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So I do my best, well lets just say the most, cleaning/housework when I'm about to get ready for bed. It causes me to stay up too late and for my house to remain fairly messy. I think this is because the first thing I do before I go to be is to scour the house looking for anything I or my husband have left around that could cause trouble once Hyrum gets up in the morning (he's starting to venture out around the house when he wakes instead of waking me first thing). In so doing I often find that I could manage to do a few dishes, clean a little here and clean a little there. Before you know it its 1am and I'm suuuuuper tired. That's what happened tonight. BUT I did most of my dishes AND I checked off one of the items on my list. I ordered new dish scrubbers and a thingy to hold/dry them in. I'm hoping this will motivate me to accomplish my goal to wash my dishes more often. Really, honestly? I'm getting sick of feeling like the first thing I need to say to people when they walk in my house is "Sorry our place is a mess, I'm not a good housekeeper." This usually makes them say something like "This is nothing, you should see our place" or "Who can keep a house clean when you have young kids." I appreciate the allowance but I would also like to feel like just once a week or so that if someone came over I could just let them in and say "Hi, how are you? Come on in and make yourself at home." Without having to clear a space on the couch for them to sit down.