Attitude Adjustment…that worked!
Ok I know that a lot of the time we make these big announcement of attitude adjustments that we are “absolutely going to stick by”…and then about a week later they are forgotten. Do you do this? ’Cause I know I do. But this time I waited a full week to postpone my proclamation so maybe that means it’s gonna’ stick (actually one of my good friends, Pastor Jimmy, said it takes something like 28 days to make something a habit so maybe its still a bit premature…but its not really something huge…so we will see!).
Basically it comes down to this: I HATE LAUNDRY. Not just the washin’. Not just the the foldin’. But the puttin’ away almost kills me! So I did what any person who lives to paint something does and completely re-did my laundry room! Logical right? Ok not so much…if the look on my husbands face when he walked in to see the ginormous holes in the wall that I made tearing down the old shelves is any indication – not logical at all!! But a little olive wall paint, a lot of spackle and a quote from “2 peas in a bucket” later and whalla:
If it’s hard to read it says: :I am THANKFUL for my LAUNDRY because it means my FAMILY is close by. I added some nicer shelves on the wall and completely reorganized the little closet with some super cool shelves my Daddy made for me (“thank you Daddy!!!”). All the storage room I made in the closet made it possible to store all the junk I used to think I had to have out of sight! But it also made me toss a ton of stuff I will never need again! AND my kids shoes and book bags are all stored NEATLY in there! But the biggest advantage is I have actually kept up with my laundry for a week! Nothing smelly waiting on me in the washer. No folding yelling at me from the dryer and (almost) all the clothes in the closets they belong! I am super psyched!
One last thing that has seemed to help my terrible attitude about the little room off my garage are the pictures of our compassion children on the shelf. These are the family members who I wish I could wash their clothes each and every day. That little reminder was worth time and effort.
