How many of you are fans of Absolutely Clean?

Those of you that are, understand that I talk about time a lot. The importance of it, and why you should hire us to do the dirty work for you.    Today I am encouraging you to let the house get dirty!

Recently I posted on our fan page for a free clean and asked you WHY you should win.  I love hearing what you will do with your time, but it makes me a little sad sometimes.  It makes me sad because I am afraid if you don’t win, then these magical things you talk about will be put off…  this is what a few of you wrote:

Pooping in my pants was one of my earliest memories growing up, when I was 4 (I was the fourth child of 5 kids.) You might think, “So what? My child did that all the time at 4”. I would agree, my son (who is 4) has ‘accidents’ and I figured out last year in our Holiday Letter, when we had 3 kids still in diapers that we probably collected or changed over 1 ton of diapers the previous year…. But, I was fully potty-trained and conscious of my actions.

This was a premeditated act of attention, carefully diagrammed in my mind and carried out with precision to garner a cry for ‘notice me now’! Sure, it worked – but it also backfired, my older brothers and sister had a GREAT laugh at my expense, my mother made me take a bath in the middle of the day(ugh!) and my baby sister still got all of the attention from my mom. Not the reaction - I was going for.

 

Every wonder about all the "stuff" in someone's home?  Some have more than others... some have things that are just "decorations" and truly mean nothing more than making sure that it "fits" with the decor.

My house is a little odd to some... most everything in our home has some meaning. If you know me well, you can pick up just about anything and hear a "story".   MOST of the pictures on the walls are either pictures of my family or the picture has a story about something we all did together.  The picture in my basemet that looks like a beautful winter trail?  Just a picture?  no ... my husband and I ran 16 miles every Sunday together while training for a marathon that looks EXACTLY like the picture.  Story.

I am a 15 year old daughter, sister and a friend to many who have lost their loved ones. I realize how important family is and how important it is to make sure that they are close to my heart. Everybody fights with their family.  I know that there isn't a family who doesn't fight. I think that my family is pretty perfect in it's own way.  My brothers and I fight, my mom and I disagree, my dad doesn't want me to date.   That's the way my family is...that's what perfect is for my family.

I am on vacation.  Not the vacation where you sit with pina colada's and soak up the sun .. the kind where you soak up family.  

As my daughter and I were prepping for the trip, I needed some summer clothes that were not falling off my hips and Grace always wants clothes.  Her favorite thing to "soak" up!  I was talking out loud about how to turn off the digital aspect of my life.  She brightened the same way she did when I purchased her "commando" cell phone -- ironic eh?  The look of hope on her face was my answer to should I?  or shouldn't I?  You see... Absolutely Clean is my fourth child and while it's in its teenage stage we all know this is one of the most important stages that truly need your most attention!   GASP... completely let go for ten days?