the cold hard facts of why my house is a mess: it's me

last night i confessed that i need to do some work getting things in our house in order. i did a few things. 

first, i really needed to commit this area of my life to obedience to the Bible. lets face it, my house is messy and i'm unorganized because i'm lazy and unorganized and i get distracted by shiny things and secretly love to procrastinate. not because of the kids, not because of the mud that surrounds a farm house and the boy and great big dogs that keep tracking it in, not even because we homeschool. yeah, these things contribute to it all, but fact is i just need to get to work.

 

Proverbs 18:9 says, "Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys"

ouch.

that's me... brother to one who destroys.

so, in my overwhelmed and slightly-depressed state i did two things and only two things:

1. shine my sink

2. get ready for tomorrow: set out clothes and items needed for the next day (mine and the kids). set up the coffee maker and prep for breakfast. find my keys and my shoes. what's for dinner tomorrow?

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i'm going to FLY my way out of this mess one baby step at a time. this is a method of running a household for crazy busy moms that is totally doable. i've done it in the past (years ago) and am working my way back to taking control of my  household and our schedule. if you want to join me on my journey you can start by reading Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley (the flylady). reading the book will help make sense of the website. the m-ville library has a copy. this isn't a quick method. it takes time to put it together, a little bit every day. but it's totally worth it!