This morning I was reading part four in Simple Mom’s series about How to be Disorganized & Unproductive.  Part four is entitled, Don’t Plan Your Time.

While reading her article, knowing full well that I should have been vacuuming, a job I have been postponing again and again because I really just don’t want to do it, I decided to bite the bullet and just get it done.  Simple you say?  Well, no.  And why not?  Being able to vacuum your floors usually means that you can see them, not just the toys and other Owen paraphernalia that seems to find itself all over our house.  All two living rooms, four bedrooms and two bathrooms of it.  The only room that is Owen free at the moment is the guest room, and I think that may be because I had closed the door!  The kitchen and laundry don’t count in this tally.  For some reason me constantly telling him to keep toys out from under peoples feet when there is hot stuff around has stuck in his little three year old brain, and the laundry must not be interesting enough!

Anyway, now you can just picture what our house looks like today, I can get back to my story.

I finished reading the post, commented and jumped up from my chair to get started, full of renewed enthusiasm to get at least one thing accomplished today before Owen gets home from preschool.  And after picking up after Owen in just the living room and the main bathroom, I don’t want to bend down an-y-more.  That’s why I need my Mum’s picker-upper-er thingy that she used after her two hip replacements! (it looks a bit like this…)  All the bending and standing up again is making me feel a little on the reflux-y side and light headed, so something to help me not have to bend so much would be useful right about now (and probably for the next couple of months).  So out the window goes that job for this morning… Again.

No matter, I have a plan!  I’m going to get Owen to help me when he gets home this afternoon, and then as his reward he gets to vacuum!  And yes, that really is a reward in his eyes, believe it or not.  Ever since we bought a new vacuum cleaner I haven’t let him have a go (new toy and all, even if it is an appliance!), so today can be the day!  And in the mean time, I’ll do some more washing and folding and general cleaning up so I’ll be all ready for him to pick up his stuff this afternoon.  If he’s lucky, I might even let him mop as well…!  Who needs a cleaning lady when you’ve got an Owen to do things for you?!

See, I will get something done today ;)