Good idea?

I know, I know. I keep saying that I am going to catch up on blogging, but I don't. I think it's time to just move on and give up on posting anything from the last, say, 4 weeks.

Let's just say life lately has been far from organized. Maybe it's having a new baby. Maybe it's having a sick baby. Maybe it's that spring and summer are crazy times at work. Maybe it's having a preschooler who is into everything. Maybe it's having a preschooler who is in everything-- I can't believe I am already having to prioritize his activities (do I do story hour, or swimming, etc?).

But our house has definitely taken a hit. So much so that I'm almost too overwhelmed to do anything about it. And when I am motivated, something comes up. You know, like feeding children.

I've (strongly) hinted at K for quite a while now that I would like a cleaning lady. But today I think I came up with a better idea.

I will do just about anything for money. Anything ethical, that is. I think it started during my shy years when my mom would actually pay me to talk to boys. Or men on barges in the Kentucky Dam Locke. But that's an entirely different post.

Anyway, I think I could motivate myself to clean my house-- and keep it clean-- if I paid myself.

You know, just set aside the money we would have paid a cleaning lady, so that I can use it however I want. Inevitably, that will be on Moses and ZuZu. That might actually make me better about not just buying things for them willy-nilly.

So clean house, better budgeting. Kind-of killing two birds with one stone, right?