Holiday Angst – Completing the To-Do List

Why is it that I need the pressure of relatives staying at our house for the holidays to actually finish the household projects that I started months ago? Am I a glutton for punishment or just a slacker? or just an overworked, over committed mom of two?

Been meaning to clean out the linen closet and the hall closet – but those projects seems to always fall off my list of things to do. But for some reason, half of my linen closet is now on the floor as I am determined to rearrange it all by color and purpose. It is not like I have 80 other things to do, like sleep. But for some reason, THIS. MUST. BE. DONE. before guests arrive. It makes no sense. I am sure they won't be snooping in my closets – or will they? Hmmm…I better add rearrange book shelf to the list too.

I love house guests and the Holidays. They are EXACTLY the motivation I (and my fine husband) need to cross off that pesky home improvement list.

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