Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My Secret Shame

You never know when inspiration is going to strike. I'm spending the weekend in Columbia for an annual Autism conference. I attended last year and walked out of there feeling super-charged. I always meant to write about all my favorite things from that conference but never got around to it. (Actually, it was that weekend last March that I was arrested. I've thought many times how glad I was that I happened to be gone that weekend. Read about it here.) Something about being gone for three nights and four days has compelled me to do the things I'm often loathe to do- like vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, and ... going through the mail. My least favorite household job EVER.


I'm sorry, I know nobody wants to see my mess, but check out these piles. Yikes. I LOVE to be organized. I love for things to be put away. So why am I so often disorganized? I let the piles build and build and build for months and then I work through them. Why can't I follow the counsel of the fly lady and spend two minutes every morning sorting mail? You can barely see it but at the bottom of the above picture is a gently used sucker. Franny came home with it on Valentine's day and she wanted to eat it. I told her she could have five minutes with it and that was it. That sucker is the size of her face. At least that's an easy one. TRASH. So that's what I'm up to this morning. Up to my ears in preschool art, mail that was never even opened, and various recipes and gardening research printed from internet. It's going to be a long day! I'm giving myself until dinner time to get this table clean.
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7 comments:

  1. Julia HolmesMarch 25, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    I can't wait to see more of your house when I come up in May. It looks like it is so nice. I am the same way by the way with mail. Except we just have a box that we throw all the mail into. We also have a couple stacks of mail on our dining table. Grant keeps saying we need to go through it and look at all of our bills. I guess he's right :)

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  2. NatalieMarch 25, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    The fact that you have piles too makes me feel better about me and my piles!

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  3. saraMarch 25, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    I am the same way with mail and papers. I have a counter in my kitchen that ends up cluttered with it all and when I finally go through it I feel good. But somehow the SAME DAY the clutter starts building again. Urgh. I'm glad I'm not alone in this department. Good look sorting.

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  4. Danny and BetsyMarch 25, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    I am so glad to know you too are human! I cannot understand the homes I go into and there are no piles! How can one not have a pile! I guess that is just how unorganized I am!

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  5. AubreyMarch 28, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    Oh I have the same mess at my house. Good thing I will be moving in a few months and I can just throw it away and not give it a second thought, until I remember I had something I needed! I love that you have a record! So cool!

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  6. ErinApril 3, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    I've got my piles, too.. they are just stashed somewhere where I can't look at them and feel guilty. It would probably be better if I left them out and then I would at least have a constant reminder that I need to organize! :)

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  7. Jen FieldsApril 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    I can't believe you posted that picture. OMG!! LOL, just kidding! I'm glad I'm not the only one with piles, messes, and disorganization.

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