clean the house

2013!!! OMG!
Okay, and here in 2013 I am still chasing my tail! The list goes:
Dishes, dishes and more dishes!
Table, school board
Laundry

It doesn’t seem like much but we also have Mavis, darling’s book report and Lou ♥’s school work!

Mop floors.
Get a grip on dishes.
Straighten, straighten, straighten!

(This isn’t really the house, but clean out my car.)
Get the dishes INTO the dishwasher.
Put the bike back where it belongs and straighten the front room.
Sort kids clothes.
Clean girls uniforms.
Unpack one of the three moving boxes that have yet to be touched in the year and a half we have lived in our home.

Yesterday I came home with this crazy goal of dishes, front room and kitchen. I got the kitchen and the front room done. It became clear that I needed to get my exercise in and cancel the dishes. I am happy though and, guess what? The dishes are still there so I can get them done another time!

I am working on my bathroom. Due to my health I have to so do a little at a time, but it’s nice to get anything done. I bought some nice candles to freshen things up a bit. Oh, and a lovely new Febreeze scent – Hawaiian Aloha. After the GoB gets things straightened I am going to spray down the couch and fabrics. They don’t smell, but I would like to get that stuffiness out.

Good sweet baby Jesus! Last night was a night, I got home at 6:30 and went straight to unloading the dishes, loading the dishwasher, cooking dinner. (9 point taco salad!) I picked the kids up at 7:30. I fed the animals… I buried a bird – Max. Moment of silence… Okay. Then what? Fed my GoB and then I fixed her MP3 player (which, BTW, I think plays MP4.) Whoo-hoo! Long evening, but I did get house things done! Getting better.

I really have learned that this is all about small steps. Recovery, or at this point coping, and weight loss and everything I have put before me in my path. Tonight when I got home I cleaned the kitchen. It took a lot out of me, but it was well worth it.

I have been pretty sick for a long time. Even doing fun things take a lot. My Lovely has been so great and I can’t wait to get better so that I can clean the house when she is away.