Smart Habit Saturday

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The kids did pretty well making their beds this week. The first night I had a chat with the kids. I thanked them for all of their help during this pregnancy and I told them I wanted them to start making their beds in the morning without me reminding them to do it. They both agreed they would. Then I broke the news that if they didn't there would be consequences.

The next morning both of their beds were made! I was so happy that I asked them how they had remembered to do it. My daughter said, "I just got up and made mine because I was scared about what the consequences would be!" Isn't that fabulous? She won't make it out of love and respect for her mother but she will make it to avoid imaginary consequences. Then my son said proudly, "I didn't make my bed! I just slept on top of the covers!"

Apparently I have done a very good job raising these kids.

Daily vacuuming has been my job for the last year because for some reason I can't seem to force or bribe my kids into doing. They will do everything else but they will not vacuum. Oh, they will pretend to vacuum but they won't actually be getting the floors clean. My husband has vacuumed the kitchen a few times in the last couple months but that's about it so you can imagine what our floors look like. I felt pretty good yesterday morning so I straightened up my bed/bath/laundry rooms and vacuumed the floors. Yay!

My new goal is to vacuum the house or at least one area of the house every day. I'm really pushing myself here but I think I can do it and live to tell about it. I have to tell you one more thing about vacuuming. Long, long ago back in my pre-organizing days I was teasing my sister-in-law about being a neat freak. "No I'm not," she tried to defend herself, "I mean, sometimes I don't even vacuum every single day." I burst out laughing. The thought of vacuuming even a couple times a week was hilarious to me and my house looked like it.

Now you can make fun of me all you want but I normally try to vacuum my house every day. With our wood floors it's easy to do and we are really big slobs so it needs it. And if I have ever teased you for having clean floors will you please forgive me?

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