Happy New Year one and all!
I've decided that this year I will do something I've always thought of as difficult- I will put my thoughts right out there for judgement by god knows who (probably no-one!!) to read. I was inspired by my step Mum's commitment to blogging daily for this year - if this incredible woman with NO TIME can acheive this then so can I!
Being home for this holiday period for the first time with my family has been heaven! Spending time together has been the best gift of all this year ... but all this time .... at home ... has lead to cleaning ... and cleaning has lead to more cleaning ... which in turn has revealed just how much cleaning is not getting done all year round.
I pulled out the fridge crisper which revealed a build up of some kind of solid that I couldn't identify but looked like tempered white chocolate (ewww)... in the process of getting rid of this I saw how filthy beneath the fridge was and then got to wondering how long it has been since I had sorted out that whole general area and my synapses are firing off like marbles bouncing in a metal bucket - how does the normal everyday woman with kids and a job and study and exercise, and a LIFE, even with a helpful man ever get all this work done?
Are you birds all hiring help? Have you got night fairys? Are you OCD? How how how on earth do you make it look so easy? I can only think - if I own less, I have less to clean - less to dust... less to maintain? Is this the secret?
I am adding to my list of previous years resolutions (which I perpetually pick up again on January 1) - this year I will toss more crap than I've ever tossed before - I will buy less crap and I will claim back some time.
AND!! To replace the void that the rubbish leaves behind, I will write more rubbish like this and like a highway litter bug, I will wind down the window and release it into the wild.
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I have the same question Jody - how do others make it look so simple? I never get to it all either, and I think your thoughts that less clutter will make it easier might be right. . . I might give it a go too. Good work on your first blog effort, I'll add you to my list to follow.
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Love your post Jody, Love it! Thanks for the commendation by the way. 'Step mother' sounds so um, evil. Can we just go with Jeanne now?
ReplyDeleteLike you, I have loved celebrating the festive season at home with family, and again like you, I've been struck with the cleaning frenzy bug.
I hear you sister, those mouldy piles of festering food in the back of fridges should just walk out on their own - do you think if we left them there long enough they would?
As for birds who hire help, I wish! I think I'll make that one of my new year's resolutions - get a cleaning lady - yeah!
Keep the highway litter coming (love that analogy), it's great to vent, even if no-one else reads it - I will!
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The best thing about the new year is being able to commit a neatness! :-) Somehow the de-clutter that inevitably comes with our annual resolutions, is cleansing in every way. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd the myth of the woman with a life AND a clean house? If you find one, let me know. It would be like finding the other black sock in that washing load I've rewashed for the past two days. :-)
Love your work Jod - keep going! xxx