Cleaning/Organizing

It's not surprise to ANYONE that cleaning and organizing are not my best traits. In fact, I would even go as far as saying I fail MISERABLY at it. Bryce is worse. So you pair us together and that just means our house is chaotic and messing and disorganized. I TRY, I really do. People don't believe me when I saw that but it's hard. It's hard for me to work full time and the come home and "work" more. I just want to play with Robert and Stamp or watch trash tv. Well, it's to the point where I just can't take it anymore. I don't want my son to be embarrassed by our house. I want our home to be a place of peace and comfort and you can't really have that with MESS.

A good friend of mine suggested this book. I read it on Saturday. Went to walmart and bought my 3x5 cards and set up my box. Now I haven't officially started using the box but it has motivated me to get started. Saturday, I finished organizing all Robert's toys in his room and we picked those up Sunday and Monday night (we forgot last night--baby steps). Sunday, I cleaned the floor in my bedroom. Seems easy--NOT. You couldn't even see my floor. (I feel like I'm confessing my deepest darkest secret here). I organized all my clothes (so they could be washed) and the I picked up all the trash. There is still more to be done, but we can walk without tripping on something. Last night, I did a load of dishes and I cleaned my counter and one side of my sink (I haven't gotten to the bottom of the other side yet) and then I organized all our snacks and emptied all almost gone diet coke cups :). I also wiped down some cupboards and scrubbed the seal of the dishwasher. It was so gross. It didn't take long but I did it. I unloaded the dishwasher right before bed so it would be ready for more--and so if Robert got into it, he didn't create a bigger mess.

My goal for tonight, 2 loads of laundry--put them AWAY when done. Another load of dishes and wash the dishes that need to be washed by hand--I ran out of hot water last night and had to wait to start the dishwasher and then had lost my motivation. Maybe I'll start with the hand-washing first.

I know this might seem like DUH to most people, but this book spoke to me. It was written by people JUST like me. I'm sure a big part of my problem is the ADD and Bryce's ADHD. It's not that we're lazy (for the most part) but we get side-tracked. So this card  box is supposed to keep you focused and it's done just that. I'm excited. I'm excited to see my house transform. One small step at a time.