And She Still said "Yes"

Hey!  What's that blur on the right side of the screen...maybe that's the mess culprit, tricking me into insanity!  Notice the fabulous goodies all over the floor, and even super stained carpet with a new carpet shampooer sitting two feet away.

  As you all have heard by now, James is engaged.  We had Nichole in our home many times and hours over Winter Break.  I was having one of those times in my life where I just COULD NOT get the house cleaned.  I was HORRIFIED that my malfunction was occurring while Nichole was getting to know us.  I remember growing up and having some anger or energy or anxt...whatever it was that caused me to do some MAJOR clean-up around the house on occasion, and cursing mom and her house management under my breath... "I will teach my kids how to clean." and "My kids will never be allowed to make these kinds of messes."


 If there's one thing I've learned in life at age 42, it is NEVER be super judgemental about something or it will come back to bite you.  I can name many, many examples of it happening in my life.  Art oft reminds me, to my chagrin, that I'm the lady who indignantly said, "My children will never wear just a diaper." 

 Anyway, back to the subject of cleanliness:  When I saw that the cleaning just wasn't getting anywhere, I asked James what kind of house Nichole's mom kept.  Yep...tidy...very much so.  So thank you, Nichole, for overlooking my weakness...a weakness I could very well have passed to James (let's not beat around the bush...a weakness I DID pass to James, if his bedroom is any indication).  And thank you as well for not turning and running for the hills when you came upon me at Christmastime, in the bathroom, having diarrhea, and singing the diarrhea song at the top of my lungs with my little ones (my kind husband taught it to me).  What a great thing love is for hiding all our flaws...until after we're married : ) .