As those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know, I am not exactly the most organized person in the world. Seems sort of odd that someone who has been couponing, refunding and deal hunting for as long as I have (25+ years) is, welllllll, disorganized. But I am. And I still save beaucoup bucks. This basically means that anyone can do it!
Unfortunately, this disorganization can lead to disarray in other areas of my life. Our home for instance. While never dirty, it does get cluttered. The dining room table can resemble Mt Everest after I do a big Sunday Morning Shopping excursion. And putting away the proceeds of the shop can seem just as daunting as climbing Mt. Everest too.
*sigh*
Hubby threatened me last week. He said he was going to set up one of the long folding tables for tax paperwork if I did not put away my stuff on the dining room table!
Eep!
Hubby’s office is right next to the living room. The living room is the one room in the house that is always clean and tidy. Never a thing out of place, never a smudge on the windows, never any lint on the carpets. Clean and tidy.
Except when hubby sets-up a folding table to do taxes! A second folding table will magically appear and he sorta edges into the living room with all his junk! Last year I finally took it all down in September, plopping his paperwork in boxes and hiding the folding tables away down the basement.
The very last thing I want is hubby encroaching on the living room with his folding tables and paperwork.
I cleaned the dining room. I put away all the clutter, all the shopping paraphernalia and dusted and vacuumed. There is not a thing left out of place in that room!
This actually worked out great because when hubby was finished torturing me on Saturday, he took all his shirts that were too big and folded them neatly, placing them in a box ready to be donated!
So today I was going to clean the house and decided against it. No, no. Not my normal “not gonna clean today”, but rather I decided to shovel out the master bedroom and bathroom. I pitched old lotions and potions, cleaned the joint and now it smells clean and looks great up there!
So tomorrow my plan is to finish writing up the rest of the donation goods that are spread across the spare bedroom. I will then haul everything over to Goodwill in the afternoon! That will mean every room upstairs (except my office) will be cleaned and shoveled out! WhooHoo!
The downstairs (except hubby’s office) will be clean, and the upstairs (except my office) will be clean and it is all because we have to do our taxes. Hmmm well at least it is a benefit we can see from paying our taxes. 
Anyone else Spring Cleaning?
