Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Feeling Better + Giant Messes = Taking Action!!!

Our house has been VERY cluttered lately. And I'm not talking about the sight of someone's living room that has one magazine out of place and perhaps a cushion not plumped up. Oh no. I mean a veritable volcanic explosion of stuff; layers of dust so thick I could knit a sweater; so many papers I didn't know where to put I could have rebuilt a tree; piles of books stacked so well I could have put a sheet over the top and called it another shelf. Oh yeah, we were living in a land of blah.

Over the last two months I simply haven't felt well. Little to no energy, constant coughing, losing my voice every other week, among other things. My delightfully darling hubby can only do so much to help me out. I mean, he can't be the one to constantly work all day long only to come home and see the dishes still aren't done and a wife with no desire to make dinner. And then there are the kids who need help with homework and eventually forced into the tub to clean themselves. Crazy kids. Add to that all the hectic goings on of his being a bishop and you can just imagine how hard this has been on him.

I didn't realize how much this was affecting me until I finally began to get better this last week. Suddenly all those things that had been bugging me I at last had the energy to fix!

Laundry piled up a billion times over is almost caught up (I say almost because, seriously people, is it ever really caught up?). The computer desk - normally a scene of complete and utter chaos, just had two small trash bags of needless garbage purged from it's system. A giant box of Primary music paraphernalia that's been making a weekly trek between my washing machine and the kitchen table so I can do a load of clothes here and there has at last been tackled!!!

And baby does it make me feel GOOD!!! Of course, there's still oodles and oodles to do, but at least there's been a beginning. Let's hope it lasts just a little longer...

5 comments:

Gourmified said...

OH!!!! Do I know where you're coming from! This sounds just like my house, too! Cheers to getting caught up and feeling well, too!!!!!!

Reynolds Family said...

You go girl! It is a daily battle for me to clean and do laundry. I use to be able to do the cleaning in one day, now it takes me 7 days. It probably doesn't help I move slower than a turtle and moan with each movement. Only a few more weeks and my body will be free. I hope you keep feeling better.

Cynthia said...

Congrats! Keep up the spirit girlfriend.

Unknown said...

WOOHHOOOO!!!! You go! amazing stuff!

Josie and Wayne said...

You know what helps to motivate me is before and after pictures. You are an inspiration. I shall go clean now!