Come and knock on my door

Last weekend I made myself a cleaning schedule because I was tired of getting stuck with all the housework and laundry every weekend. I figured if I could manage to stick to a written schedule of what to do when, with chores spread over the week, things would be much more manageable. So tonight when my parents dropped by unexpectedly I was more than happy to invite them in. For once my house was not embarrassingly messy or cluttered. Things aren't perfect but if you drop by unannounced I will be happy to invite you in. I don't think I am doing the pregnancy "nesting" yet (something I always wanted to - but never did - experience with Bodie). I think I am just figuring out the best way for me to juggle mommyhood, working full-time, and managing a house. One unfortunate effect of all this is I have gotten stuck with the dishes, which was Curt's one household chore (not that he doesn't do anything else, but that was the one thing I knew he'd do). I have no motivation to do housework with dishes piled around and Curt would consistently do them every few nights, and not empty the dishwasher right away, etc., so I now do them each night after dinner and it seriously takes less than 5 minutes. Hopefully I will keep up the new schedule and keep enjoying a pretty clean home.

A day off...

Curt had Monday off from work Here is a list of things I thought he might accomplish during his down time:

• laundry
• dishes
• pick up the house a little

That was the minimum I thought he'd do. I also thought maybe he'd change at least 1 of the 7 light bulbs currently burned out inside and outside of our house (a big pet peeve of mine). And I fantasized that he'd vacuum, sweep and/or mop the floors.

What he did accomplish:

• dishes
• laying around

When I got home from my day at the office and started laundry he finally replaced the 3 bulbs burned out in the laundry room (leaving them in the laundry basket for me to throw away at my earliest convenience).