this standard is the company coming over/has beena LOOOONG time standard. Not the everyday standard. The every day standard is much more laid back.

I have 4 standards (in rising order of cleanosity):

Fuck It, I'm PMSing/Moving Out/Hella Busy and I Don't Care (which is, I suspect, most people's "Normal")

Normal

Company's Coming - or - I'm Upset Over Something, So I'm Cleaning To Regain Control Over One Tiny Portion Of My Life

OMGWTF my mom's coming AIEEEEEEEEE!!!!! scrubscrubscrub

I don't have a kid that will pick up everything she can reach , so things like the pile of tools by the garage door are vaguely annoying - not dangerous.

I think I'm gonna have to nap

Dill, baby.

I knew I liked you.

I'd love to visit Edinburgh someday.

I'm home with my new phone. I went with the BlackJack. It's very sexy. It's going to take forever for me to figure out how to use all the bells & whistles.

My cleaning last night was "OMG I have the whole house to myself for 6 days! It'll stay clean if I just do it now. Then, neat picked up house for six. whole. days."

It's really hard to type on the laptop with puppy trying to crawl into lap.

Love the Shirley Bassey

And now, I nap.

cleaning standards:

1)chaotic - which happens when I am sick or we are in the middle of some big project. Hopefully the bathroom is clean

2) normal - there is probably something that needs to be picked up or cleaned - but there is room for people sit if they stop by and things like the bathroom and kitchen are clean ( even if there are a few dishes to be done)

3) dinner/over night guest. All areas are clean but our bedroom and maybe the computer room. At the same time.

4) house concert - Furniture has to be moved - so hidden dirt/dust is found. and thing that can sparkle must sparkle - because there will be someone I have never met before there. and some things are hidden - like expensive whiskey and some of the guitars.

Right now the house is way closer to 1 then 2. and the gap between 1 and 2 is very wide

OMGWTF my mom's coming AIEEEEEEEEE!!!!! scrubscrubscrub

(Mom had a friend whose m-i-l was named Shirley. She was very white gloves. So it's known as Shirleying here.)

I just went to my (new job!) school's web site to look up someone's email address and they already have me listed as staff!!! Whee!!!!!! It's real! It says:

ChiKat, Speech/Drama, phone#, email

I'm gonna be a real teacher!!

Kristin:

It's cool, I understand.

(sobs quietly)

Jes' kiddin'.

In absolutely random news (we specialize in that here, right?) - I just realized K-Bug will be old enough to vote in the next presidential election.

Crap. How did that happen?

Juvie Hall today was meh. See my LJ if you want the breakdown (I'm fabby over there and I have to friend ya' if you want to read).

sorry about the meh. I buh-friended you. (i'm lala_lisa on the lj)

My house is so not clean. I blame the pets. And my laziness. And the fact that I live alone so nobody cares if I don't clean except me. If I could justify it, which I cannot, I'd totally get someone to clean my house.