It's frustrating.
Today was the day I start some serious cleaning. Getting the house ready for Christmas and all the guests and visitors the holidays bring. I have been working diligently since 9:00 this morning. And when I stop to look around, I feel like I can't really tell a difference. It's enough to make a girl give up.
Oh, I know the truth of the situation. I am doing a lot of things that don't get done on a regular weekly basis. Dusting window sills and frames. Cleaning windows. Dusting baseboards. Wiping down walls. The sort of thing that doesn't really make a huge difference in the appearance of the room until the whole thing comes together. The stuff that pays off in the end. But for a while it felt like an exercise in futility.
I am glad to report that now that I am actually getting into things like cleaning off shelves and end tables, dusting them, and putting away items that have migrated to rooms where they don't live - things are looking better. And my attitude and mood is improving.
Today was the day I start some serious cleaning. Getting the house ready for Christmas and all the guests and visitors the holidays bring. I have been working diligently since 9:00 this morning. And when I stop to look around, I feel like I can't really tell a difference. It's enough to make a girl give up.
Oh, I know the truth of the situation. I am doing a lot of things that don't get done on a regular weekly basis. Dusting window sills and frames. Cleaning windows. Dusting baseboards. Wiping down walls. The sort of thing that doesn't really make a huge difference in the appearance of the room until the whole thing comes together. The stuff that pays off in the end. But for a while it felt like an exercise in futility.
I am glad to report that now that I am actually getting into things like cleaning off shelves and end tables, dusting them, and putting away items that have migrated to rooms where they don't live - things are looking better. And my attitude and mood is improving.
I feel your pain...I spent most of the day yesterday doing the same, getting ready for next weekend, and it looks like NOTHING changed... :D
ReplyDelete@Cath - frustrating, isn't it?
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