Thanks, Christie.
Okay, I’m going to “come clean” so to speak….my daughter has been asking about having a sleepover for her birthday, and our house is just plain nasty in some areas. We don’t have a good system of chores beyond meal prep, doing dishes & laundry, and the old “lick and a promise” attempt at dusting, vacuuming, etc. I’ve been thinking again about decluttering and then some deep cleaning.
When we moved into my elderly Dad’s house about 6 years ago, you couldn’t sit on any of the living room furniture because of his crates & piles of “stuff,” all of the bedrooms were basically like overgrown closets, and nothing had been thoroughly cleaned since Mom died about 10 years prior to that. No walls had been cleaned, the floors rarely swept or vacuumed, no tables or lamps dusted, and my Dad’s idea of cleaning the bathroom was to wipe off the sink with a wet paper towel and swish the toilet brush around. To him, if cleanliness is next to Godliness, then they are both on a really, really long shelf with yards of space between them, LOL.
So, we have cleaned up his clutter from the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and our bedrooms–mostly–but we haven’t been on a regular schedule of washing walls, mopping, and dusting often enough to keep things nice. Also, it’s an older home and a lot of things (wall coverings, light fixtures) have not been updated since my parents & siblings & I moved in when I was 7….which was 46 years ago! So, I have to get over this notion that I live in a shabby home. (I plan on looking at pictures of how the street people live in Kenya where our missionary friends travel, and then our home will look like the cover of House Beautiful by comparison….will make me more grateful for what I have.)
Today my girls decided to start decluttering and cleaning their messy room. I was inspired, so I’m sorting through some things and working on organizing things pertaining to school because that seems to be one of the worst areas of control in our house.
I’m hungry for order and beauty….FEED ME!
