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Oh, this fridge is SO beautiful and would be perfect in our kitchen!!! I hope I win!! What a treat that would be :-) Crossing my fingers!!

Finally bought some flowers last night :-) A bouquet of mixed poms ... gorgeous autumn colors. Now, tonight I'll do the distribution — I'm thinking the weekly "buy flowers" might be a good prompt to water any living plants, too ... (note to self to take pity on the poor dying plants in our basement!!)

Hmmm ... I just put the other headphone in and could hear Max just fine. Don't know how it works without headphones, though. Love the videos!!

So, Maxwell, you totally changed the course of my evening (and possibly my diet!!) this week — after the gym, I was planning to take my iphone to the apple store and then grab some takeout on the way home ... this, after eating sort of badly all week! Last night was stuffed crust pizza.

Instead, I decided to think about how I could do my assignment. And, figured out we had a new recipe all made up in the freezer — Smoky Beef Short Ribs that we put together at this meal assembly chain called Let's Dish. And, I have a couple veggies that I'll do in some new way :-) Also I'll make pumpkin bars to take to work! FUN!

Thanks for the nudge.

The sound issue someone mentioned above — I have found that when I listen on headphones, I can hear Maxwell in one ear and music in the other ... so, if I put the wrong headphone in ... no Maxwell, just music. I like both!! But, it took me a few minutes to figure out that there were apparently two layers/tracks of audio.

Maybe that little suggestion will help?

I've been working on this and finding that I've already pared down a lot (a purge I did in the summer months!) ... areas for improvement are some still full cupboards, cluttered countertops, and the dreaded junk drawer. I may do away with that one all together. Keep tools only ... a couple of our regular-use cupboards could use a bit of a maintenance tidy. Got rid of a couple of things. I am struggling to clean off this greasy, sticky film on some cupboards. Vinegar didn't touch it. I'm about to try Goo Gone ... any other thoughts?

Ahhh ... it is hard to get started with the cleaning. Especially knowing that I'll be doing mine after work and the gym and some other stuff. But, I can do 20 minutes. And, I think I will do our downstairs, since we just moved some stuff around down there ... and I won't do it for Monkey ... I'll be doing it for Lily the bunny :-)

I was thinking this would be the easiest assignment -- but I've been avoiding all week. I'll make it my goal for the weekend. Someone mentioned going through stuff they've clipped. And I think I'll start there, too.

Completed a declutter of our under-the-sink cleaning area. Lots of specialized cleaners we haven't used a lot. And we already have some nice green stuff -- Method and Mrs. Meyers. I'm not going to buy anything right now since we have duplicates. My thought is just knowing about what we already have and having it arranged so it is accessible is BETTER than a trip to the store!! I did merge some half-used 7th Gen dish soap duplicates and will be making very good use of those!

I LOVE how bite-sized this cure is. And, I LOVE the videos. Thanks AT!!

To respond to some earlier stuff, yeah, vacuuming is basic. And, maybe some people vacuum each and every day, but not everyone does. And, the idea is to engage with our home to beautify it in little bites ... love this!

I think Maxwell said if people are hungry for more, there is always the original cure in the AT book.

And, there IS the Kitchen Cure which is hardcore and not-at-all bite-sized — I spent most of my weekend doing the week 1 assignment! And, I'm still not done :-)

Mostly just sending up a big, giant YAY for the new format :-)