Laundry Changes Everything

Matt and I have been working on keeping our house clean over the past two weeks. Not that we didn't try before or lived in squaller. Yet, it never fails that there is a pile of laundry or twelve on the couches. Dishes piled up, breakfast on the table, towels on the floor of the bathrooms etc... You get it--regular day "life clutter" 

Well due to a new plan implemented by my husband in our house things are going great and I can say our house has been clean for a week. We've been able to see the couch and the bottom of the kitchen sink for a week straight! 

What is this new system you ask??? It's called the "No Drop Zone, Everything Has a Home Plan"  We sat down with the kids and told them that we live in a no drop zone. Which means that everything has a home and we are no longer going to just drop things when we are done with them. We  put them in their homes. It has really worked out well for us. And it's amazing how much it helps the overall attitude of everyone in the house to make sure things get put back where they go.  With all the clutter of the kids stuff gone it has also really helped Matt and I to stay on top of our household chores.  

So this is the real reason I am writing....Today as I was cleaning and waiting for our Pest Control guy to show up I started thinking to myself...."This will be the first time our pest control guy to see our living room with no laundry in it!" It made me realize how much I love keeping up with the house and for it to be clean. 

So he shows up and we start going over the plan of where he is going to spray and he looks around the room and says" Oh I see you got new furniture"  I ABOUT DIED LAUGHING!!! I told him NO NO NO we didn't get new furniture this is just the first time you have actually been able to SEE the furniture!!!  So we both had a good laugh about it.

Proof in the power of laundry and that it can change things!