I didn’t give myself enough time….
Seems that I failed to take my own illness into consideration when planning on undertaking three MAJOR cleaning projects. The living room took almost 2 days to do.
Ever heard of a “putshit?” This lovely phrase, coined by CPM, was introduced to me many, many months ago, standing outside Gateway Market, freezing our asses off after a knitting group. I have used the phrase since and will use it forevermore. (We thought about creating and marketing our own putshits but, as we’re the type to USE putshits we’re not the type to MAKE putshits.) The function of the putshit is quite self-explanatory. It’s the place where you, indeed, put shit.
The corner of your desk. The basket by the front door. The drawer in the kitchen. That closet in the hallway. Or. If you’re like me, and I know some of you are: All Of the Frickin’ Above (and then some). Not to mention, the space between the end table and the couch. Under the desk. On the whole desk. The floor. Whatever’s handy. And it’s not that I’m lazy, neccessarily. OK, a lot of it is, but a lot of it is the fact that I really hate doing things halfway. When I clean, I organize, so if I don’t have time to organize, in my mind, I feel like I don’t have time to clean. Sadly, this logic does not matter to my husband and he would like me to clean more, even if it’s halfway, which is total bullshit because I was watching the Today Show and it turns out that messiness is called “hoarding” and it’s an illness. Really.
Well, after a day and a half of cleaning in the living room, I have my desk/craft space organized. All the stuff that was in my various putshits put away where they belong (or where they now belong) or thrown away. I actually threw away quite a bit of stuff I was hanging onto. See, hoarding.
Tomorrow is the kitchen, and while I plan on starting the laundry this weekend and working on getting it actually folded and actually put away, the chances of the basement looking any better is just not going to happen. Especially since the laundry you saw was only about half of the laundry I need to do and put away. Anyone wanna take pity on a sick, swollen, gal and fold and put away clothes for me? No? Fine. I’ll do it myself. I’m just glad the kitchen won’t take nearly as long as the living room did.
So, my word isn’t complete shit. Really. I’m going to post pics of my nice, clean living room, organized desk, and gleaming kitchen. I’m asking for an extension on the basement! I need TIME! (Inserst appropriate Rolling Stones song here, except it’s not on my side)…. so, let’s say 2 weeks. Two weeks from this Wednesday you’ll have my clean basement. someone please remind me next week that I have a week left, cuz I’ll forget I made this promise. Ok? Okthanksbye.
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Oh, the putshit. It seems that every horizontal surface in my house is a putshit. BUT!!!! There is a sweet, sweet girl in our homeschool group who LOVESLOVESLOVES to clean and organize and she has been coming to my house one day a week for the past three weeks and my life has been revolutionized.
I really like the new design way better than the old new design. So much easier to read. I know you probably did this like twelve years ago or something, but I am WAY behind on the blog reading. Sorry.