No Man Is A (kitchen) Island

If you know somebody who is about to have a baby,
read this post and find out something you can do for them
that will be truly very helpful in a practical way.
I remember a friend and I going to some one's house once,
we drove an hour to get to her house and I can't remember
now if she'd just had a baby or had surgery, but she had
several small children and was physically out of
commission. Maybe she was on bed rest at the end
of a pregnancy. Whatever it was, she needed help.
We drove down there and just went in and cleaned her
bathrooms and changed the sheets on all the beds in the
house and did some laundry. I remember thinking what a
practical thing that was to do.
And I love practical.
I'm a big fan of practical.
And I hope it was a blessing to her.
I hope that, when I am in a different stage in my life,
I will be able to do this for others much more than I am now.
This is kind of what my mother-in-law has done for me
when my babies were born. She comes and stays with us
and just takes over the domestic scene. I have been blessed
in not having to deal with everything being left undone
at that time of life. I will definitely do this for my Lovely K
when she is a new mother and, if they want me to, I will do it
for my daughters-in-law.
(It's weird to think that I will have
daughters-in-law someday.)
I just thought that post shared some good points.
So I hope you will take the time to read it if you want
to be a help to a new mommy you know.

And now I will share with you the ugly truth:
my kitchen counter tops are frequently out of control.


If I referred to them as "hot spots" as Flylady does,
this would be an area of my home that
is a constant blazing fire.
I do fight it.
I am always clearing them off, getting rid of things, trying to put things away. But it just seems like the easiest place in the world for clutter to collect. Mail. Books. Toys. Coupons. Whatever somebody has in their hand and sets down. And then it is THE KITCHEN so there all that goes along with that.


So today I just thought,
with a disgusted sigh,
that I had to tackle these
kitchen counter tops once again.
And I know this is not a "once for all" job.
As soon as somebody checks the mail today,
there will be another pile.


But I will fight it!
I will not let it get so crazy again.
If I just give it five minutes every day,
I can stay on top of it.

So I'm showing you these pictures
in keeping with the same idea weight loss plans have
when they take a picture of you at your fattest
and post it somewhere.
I will show you cleaned up counters later.
Then we will have the before and after.
And I will strive to keep the "after"
as the "happily ever after."