I don't know how I ever got everything done when I had a full-time job. I worked 40 hours; I had a booth in an antique co-op (for nearly 12 years), and I wrote. In between I did the housework and laundry. Now that I'm a work-at-home author, I don't have enough hours in the day to write, promote, help my parents out now and then, and clean the house.
For a while now, things have been getting out of control. A lot of it is just clutter, and I'm trying to address it. I have to part with some of the paper. I need to part with stuff I'll never use--especially stiff that was destined for the co-op booth and never made it there. (And where am I going to find the time to do that.)
Part of my problem stems from collecting reading material. Not just books, but magazines. I've come to the sad conclusion that I'm going to have to part with something--in this case, it's gotta be the magazines--cause I ain't giving up my books. I'll keep my Victoria, Romantic Homes, Tea Time, and some of the British decorating issues, but I'll have to part with most of the rest. (Sniff.)
We need more bookshelves. The problem is -- we have nowhere to put them. We're working on it.
When I broached the idea of hiring someone to come in once or twice a month, I was surprised at how enthusiastic hubby was. Apparently, he's as tired of looking at the dust bunnies as I am.
All I really want is someone to clean the kitchen and the bathroom and vacuum the living room. Now to clean up the house enough to have someone come in and clean it up more.
I always seem to clean before the cleaning lady comes, too. Go figure.
It's hard to aprt with the magazines...I feel for you. I have gardening magazines that date back 15 years and I can't rememer the last time I looked at any of them.
Posted by: Rosemary Harris | January 28, 2009 at 09:36 AM
Ah yes. The cleaning for the cleaning lady. That's the part my husband does not get. Maybe that's because it means he actually has to pick some of his things up. Now that I think about it, maybe that's why I have a cleaning lady. hehe
Posted by: Leann Sweeney | January 29, 2009 at 10:27 AM