Persistence = Organization

Okay I’m slowly getting adjusted to this Stay-At-Home-Mom thing.  It is a process though. I haven’t quite found that system which allows me to accomplish everything I thought I would be accomplishing.  I envisioned getting a lot more organizing done.  I assumed I would catch up on the laundry or deep clean the refrigerator and maybe even clean off that baker’s rack that has never been used for cooking utensils but has only accumulated massive amounts of junk.  It’s a refuge for spillover from our junk drawer.  It’s true every kitchen should have a junk drawer.  In fact, I believe the right to a junk drawer is one of the key points in our Constitution.  Where else would one keep pens, coupons, batteries, candles, a rubber bouncy ball or two?  Ours also contains outdated takeout menus and expired food items like crackers and peanuts that Howard won’t throw out.  Howard does not believe in waste and come the apocalypse or zombie invasion we will have more than enough stale peanut butter and overripe sour kraut to get by on.  So needless to say, between Howard’s refusal to waste and my instinctive packrat quality that requires me to hold on to things like my Cricket doll because I can still recall that feeling of excitement I had as a six year old opening her up on Christmas morning, we have a cluttered house.

We have the allotted junk drawer.  But we also have the junk baker’s rack.  And the junk countertop.  And the junk breakfast nook.  And don’t even ask about our garage.

So I find myself trying to work out a system that allows me to rise above the current status quo in the house.  I’ll keep at it and learn how to juggle chasing a rambunctious one year old around the house while simultaneously vacuuming and secretly tossing out expired food products when Howard isn’t looking.  And maybe- just maybe- I’ll get rid of some of my old movie ticket stubs and high school notebooks. 

But Cricket stays.