IT AIN'T MONDAY

I was a little confused today. It felt like Monday all morning long. Maybe because I didn't get any of the Monday chores done yesterday and did them today, or maybe because my friend Jane came to hang out and she usually hangs here on Saturdays or Sundays.

Well, as I was saying I was confused quite a bit and thought it didn't matter until it hit me around lunch time. If it's not Monday it must be TAXI TUESDAY! Talk about ruining my day.

I have somebody over tomorrow night for a short visit. So the downstairs should be presentable. I will have a baby sitter over on Thursday, so the upstairs should be presentable. I used to work well under pressure, now I just get annoyed.

Wish me luck. Or better, persistence. I have 2 days to clean up this mess. I will need it!

PERSISTENCE STINKS

The worst about persistence is, that you have to be persistent about it. Seriously. How boring is that? How boring is it to clean and declutter for 2 hours every single stinking day except for Sundays? How boring is it to load the diswasher time and time and time again just to turn around to see that the dinner table is buckling under the weight of dirty dishes? Should I bore you and list more things that bore me?

Everything has a price. The price I have to pay for a clean house is persistence. Whether I like it or not. I think I will ponder this some more today. I will try to find out if this is the price I am willing to pay. Of course I will persistenly put in my 2 hours of boring household chores while pondering. One almost wishes it was Taxi Tuesday.

PERSISTENCE

Persistence is the key. I have seen that again and again. The last couple of days I made sure to clean up things the very moment I was done with them (very hard for me). I also was persistent with making sure the kitchen was done every night before I went to bed. I had the girls clean up their room every day. I did work on one of my trouble areas daily, too. And it's visible. Immediate success is awesome but usually not how things work. Persistently working on a goal will pay off in the long run!