I'm a Messy

Last night, as I was painting trim and Gabe was laying sticky tiles, we were listening to Positive Life radio... I don't know why, as I think we both prefer KLOVE, but I digress.... I do miss that Focus on the Family and Family Life Today are on PLR but not KLOVE....

Anyway, Focus on the Family was on, and the guest was Sandra Felton. She was talking about Cleanies and Messies, and lights were blazing on all over my brain. I finally felt freedom to call myself a messy and not have to apologize for it! I knew Gabe was, but I had always felt that inside I was a cleany because I always am trying to get somewhere with the mess and have that constant additional pressure because our house is cluttered. But she used lovely words like "perfectionist," and "drowning" and "overwhelmed" that I so completely identified with! And I loved that she said that a messy wife who is married to a messy husband is harder than a messy wife married to a cleany husband! That the problem is still there, it's just compounded! Amen!!! HA!

Somehow, I am going to read her book, or two or three... and we are going to make progress so my internal stress level goes down and I won't be embarassed everytime someone comes to our house.
(And yes, Brooke, I think her methods are similar to FlyLady... But this time I have a husband behind me who listened to the broadcast too, so he will be encouraging me!)