Let's Compare Notes

Do you ever wonder if the things that happen in your everyday are "normal"? I think there is a lot of pressure to do things a certain way, because we would just die if SusieQ found out we live otherwise. Am I right, or am I right?

Let's just hope that SusieQ has a keen sense of humor, and poor eyesight, if she's gonna be friends with me. Being a stay at home mom, you might assume that my house is pristine, but you would be so wrong. It's a wreck most days, but we manage.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a tidy, neat house. It's just that once the single life blooms into love, marriage and the baby carriage(s!), it sort of turns into a free-for-all. It's more important to me now to enjoy my family time in lieu of doing the supper dishes. Now, after a couple of nights of that, the sink has fangs. Thank goodness for my sliding pocket doors into my kitchen--so I can erase the mess when SusieQ knocks.

Living in the Gault house also requires a Roll With It attitude. When crap happens, I can either go batty and use my outside voice, or I can shrug and fix it. So, this morning, when I closed the silverware drawer and got a big whiff of something stinky-pie-pony, I reeeeeally wanted to go with option no. 1. Too bad, because that smell was my fault. I totally forgot about a bag of potatoes underneath the counter and... well, you know you've done that, too. Mop up the juicy goop with the cheap paper towels and disinfect! See? I didn't waste time getting upset, which freed me up to unstick the syrupy breakfast plate from the table. :) Speaking of dishes, I still have no idea where all my forks and spoons are ending up. We had two full sets, now were down to two-meals' worth. Whatever. I just opened a pack of yellow party spoons left over from something and that's how we got through supper last night. Have you ever?

Sometimes, it's a potential suprise visit from SusieQ or the Mail Lady actually having to bring a package to the door that spurs me into a quick pick-up/spray-down of the front living room. Can you relate? You know, you clean up just what anyone can peruse from the front door in all directions. A quick shout out to my faithful helpers, Lemon Pledge and Yankee Candle: Without you, it wouldn't be nearly as impressive.

So, fire up those candles and do some cleaning, but don't kill yourself. Because I promise you, SusieQ is down the street busting her hump doing the same thing just in case YOU show up on HER doorstep. Which you totally should do, so her half A cleanup won't be in vain.

You're welcome. I'll be here all week.