The weather outside is icy, but here it’s so delightful. There are Easter Eggs hanging in the dining room, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to take down the Easter decorations in the dining room. Then, again, I might also want to clear our table of the Girl Scout paper work that has been accumulating since May.
I complain about how my family leaves a trail of destruction in their wake, but I’m not exactly setting a good example. My husband’s clutter has been reduced to just one tiny shelf, and it’s mostly stuff that the kids & I have piled on and labeled, “Daddy’s.”
There’s no doubt, I’m a master procrastinator, and if there’s going to be any shot at a festive look this holiday season, I’m going to need a little extra motivation.
So, here we go, I’m declaring that I will clear this mess, and replace it with the Winter decorations by Sunday. To prove it, I will post photos on this blog.
Friends, please help me out with the motivation. What penalty should I pay if I don’t put up the Holiday decorations by Sunday?
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Update: I’ve cleared the table, and now the only clutter mess is Dave’s shelf.
A friend suggested that I would have to refrain from complaining about other people’s mess if I couldn’t clear my own mess. Now that would be an effective penalty!
Congrats on clearing the table!
I, too, am a master procrastinator. I even have messes I’ve made on top of other messes that weren’t that bad.
I was going to ask for a ransom of $500 in unmarked bills delivered to my table at the library in a brief case, but then I thought that might not work because getting all that together would be yet another task to procrastinate on.
So I’ll agree with your friend that you can’t complain about other messes until yours are cleaned up. I’ll also raise it 5 cents for every time you complain when you shouldn’t and you have to put 5 cents in a jar or cup. When everything is cleaned up, you can spend the money on anything from a dollar scoop of ice cream to hiring a home organizing professional. It will depend on how long you procrastinate on other messes you make and don’t clean up right away.
If I do as I ask you to do, I should be able to hire a housekeeper and a home organizer by the end of next year (2009). So don’t feel bad. There are those of us who are far more cluttered and messy and have a lot more to do to clean it up.
No! No! Only decorate if you want to! I find that outside lights give me the biggest splash for the least time involved. Unless you have kids, and then you gotta bite the bullet and do the whole magillicuddy. You can do it1 G.
Well, that’s the thing,I have to decorate the home for the kids’ sake, but they’re helping. The funny thing though, is that in putting on the festive touches, we’re all getting into a holiday spirit.