keep my apartment tidy, not just when people visit

I’m really excited that I actually got a chance to vaccum on the weekend, however I’m still having a problem in the whole ‘do your dishes’ deal. I’m sure I’ll get over it, but its not so bad that I wouldn’t mind having people over – I’d just have to clean up a bit before they arrived. Hopefully, I’ll get better at this as the month goes on!

My brother came over yesterday and oh my goodness was I ever embarrased about the state of my house. Books and crap all over the couch, kitchen not clean, bathroom a mess of products and clothes all over my bed. I obviously have to try harder to keep my apartment as clean as I want it to be if I’m going to make cleanliness a habit…

...is approximately 43 days from now (please correct me if I’m wrong!), and I’d like to keep my apartment tidy (and company worthy) from today until then. I feel like my main problem is my kitchen. I’ve been getting really good about the bedroom, and not having clothes everywhere, but I rarely do my dishes immediately after using them. This is my biggest task. I have very very similar goals (clean up after myself being one of them), and I’d like to accomplish all of my house-maintance goals before Christmas. We’ll see how this goes..