What's Your Cleaning Style?

I didn't know it but I guess I do have a cleaning style.  I tend to straighten and declutter first and THEN clean.  And I clean from top to bottom.  Dusting, fluffing, windexing, scrubbing, wiping, sweeping, mopping and vacuuming.  If I'm dusting...I do all the dusting in the whole house instead of per room, etc.  When I've finished mopping..the house is clean.  I put the Mr. Clean up, toss the towels I used to mop with in the washer and look around.  VOILA!  CLEAN HOUSE! 

My sister cleans as she straightens and declutters.  She cleans from top to bottom and then vacuums or mops just that room moving on to the next room.  So she's a room to room cleaner.

A framily member straightens and only really cleans if it "looks" dirty in all rooms but the bathroom and kitchen which she keeps clean always.  

What's YOUR cleaning style?  What's your cleaning day?  Do you do one room at a time or one task at a time?  Do you deep clean weekly or just keep the kitchen and bathroom deep cleaned weekly? Do you only dust when you notice dust or regularly?

What is the most unorganized space in your home right now?  Me?  Garage.  UGH!

Is the Box of Pictures a Thing of the Past?

The other day I ran across my fabric box of pictures and sat down on the floor with my legs crossed and looked through them.  The memories in that box were so sweet.  

Then...I went looking for our photo albums and did the same.  Just flipped through and smiled, laughed, etc.  and I realized...I miss photo albums.  That's one of the things that instagram and Facebook made go away.  No more photo albums or shoe boxes filled with pictures in random order which make you laugh and smile.

And cry.

It has seriously been YEARS since I had pictures printed so I'd have my work cut out for me if I tried to go back and do it...but...I think I might have to.  From now on, I think I'll put a folder on my Cloud just for pictures I want to print out and then maybe every few months or so...I'll take a thumb drive with the folder on it in to Target to get the pictures printed out.  Yeah...I think Imma do that.  I don't have a problem with flipping through pics online or on the computer but I really enjoyed holding them in my hand not knowing what pic was coming up next.

There are services where you can send your online photo albums to be made into a book...but I love it when an Elder either makes a copy of a picture for me or let's me take a picture to have a copy made.  You couldn't do that with those books.

But I guess it's a thought.

Do you keep up with photo albums?  How often do you print out pictures?  Have you fallen way behind like me?

Dating and the Separated Spouse

What's your personal stance on dating someone who is for real, legally separated AFTER the period they had to wait before they could officially file for divorce?  Like...years after.  

Have your beliefs on this changed?  Did you ever feel differently than you do now?  If you were for real dating someone and then found out they weren't divorced yet...would it change your mind about the person?