Messy Things

Ok, so I've been back from the beach for three days. The beach trip was wonderful :) I had so much fun catching up with all of my sweet girls. I don't think we've (8 AOII alums) have been together at one time since the year Andrea and Barbi went alum. It was so neat to see how our personalities and lives have changed over the years. We decided to make it an annual get together. It's fun to think about what next year might bring. Engagements, weddings, babies?? ok so maybe not babies quite yet. At least not for me...I think, anyways. Anywho...

So like I was saying, I've been back for 3 days and my house is a disaster. I don't even have the words to describe how messy and dirty it is right now. I can never seem to keep the floors clean with the pups and Ruby (and Britt). Most nights, Britt and I are so exhausted from working in the yard or just working that we rarely do the dishes after dinner (gross, right?!) My suitcase is laying open on our bathroom floor and it looks like it puked up my closet. I don't even know what's clean and what's dirty, so I'll probably have to wash everything. Our guest bedroom looks like my classrooms exploded in it. I don't have anywhere to put all of my resources, books, etc. All of this, and more, sent me to the internet today looking for a basic cleaning schedule (Ashley is probably dieing laughing at this...she was so neat in college. Even today I can call her and she will be cleaning her bathroom for like the 3rd time this week!) What I found was this website FlyLady and as cheesy as it is, I LOVE it. I'm still reading through a lot of the material, but I think the basic premise is that you start with Beginner BabySteps that eventually build on each other to become the habits of a clean lady :) So today, I shined my sink, Step 1. I skipped ahead a few steps (I was an eager FlyBaby today) and Britt is already laughing at my post it notes on the mirror. I'll keep you posted on how this works out for us.

Speaking of us...I don't know how in the world Britt puts up with my messes. I mean, don't get me wrong, he has messes of his own, but nothing compared to mine. I seriously don't know how I got so lucky to find such a sweet husband. Do you know he does our laundry? Mine is folded in a basket by my dresser. Last night, I was nodding off on the couch when he finished folding. He said, "You don't have to do it tonight, but can you put these away? Before the end of the week?" So cute! :) So I have until Friday. Haha. I sound like a horrible wife. But I'm not. I promise. I make yummy dinners and eggs in the mornings. I do all the vacuuming. Speaking of dinner...it's ready. Hot dogs...yummy. We're trying to eat what we have before going back to the store.