Working In Between Cleaning
Today is one of those days where house comes first, and business is squeezed in on breaks. Generally cleaning house is done on breaks from the computer….and the house is proving that right now.
I shouldn’t say it’s THAT bad. I could barely live with the shape it’s in, but company is coming this weekend so I need to really clean. Regardless of the fact it’s “just close friends”, I have major issues about my house looking like crap when other people are here. Call it seeking approval or whatever, I just can’t stand other people seeing my mess.
The bigger problem in this house other than a floor that needs swept is the huge amount of clutter. I decided my “New Year’s Resolution” this year was to de-clutter my house and keep it better organized. Things like a more organized desk instead of stacks of paper and other junk. I tell people my desk has the ability to “eat” things, and I’m not joking. There’s all kinds of missing stuff here just waiting to be found.
I didn’t make the details of the resolution public here, but I did over at my Idea Queen blog. It’s almost 2 weeks in and so far I have 2 rooms that are starting to look a whole lot better. The bathroom was first and is now done (boy was I excited to reclaim both huge closets!), and this week was the laundry room. My pile of laundry is dwindling, but there’s still a LOT of stuff to put away. I had hoped to get more done this week, but it didn’t work so well despite the snow day we had yesterday (which was more of a pain that it was worth!).
Despite my challenge, today’s cleaning and organizing has to be done in every room. My friends are pretty use to the clutter, so I’ll let that slide in the livingroom/dining room/front room just for the time being. But it DOES need to be picked up. You know the normal stuff of mail that lands on the kitchen table and toys that wander out of rooms. I also seem to have a large number of candles that have made there way out of their storage spot and on to my table. Hmmm where did THOSE come from?  :lol:
So off I go taking some what of a personal day here to make sure the house is in good shape for company this weekend. I absolutely HATE to clean and would much rather “play on the computer”, but this has to be done. Work is just going to have to be the “in between” chore for today. 
Your fellow WAHM in success,
Kara
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