Tag: #laundry

There are three adults that live in my home, 2 rescue dogs and 3 rescue cats. Yes, there are more animals in my home than people. So needless to say, things can get messy at our residence.

With three people who have three very different schedules and 5 animals, all of which whom shed, we don’t have a regular cleaning schedule like we used to. Saturday’s used to be our “big” cleaning day. This included mopping the floors and washing windows. Intermittent cleaning was also done on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s with vacuuming and dusting. This doesn’t really happen any more. And it has been a difficult adjustment for me; 1. Because I like schedules and 2. Because I love when the house is clean.

You know the smell of Murphy’s oil soap? Well if they had a candle in that scent, I would buy it. Pinesol also has a pleasant aroma and floors are squeaky clean. And I love the smell of bleach. I know it might smell like I just cleaned up a crime scene, but it does reek of sanitization.

These smells mean the house is clean. Incidentally, I also love the smell of clean laundry. My husband is awesome. He primarily handles that for us and our son is now responsible for his own laundry.

Ironically, laundry is one of the areas that tends to get the messiest in our house. With laundry for three people who are doing multiple tasks throughout the week – think work, school, meetings, exercise, travel, etc. – and 5 pets, the laundry can get a little out of control. Adding to the complexity is that our son does his own laundry and we do ours. So sometimes, there is a miscommunication as to when the washer and dryer are available. And often times, there is a laundry emergency.

This happened the other day when my son decided to do laundry at 1am. However, we had laundry in the dryer. Let’s just say that the expectations of how to handle another persons laundry and had not been clearly communicated and things got messy.

At the time, that messiness was stressful. But in reflecting on that situation, I have to say that I am grateful for the messiness. I am grateful that our lives are so  full that they can actually get messy, really messy. There are huge blessings within the mess, but we tend to get so focused on the mess itself, the chaos, the busyness, the confusion; that we miss the blessing. There are blessings within everything, if we take time to notice them.

Today be thankful for the messiness and look for the blessings. And please pray for me (in my own personal messiness) and I will continue to pray for you.