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| Viva la Reformation |
For the whole period of Lent I will clean (at least) ONE thing every day. This is will require a sacrifice of my free time and force me to do something I normally avoid. I'm not going to cheat and just clean one tiny thing and call it a day, and normal cleaning (like laundry and dishes) doesn't count. I'll count things like mopping the kitchen floor, cleaning one of our 4 bathrooms, vacuuming, etc. Those are all things I avoid doing until it gets nasty. Honestly, I only really do dishes and laundry because I can't avoid it and to be completely truthful, my husband does more than half the laundry anyway. Apparently, I don't fold his shirts as nicely as he does. Anyone else out there with a husband who likes their T-shirts folded into tight little rectangles?
I'm also going to count de-cluttering as cleaning. I am the worst person about just putting something down on the counter and leaving it there for months. I'd probably save so much money if I'd actually remember to take coupons off the counter instead of leaving them there until they expire. If my husband came home and saw a cleared top on the island in the kitchen, I think he'd have to sit down from the shock.
I won't count remembering to turn on the Roomba as cleaning. :) Seriously, you pet owners out there, you'd love this thing. I should add daily brushing of the dog with the FURminator to my Lenten pledge. The dog and I agree that it's not a fun process, but it does make a difference in the amount of dog hair floating around.
So anyone is welcome to join me on pledging to give up something or add something for 40 days, even if you're not Christian or religious at all!
I can see into the future and I know that on Sunday after my marathon, whatever I clean won't require me to bend my knees or go up and down the stairs. :)
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| Let's start by cleaning my face, mmmkay? |
What would the hardest thing for you to give up (or add in) for 40 days?
Hahaha...my husband folds his own shirts too...and rolls them. His drawers are filled with thousands (well, not really thousands) of tightly rolled shirts of all the same size.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do the same thing with coupons. :P
OMG! My dad is the same way about folded shirts. I don't know what happened in his childhood, but the only person who can fold his shirts correctly is himself. Even if the way I do it looks EXACTLY like the way he does it, it's wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'm giving up candy (die), soft drinks (double die) and purchasing magazines (I do have a few subscriptions. I'm not looking forward to it, but I purposely make it tough on myself every dang year.
ReplyDeleteI normally try to add something positive in as well, but I'm at a loss this year.
I do the same thing with coupons! I'm terrible.
ReplyDeleteDH and I are trying to figure out what we want to do for lent. I'd go vegetarian, but I know DH would never do that. We're thinking we might just make a good effort to get back to going to church. Since we moved to MD we don't go anymore. We watch Charles Stanley on TV Sunday mornings, but I know that shouldn't count as actual church.
That's a great idea! Tough though! Maybe I'll join you...I have to think about it. The one thing I could NEVER give up is coffee! I am sooo jealous of your four bathrooms right now...we have one and for some reason my husband often feels he needs to occupy it for 30+ minutes at at time...usually right when I just polished off a bottle of water.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I don't "do" Lent, but back in the day when I surrounded myself with people who did I always thought it was odd that most people gave up vices for the 40 days. I LOVE LOVE your idea. I might just have to join in!
ReplyDeleteI hate folding laundry, but hate it when my husband does it for me...he just can't fold my shirts right! :)
And does the Roomba REALLY work?? I've toyed with the idea of getting on, but just can't believe something other than sweeping, swiffering and then vacuuming will take care of all the pet hair on our hard wood floors.
The hardest thing for me to give up would be chocolate. I seriously am obsessed!
ReplyDeleteI like your cleaning idea though. I can't wait for the warm weather and Spring Cleaning!! I'm a clean freak. lol
The hardest thing for me to give up for 40 days would be caffeine.
ReplyDeleteI love your idea!! The hardest thing for me to give up for 40 days would be chocolate, but I am actually considering it this year.
ReplyDeleteIf I wasn't about to give birth, I'd totally do the cleaning thing with you. I have definitely used being pregnant to my advantage to avoid cleaning at all costs. For some reason nesting hasn't really included too much cleaning for me. I'm awful at waiting until we have a visitor to clean anything!
ReplyDeleteThat's a fabulous idea! I'm just as lazy about cleaning too....in all honesty, I don't *hate* it, but I also don't like it, so I'm constantly putting it off. I may need to think of some lenten ideas to commit to as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm the SAME WAY with putting stuff down & just leaving it there! I have piles of stuff everywhere: kitchen table, desk, bookshelf! I need to get better at putting things away!
ReplyDeleteYou have 4 bathrooms? Can I come live with you?
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. Currently I feel like I'm going to literally die if I add something else to my to do list, so I'm not going to promise I'll join you, but it's a great idea!
Also, I've been a serious Roomba doubter. If you're telling me it actually works, I'm ordering one RIGHTNOW.
I think giving up adding salt to my foods would be the hardest! I love this idea of adding something though. I need to start cleaning more as well. GOOD LUCK this Sunday! I can't wait to hear how it goes :-)
ReplyDeleteI hate cleaning with a passion! And bathrooms are the worst....you have FOUR?! Good luck haha:) The hardest thing for me to give up would be coffee...I only have one cup a day but I need it! That's a good sign that I'm addicted and really ought to give it up:)
ReplyDeleteI hate folding laundry so much. There's a pile of clothes that have been in the drier (dry, thankfully) for FIVE DAYS. Whoops.
ReplyDeletei definitely have to jump on this lent idea!!
ReplyDeleteMy husband does the t-shirt rectangle too - I think it's a mil thing. I'm not Catholic, but I was just discussing with my husband what we'd give up & I decided I'd give up Facebook!
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