Do you have any tricks? I am getting depressed from the losing battle.
+Rose E you can't stop dust from coming in, most of it is from the outside the rest is from natural wear and tear from cushions, clothes and and other stuff like carpeting. Stop focusing on it, I am telling you even museums deal with dust, that's why stuff is behind sealed glass.
It's a shame that Christmas is so short in the US. Here we have Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Holiday Monday, a couple of rest days, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day so most people take at least 10 days off work to cover the whole holiday period. Many companies and businesses shut down for the entire period and those that do stay open do their very best to staff with childless/non-Christian background colleagues (we then swap with them for Eid etc). Anyway honey, your messy kitchen and dining room are evidence of what a lovely Christmas you had with your lovely family and that is the most important thing. Make sure you spend as much time together as possible - those sweet boys will grow up too fast - so projects like your bathroom and tidying the basement, important as they are, need to be split into short bursts and balanced with more precious time. Oh, and btw, despite your super glamorous attire (lol!), you still look absolutely fine and I seriously doubt you really need to lose a whole 40lbs.
you still look beautiful
I to have started back on my clean eating schedule. I to have packed away all the Christmas stuff. Your house did look so beautiful at Christmas time. :)