I've posted this Small Thing before, but this week I found that I needed it YET AGAIN! Maybe you can use it too....especially since I'm throwing in a prize at the end. Read on:
My bedroom actually looked pretty neat the other day. Bed was made beautifully, not much on the floor....it felt good.
But as I was laying there for a little Sunday nappipoo, I began to look around. First at my dresser....and I noticed a few miscellaneous items on top: a pen, a tube of anti-itch cream (poison ivy), a sock, a scarf, a magazine and a phone. Also a safety pin and a stack of razor blades from the last painting job.
Eight Things! I was surprised, because it really didn't LOOK all that bad....until I started counting.
Well, if there were eight things just on my dresser top, I began wondering just how many things were out of place in the rest of my bedroom. I glanced at my night stand and the rat pile on the floor. 5 Things there.
Husband's night stand and surrounding territory: 7 things
Clothes draped over chairs: 3
Cups: 1
Floor: 2 pairs of shoes, a cook book and box of greeting cards.....
I stopped counting at 32.
For a "Neat" bedroom, that's a lot of things that add up to "Not So Neat."
Today's Small Thing could surprise you. Simply count up each thing you put away in your bedroom. And why stop at 32?
Do you have 100 things to put away? If you can accomplish a 100 item clean-up, I'll send you a small surprise gift. I have an extra canvas print in my studio that needs a home:
What could be more appropriate than a "nest" print after you tidy up YOUR nest??
Mercy me! There's No WAY you could have 100 things out of place in your bedroom! Or. is. there??
OK, you can go into other parts of your house....but ONLY AFTER you've done all there is to do in the bedroom. If there are more than one 100 item people today, I will draw names for a winner since I only have one print today.
READY, SET, GO!! Remember you must put each item away to count it. You have to exhaust everything in your bedroom before you can start on other areas of the house....and it must be done sometime today.
How many things did you find in your bedroom? I dare you to share! :)
Song of the Day: One Two Three Four, Feist
