Today, I find myself wishing I had a few extra hands or that I could somehow make this a 36 hour day. I have my usual list, getting the boys into class, laundry, lunch, helping with homework, etc....but then I have my self imposed extra list. I'm working on several Christmas gifts, plus with the holidays coming that means company is coming. I love having company come to visit, but I absolutely hate having a messy house when they do. I'm a stay-at-home Mom, having a clean house is a matter of pride with me. (I know pride is one of the 7 deadlys and I really am trying to work on that.) But I don't think having my house spic and span when company comes is to much.
Over the course of the Spring and Summer when farm work is done at a frenzied pace by my husband and the boys have countless adventures outside, building forts and the like, and I am busy with canning, our basement gets a bit neglected. The downstairs dishes get washed then left out on the counters to dry, tools and bits of wood are left in buckets and on tables with the intention that they will be put away when the sun goes down but before you know it there's a mess. Then it just gets worse because no one wants to tackle that.
So here a stand in the 2nd week of November trying to make a noticeable dent in the chaos that is the basement, (because there really is a game room down there somewhere), make Christmas gifts, and all of my regular Mom stuff. Yes, right about now I think 3 or 4 extra arms and 1/2 a pot of coffee could be put to good use.
As much as I would like to think that I can do it all, and all by my-big-girl-self, I know this isn't true. A little help from Jeff & the boys and good dose of "Nobody's house is perfect and nobody is going to care" should get me through just fine.
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