Me, Myself and Mommy

I am a little embarrassed to say this, but here goes. Yesterday evening – gulp – I ironed my duvet cover. Even more embarrassing – I enjoyed doing it. Gulp. Yes, that’s right, “Hello, My name is Renee, and I love playing domestic goddess in my spare time.”

Prior to my vacation, our house had turned into a scene from a natural disaster (also embarrassing). Walking into our living room was almost as stressful as walking into a corporate bankruptcy case. Clothes had not been put away since Christmas. Papers had not been filed since we moved here nearly a year ago. OK, papers still haven’t been filed; I promise I’ll try to get it done before vacation runs out. We have boxes of stuff that have never been unpacked. Dusting, vacuuming, and mopping only occurred when absolutely needed, or when company came to  visit. Drastic measures had to be taken before the hurricane began to spawn tornadoes.

Since Steve and I are not taking our honeymoon until after the New Year, I committed to using my time off to get our home in order. You know, to give us a head start before the next hurricane comes ashore. My goal was to turn our home into a meditative retreat. I want people to walk into our front door and say, “Ah, this is better than a day at the spa.” Hey, don’t laugh at my dreams. I don’t laugh at yours, do I?

I tell you this to give you background information leading to my domestication addiction.  It all started about a week ago with rearranging the linen closest. I got rid of some medicine that was out of date, and organized each shelf. Something simple, nothing to panic about. Then, it moved to the kitchen. I totally turned my kitchen inside-out. Nothing is where it used to be. I hope Steve was paying attention during orientation. If not, he may starve, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. From there, things started to spiral out of control, and that is when I found myself ironing the duvet cover. I’ve not been able to pull myself out since.

I really don’t know what went wrong, but I am loving my homemaker-staycation-vacation. Creepy…

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