House cleaning!
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angelakToday is known as a day to get a jump on the house work. If I get a lot of it done before Jim wakes up... then when he does wake up to start helping, we'll get even further. My hopes are to clean the entire house (definitely by next weekend) and then plan that house warming party for sometime in the next 1-2 months.
His mom is coming to visit from Portland (kind of a big deal) next weekend.
This means I have clout to demand clean spaces in all floors, this week. And he always helps when I ask.
I'd like to be able to invite others over without having to explain we're slobs, we haven't figured out our laundry issues, and that the “lived in,” look actually pisses me off more than I can express.
(It annoys me because 874 is too nice a place to be cluttered like this if you ask me). All that internal irritation actually draws energy from me in some form. I've learned to let one go on this for the last couple of months to smooth out our relationship a little. Getting irritable about this stuff just doesn't pay off. But, now it's time to take a little more pride in our home and I'm getting closer to that.
What he thinks is “okay,” and “not that bad,” to me, actually is quite bad. :)
That is ok. We find ways to accommodate one another.
And lately I've been so into the Yogacoaster that it hasn't really been something that got in my way. Now his mom is visiting. Now I have a chance to get together and deal with the last of the move-in clutter. For once and for all!!!!!
Now I must stop by the office to do one quick thing to get it off my weekend conscience. I hope it goes quick and I can come home and do more house organizing.
-Angela
His mom is coming to visit from Portland (kind of a big deal) next weekend.
This means I have clout to demand clean spaces in all floors, this week. And he always helps when I ask.
I'd like to be able to invite others over without having to explain we're slobs, we haven't figured out our laundry issues, and that the “lived in,” look actually pisses me off more than I can express.
(It annoys me because 874 is too nice a place to be cluttered like this if you ask me). All that internal irritation actually draws energy from me in some form. I've learned to let one go on this for the last couple of months to smooth out our relationship a little. Getting irritable about this stuff just doesn't pay off. But, now it's time to take a little more pride in our home and I'm getting closer to that.
What he thinks is “okay,” and “not that bad,” to me, actually is quite bad. :)
That is ok. We find ways to accommodate one another.
And lately I've been so into the Yogacoaster that it hasn't really been something that got in my way. Now his mom is visiting. Now I have a chance to get together and deal with the last of the move-in clutter. For once and for all!!!!!
Now I must stop by the office to do one quick thing to get it off my weekend conscience. I hope it goes quick and I can come home and do more house organizing.
-Angela
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Date: 2009-02-02 05:15 pm (UTC)My sister likes to clean whole areas of the house and can't organize worth a crap. I like to spot clean and organize everything perfect (it annoys me when she puts carbs on the protein shelf in the reefer or puts her water bottle in there so I can't reach in and grab my milk without moving it).
It does rub me wrong but I gotta put up with it for now...
new systems!
Date: 2009-02-02 08:48 pm (UTC)I love my stairs though. Especially since my knees are improving and I can enjoy them for what they are :P
Ahhh, easier to cope with habit and perspective differences with a mate than a sibling though...
-Angela