Sometimes the biggest thing is figuring out where the priorities are. Today it's fairly obvious:
- ring the plumber
- ring ACC and find out if we can bring Michael's enrolment forward to now rather than waiting until next year (yes, things are THAT bad at school)
Beyond that it's working on the incredibly long to-do list I have going. The list started out at 103 items, and it's been whittled down to 50. I'm also waiting for Clean Mama's new housekeeping journal to be published and available on her Etsy store. It looks pretty, and it looks like something I'd actually use. I've been searching for years for the "perfect" housekeeping system...this just might be it.
Plumber's rung and they'll get back to me shortly about a time to come and look at the leaking washing machine and the leaking toilet.
The washing baskets are almost empty. By this afternoon they will be. The kitchen needs about 15 minutes work to bring it to tidy, likewise the lounge room. Then I can start on the to-do list for the day.
Sometimes I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels and getting nowhere, but then I think back to where I was 10 years ago and things *have* changed. We're 15 minutes from tidy in all the public rooms of the house. If necessary we can work as a team and be company ready in that time.
I also let go. I let go of the feeling that it had to be perfect or it didn't happen. We've had friends over and the house has been well lived-in, and I didn't stress about it. We simply enjoyed visiting with our friends. The friends matter; the mess does not. I'm still aiming for that perfection in housekeeping, but in the mean time good enough is good enough.
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