Most everyone that has talked to me for any length of time has probably heard me mention The Fly Lady. For those who haven't had the pleasure of hearing me ramble on about this, she is basically a lady who wrote a book about how to get your house (and in turn she believes your life) in order and keep it that way. Her tips have helped me out tremendously since we live in town now. Before I read her book, and a especially since I've had children, I was terrified of unannounced company! Marvin can attest to our scrambling around the house to try and get it to look presentable every time someone called to say they were on their way or even worse were in our driveway! I am so glad to not have to worry about that anymore. I am not saying I am a perfect housekeeper by any means but since I've implemented some of her steps our home has maintained a decent level of "clean". I hope to get even better as the kids get older and are able to help me instead of hinder my progress. There really is no better feeling for someone as OCD as me to know that anytime day or night I am prepared for company.
Now, I said all of that to say this....I finally have a "shiny sink"!!!!!!!! One of the Fly Lady's main principles is something like the entire house follows the kitchen's example. And the first baby step in her program is to wake up every morning to a "shiny sink" or a clean sink. We have been religiously cleaning our sink every night and it is almost always clean in the mornings, however it is a really old white painted sink with lots of stains. So no matter how much your scrub, bleach, or scour it still looks gross and no where near "shiny". We actually bought a new sink a couple of months ago (along with 2 new toilets) and Marvin has finally had time to install it! So now I have a brand new shiny sink and I plan on keeping it that way. Who would have dreamed seven years ago I would get so excited about a sink and enough to take a picture of it!
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