by Mama Mabel
I'm almost caught up on my dishes. Well, except for the box of them that we brought home from storage Monday. I need to sort through those to see which I want to keep out and which will be sent to live on top of the refrigerator where they won't be in my way. Then I get to clean out my fridge and wash the dishes holding all the food we didn't get around to eating before it went bad. Fun.
The cooler weather we've been having is inspiring me to get things done. That and no one in my house being sick for the first time in weeks. Coondog is feeling it too. He's the one hauling stuff from storage and helping me get things organized throughout the house. He even burned all the branches cluttering up our yard that had blown off our trees in a recent storm. Each of us staying busy helps the other one stay motivated. However, I decided at 9:30 last night when Ladybug finally fell asleep after a late dinner that took a long time to cook (but we delicious and worth it!) that I would not be doing that day's dishes before bed. One of my personal goals is to wash more dishes than we use each day until I'm caught up and then Leave No Dish Behind goes into effect where my kitchen is pristine(ish) before bed each night. My new caviat is that if I can't get into the kitchen before 9:30 on a Tuesday night, which is often my hardest night of the week, then I am free to put the dishes off for one day. Sanity stays in check and we can survive one day. Having the counter cleared off and enough clean plates, bowls and silverware to get through Wednesday takes the pressure off. It's nice to get one step closer to living in a functional house.
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