Posted by coral on April 6, 2003, at 19:59:14
In reply to The endless mess, posted by noa on April 6, 2003, at 19:21:15
Dear Noa,
"Will I ever get a handle on this?" YES
The problem with cleaning a living area is that you STILL have to live in it while cleaning and, once it's done, it JUST gets dirty again. There's something wrong with that equation, IMHO, but ... it happens.
Bitsy baby steps --- Last night, I finished cleaning the fountain for my office and put it back in my office today. It had been in the middle of the kitchen floor since January.
Noa, I'm really proud of the progress you're making. You've had some rough events (still going on) and it's VERY hard to find the motivation to do re-start (at least for me) the onerous task of cleaning.
Also, you're doing this whilst working. I work, but my WH and I own our own business and our offices are in our home.
I admire your courage. I'm too embarrassed to give a graphic description of our family room, other than to say an archelogist could tell you about the last several months of our lives, just by the family room. (I don't have children so that excuse is out!) Sadly, my husband is a neatnik and this is driving HIM nuts. He's rigorous in his neatness but we've always tackled "cleaning" as a joint venture and it is a mite hard for him when that means dragging me, kicking and screaming, to the cleaning supplies.
Due to several recent project launches, our conference room is a paper disaster area. He warned me today that if there was anything I wanted in a special place in the conference room, I better take care of it in the next day because he was tackling the conference room. He shook his head and said, "We have to tackle the rest of this house." My heart went out to him so I promised I'd do the family room. His stress goes up w/the mess - I'd do anything, including the dreaded cleaning, to help him reduce stress so....... I am now committed.
BTW, thought I was the only one who threw away dishes LOLOLOL
We'll get it done!!!!
(((((((((((Noa))))))))))))
Coral
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