I've been trying to get better/more consistent with taking care of our house. I am not blessed with a brain that guides me to just take the few extra moments each time and just put something away. I have a tendency to get the house picked up beautifully, and then within three days, it looks like I haven't picked up in a week.

I do know I am best at cleaning or picking up when I have someone to talk to. In college one the girls who lived in the same house as me would come into my room and just sit on my bed and talk to me while I cleaned. I think I need her to move back from VA and take up residence in my basement so she can be an encouragement to me. It also helped that she was a little OCD about cleaning sometimes. :)

I have noticed that if my house is messy and I'm on the phone I will be cleaning while I'm talking. Why is it that I don't seem to mind it then? Because I am preoccupied and don't really notice that I'm cleaning? Who knows.

My new challenge to myself in the past week was to make myself a list for a week, with just four or five things to do each day to stay up on things. So far it seems to be going well. I should have vacuumed yesterday and I didn't, but maybe I'll get that done today. I hate when A gets dog hair on her, so that's always a good motivation to clean up. :)

I should note so that you're not totally disgusted that my house tends to be messy, not dirty. I can handle messy, but dirty grosses me out.