Don’t bother coming by today, the hostess is not accepting company. I’m dressed to scare, literally, in clothes that no decent person should be seen in. I’m not sure when I’m going to brush my teeth. I might take a shower but it’s not going to happen right now. My hair could frighten a bear…trust me on this. The house is cold…it’s not quite warm enough to have every window in the place open but you know what, it’s OK because I’m

SPRING CLEANING!

and not all of us can look like this when we clean.

Don’t ask me why I have decided to do it today but last night I decided it was time and today I’m doing it. So, here’s the plan. I’ll check in later and let you know how I did.

1. Master Bathroom
   1. Scrubbing the shower including removing the doors to scrub and cleaning the tracks
   2. Scrubbing the floor on my hands and knees to get in the corners really good.
   3. Cleaning the Toilet, Mirror, Sink, and Vanity.
   4. Organizing under the sink
   5. Wipe down walls
2. Master Bedroom
   1. Vacuuming
   2. Changing the bed sheets and turning the mattress
   3. Dusting
   4. Organizing nightstand drawers
   5. Going through the closet including GETTING RID OF STUFF
3. Guest Bathroom
   1. Cleaning Shower, Toilet, Vanity, Sink, Mirror.
   2. Scrub floors (probably not on my hands and knees because it doesn’t need it but I’ll decide when I’m in there.
   3. Organize under sink.
   4. Organize linen closet.
4. Hall and Laundry Closet
   1. Scrub floor (including moving the washer & dryer to clean underneath
5. Office
   1. Vacuum
   2. Dust Desk
   3. (Honestly, I just did a lot of organizing here…I’ll finish organizing the bookshelves another day)
6. Living Room/Dining Room
   1. Vacuum (including behind the couch)
   2. Dust
7. Kitchen
   1. Counters including moving everything off and cleaning under/behind stuff
   2. Clean the oven
   3. Scrub down the stove top
   4. Clean out the refrigerator and freezer
   5. Scrub the floor including the pantry
8. Windows
   1. Goodness I can’t believe I’m admitting this but I’m going to clean the windows inside AND out. (Hopefully I can figure out how to clean the outside of the kitchen window — second floor with no way to stand outside, and I am not even going to attempt the bathroom window.)

Wish me luck. I’m not sure how long this will take…it might be an weekend adventure for me. But, I’m going to do it. I’ll check in later with progress.

I guess you could say this is my full acceptance that I am staying here.

P.S. At home group last night I prayed for compassion towards our friend upstairs. I needed to figure out a way to come to terms with him being there. I felt God telling me to pray for compassion towards him. So, please tell me what compassion is so I can find it.