I like a clean house. I love to see everything freshly dusted, vacuum tracks on the floor (if you have carpeting), a fragrant scent in the air. Floors scrubbed; bathroom clean and sparkling. Clothes all put away. No junk lying around. Yes, I love all of those things. What I don't love is that I have to do it. You'd think just looking after myself, in a small house, wouldn't be tough. But it is. When I first started dating Bud, I would rush home from work, and frantically clean the bathroom and straighten up the house. I didn't want him to think I was a messy person. Now, I don't do that. It lasted about 3 months before I realized he not only didn't care, but never noticed if the bathroom was clean anyway.
I have gotten very bad at housekeeping this year. I have junk all over, and I'm shocked at what a messy little pig I am! Oh, there are the excuses, and then there's just because I'm a lazy ass who just moves stuff from one pile to another. So here's what I look like now, gazing around my living room/dining room:
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A reasonable resemblance to me
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FYI: I never ever wear a kerchief. Other than that, this is how I will certainly look tomorrow, when I have a moment to clean up this mess I live in. Have to keep the place clean, so my novel ideas can flow, right? All this messiness is blocking ideas from floating into my head! If I just spend a bit of time de-trashing the place, i can do this:
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I look nothing like this, but you get the idea
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I've managed to get to over 10,000 words in my novel, so I can change my diaper and go to work. When I return home, it's list making time! I tend to get more done if I can physically mark it off a list. And it has to be a handwritten list, too. A huge week ahead for me; yard work to do (the leaves are finally falling off my tree out back), winter-proofing the house, and by golly, keeping it clean! And lots going on at work. I hope to hit 25,000 words by next weekend so I'll be halfway to my goal and quite frankly, in shock that I've thought up that much of a story.
Oh--by the way, I made the Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup from the Farm Chicks cookbook, and it is excellent! Pair it with a salad and some crusty bread, and you will be a very happy chicky!
