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As a girl I remember going to my friend’s house and they were cleaning windows. They had old toothbrushes and they were scrubbing every inch of the window, from wood frames to glass panes.  I joined them! Their example seemed like fun to me. As I looked out my window this morning in the kitchen I realized I need to clean my windows too. It’s been a while. Without cleaning the panes I won’t be able to see the full beauty of the world around me. Oh, beloved, has your view of the world gotten dingy? Are you unsure if …

I’m going to make a confession to you. My closets have not been organized nor cleaned out in quite a while. I have this deep seated dream to walk into each one and find everything in order. It’s impossible if I keep just throwing stuff into the recesses of the area. So one morning I decided to clean out the closet in our master bedroom.  It was a daunting task but eventually I had four bags of clothes that went to a local charity. Now I can see the floor and eventually I’ll get to the shelf! LOL But for …

My mother was a great housekeeper. How she did it was amazing. She worked into her 70’s but the house was always neatly kept and she even had time to make curtains, refinish furniture, and more. She was very talented and never seemed to tire of keeping it all in order. She enjoyed it all. I think it was her doing a little here and there that kept it all together. She didn’t wait until there was overflowing laundry or messy floors – she did things a little at a time every day. Oh beloved, are you feeling the load …

If you’re like me there seems to be precious little time to keep house these days. Early this morning as I was putting my makeup on I noticed the runners in the shower doors were full of crud! How had I not noticed this before! I clean the walls regularly, but somehow had missed this area. Deep in the recesses of metal and glass were areas I had not dealt with. Obviously I had let this go! I decided I needed my eyes checked and proceeded to clean them then and there. I knew I would probably forget it if …