Cleaning

Margie and have … um … organizational difficulties.

In other words, we have a problem with the house being a mess.

This is not genetic. Both of us come from very neat and tidy households. We just have … challenges. Or, for the business-speaking of you in our studio audience, “opportunities.” Lots and lots of opportunities. Opportunities stacked up all over the place. Tons of —

But I digress.

So Margie and I have been talking about it, and done some brainstorming, and come up with some ideas that I think will help us (a) get stuff put away around the entire house, and (b) help us maintain that relative state of cleanliness.

But Margie reports a problem with our plan. One that gives us a seductive “out.”

See, since we were doing Nobilis at our house on Saturday, I had to clean up the family room so that the floor, coffee table, and hearth were clear.

From an IM session this morning.

Margie says: There is a problem with our cleaning.
***Dave says: What’s that?
Margie says: Now that the hearth is cleaned off, Katherine keeps wanting to climb, stand, jump on it.
***Dave says: 😛
Margie says: That’s about it.
***Dave says: So what we need to do is cover every part of the house with papers and crap, and then Kitten will be safe.

Which, of course, gives us the great motivator to maintain our current level of messiness:

Do it for the children!

Safety is, after all, Job One.

Hrm.