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Friday, May 28, 2010

smug pride or deep shame?



I'm back, after a week long blogging hiatus.  And what a week it's been!  I've had both kids sick - the Bear with a middle ear infection in both ears, and the Gig with tonsillitis.  She had four days off school, and has only gone back today.  The Bear missed playgroup at his special school and speech therapy, but the Gig did, after much soul-searching on my part, get to go to Girl Guides last night, and she had a blast.  She missed her guitar lesson, but you can't have everything.

Not only were the kids sick, but Pacino has lost his voice.  He came home from work at 10am yesterday, as his job involves mainly dictating, immediately logged into his work server and worked from home for the rest of the day.  Today I'm picking him up at 3pm.  Pacino is the world's biggest workaholic, so this is huge.  He's been with his current firm for over three years and hasn't used any of his sick/personal leave yet.

You'd think that with two sick kids, I'd have had an unproductive week, wouldn't you?  Well, think again, my little friends!  Not only have the Gig and I completely sorted out her room (6 bags of rubbish, 2 bags for her little cousin, 2 bags for my friend's DD, 2 bags of books for charity, and a big crate of books for the Bear), but I have sorted my linen cupboard.

I'm the anal type, I must admit.  Anal, but lazy.  My linen cupboard, as it looks now, is my dream.  I keep going to look at it and purr, like a self-satisfied cat who has just polished off a bowl of cream.  I have even (shhhh) been known to stroke the lovely, organised stacks of sheets.

After I had it all looking lovely (3 bags for charity and 1 bag of rubbish), I realised that something was missing.  I knew where everything went, but how, I wondered, would anyone else? 

The answer?

Labels.  Lovely, organised-person labels. 




So what's the verdict?  Should I feel smugly proud, or deeply, abidingly ashamed?

7 comments:

  1. Smugly proud!!! I so need to go attack my linen closet. It's kinda a disaster at the moment :/.

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  2. Proud! Let those who can't read the label and put things in the wrong spot feel ashamed. ;0)

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  3. definitely proud! I hope the kids feel better soon!

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  4. Deeply proud! Well done, you!

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  5. Love the labels! I've got labels in my fridge -- yogurt, dairy, etc... I love them!

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  6. You should totally feel proud! Glad everyone is feeling better and glad you got organized whilst they were on the mend! Ahhhh, organization...it's just the best!

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