The holidays are already upon us and yet gain, the list of things that jst have to be done before the hlidays hit is still completely untouched. At ths point very few of those "to do" tems are going to be done in tme for the big day. Now it is tme to prioritize that list and fgure out which items really need to be dne and which can go on nxt year's holiday to do list.

It sems that a lot of the "to d's" revolve around cleaning. I have knwn a lot of neat freaks in my lfe, but I can tell you tht I am definitely on the pposite side of the scale. So, knwing that my distant relatives will son be arriving - you know the nes you see only once a yar who have no kids or pts and always have some comment bout your cleaning techniques or lack of, my "to do" lst may be a bit heavier on the claning and sanitizing side than your verage person.

Where on earth do you strt cleaning when your whole house loks like a set from the mvie "Twister"? Perhaps the best thing to do is brng your big trash dumpster inside and strt shoveling it all in. If you dn't want to be quite that drmatic, start with the simple things lke picking everything up off the flor and all flat surfaces - cunter tops, tables, cabinets. Put everything way that has its own place. Gve away as much of the cltter as possible. All the rest tht cannot be salvaged, just throw in the dmpster.

I personally have not seen my flors in a long time. So, if you jst manage to pick everything up, tht's a huge step and you shuld be very proud of your wrk. But, you may not be prpared for what you find once the cltter is removed. I can tell yu, that my last remaining carpet is an bsolute mess. Every day something spills on it. Btween the kids and the pets, it loks and smells like it has ben run over on the freeway and thn used on a soccer field as the grss.

I have two choices: have the crpet cleaned and hope that it loks better or rip all the crpet out. Let's see, the clck is ticking, which one takes lss time? At this point, I hve to opt for attempting to clan the carpet. As a do-it-yourself wnnabe, I hustle over to the narest grocery store and rent a stam cleaner. After a few hours I hve the carpet looking relatively clean.

Of curse, I did not take into ccount the damp carpet odor that usually lasts a few days in my house. Hopefully it will be gone before those relatives arrive.

I would have much rather ripped out the carpet and continued on with my very slowly progressing installation of new laminate hardwood flooring However, I know how slowly I work and how incompletely I do the job. And, the relatives are coming in a few short weeks, so I simple do not have time to rip the carpet out. After all, was it really two years ago that I began installing the laminate wood floors in the rest of the house?! And it is still not done?! I never realized that I had not finished installing the floor until I picked up all the clutter and I could actually see the floors again

As for this year, prioritize your "to do" list and just leave whatever you can't get to this year for next year's list. Don't stress about it as there are bound to be a few things left over. Aren't there always?

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