Stumble It!
Friday Fibro - A Not So Clean house + Blog Candy
Jewel Street Designs.According to jewel Street Designs
You should keep your house clean because:
1. You might lose a small animal like a cat, a puppy, or a hamster.
2. You might find out Godzilla was just an overgrown dust bunny.
3. one of these days you will run out of clean clothes.
4. your mother in law might decide to come clean for you. (Though this could be a good thing.)
5. dishes with fur is not cool.
6. cobwebs cannot be considered art.
7. tv looks different. (I can vouch for this.)
8. things, like your keys or kids' socks, won't disappear into the abyss.
9. maybe your living room isn't such an ugly green after all.
10. eventually even the overgrown dust bunnies will revolt.
I find that I am not nearly as concerned about the appearance of my house as I used to be. Probably because I am weary with the task, and I don't want to use what little energy I have, to banish the dust bunnies. Still, I know that for the benefit of my family, I need to reach an acceptable level of cleanliness.
I have read many books on the subject, but I am still a bit of a pack rat.- I can find potential in most everything. So de-cluttering is a top priority. I try to give it a good 15- 30 minutes a day. On a good day, i can carry out what I don't want and donate to a worthy cause. On a bad day, I sort papers, and drawers and cabinets.
An inspirational website for managing your home is Flylady.net. She has a system for arranging your house into Zones, and rotating the zones that seems less overwhelming. Be sure and visit Flylady and see what you think.
Finally, I have recently hired a great woman to come in and help me clean and organize once or twice a week. She is reasonably priced and a hard worker,so I benefit and she has extra money. This is probably the best decision I've made. She has a way of just straightening that gives me hope and encouragement.
If you are housework challenged, and energy deficient, take baby steps ( flylady) and remember stamping and scrapping is really much more eternally important than the way your house looks.
I have a book to offer as Blog Candy. Just leave your best suggestions for simple housecleaning and organizing so that you can find more time to stamp and scrapbook, and I will draw a winner to receive this book. LEAVE Your COMMENT by clicking on the comment button
