Hmmm. That title is a mouthful. There are some things my husband has taught me, and some things that I have taught him. Marriage helps you see firsthand that not everyone's mama teaches her kids the exact same stuff. When my husband lamented that chunks of pages were falling out of a fairly new (and expensive) Bible a few years ago, I asked … [Read more...]
Timed Myself Cleaning Again . . . Not the Results I Expected
Last month, I timed myself cleaning each of the main rooms of the house. It had been a pretty rough week and I felt like I was starting "behind" in each room. I said then that I should do the same thing during a week when I felt like I had been doing pretty well. So today, I again timed myself cleaning each room. I thought that the house was in … [Read more...]
Just Doing it or Doing it Well?
I've read in various places, such as Flylady, that perfectionism is a problem for people like me. It sounds strange, but I do get where this idea is coming from. It has a lot to do with why big cleaning jobs overwhelm me. I imagine that to do something well, to really get all of the pee out of the carpet, I would need a huge amount of time, work, … [Read more...]