Well, a friend is, somewhat unexpectedly, coming by to visit tomorrow after she gets off work. And she isn’t the type of friend where I would be okay not tidying at all. She’s better than my dad’s level, but not quite to the ‘do nothing’ level like my best friend and a few family members. So, had to stay up an extra couple hours tonight to do some tidying. Mostly laundry, really, but got it sorted and folded and at least in baskets for the separate bedrooms where the clothes go. It should take me only about ten to fifteen minutes tomorrow afternoon to move the folded laundry out of the living room (and probably just into my bedroom, unless I have the time and ability to put away the baby’s clothes).
So, that just leaves all the random stuff in the other spaces of the common areas. And then I have to put the totes back into the closet in the baby’s room. Been thinking about a slight shift in how the totes are organized, and I think I need to make that shift tomorrow. The most recent and the upcoming size totes should be within easy reach, not piled under anything. I originally had them all just in order of size, but keep struggling with having to put away more and more of the most recent size well after the fact, because certain super cute outfits (or hidden ones) are bigger than others and don’t go into the tote at the same time as the majority. So, I have to keep getting it out and adding more to it well after the fact. So, yeah, put the most recent and the current/upcoming as the two most accessible ones.
The common spaces random stuff is the hardest, because it is lots of random stuff, probably most of which doesn’t quite have a set place for it to live, thus its being left out in the first place. Or else its place is hard to get to… also, my luggage from last week. Ugh. Whatever. I can just stick all of that in the front room for the evening and be done with the effort for the day. Same with the swim stuff in the dining room.
Ugh… I want to make our house the lovely home I dream about. At least, the one within this house. (I also dream about some home I’ve never seen before, which is grand and luxurious and has fresh, clean lines everywhere and lots of space. I can tell by the walls and ceilings etc that this is not that house. But I do have dreams within this house of a beautiful and open and tidy home.)
God, help me to do this, please, and voluntarily. Keep my husband and my baby safe, please, and make them both whole and well. Thank you for our home. Keep it safe, too, please. Heal it if these ants and other bugs, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2025
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