So Much To Do, So Little Time

There is a task list posted on the kitchen white board, listing all of the projects that should be completed before the start of next school year. These are the things that nag at me daily, but there just isn't time to it all, so I save them for summer. Rooms to be rearranged, walls to be painted, closets to be organized, attic storage to be sorted, gardens to be tamed, lessons to be planned, and a ceiling that should be re-textured to hide a water stain. It is an endless list of chores that breed new chores. Painting the walls highlights how badly the baseboards need a coat. Moving the furniture leads to spring cleaning the dust bunnies and repairing scratched flooring. Working inside turns my attention away from the disorder outside.

It was during vacation Bible school week that I found myself with a little time on my hands. So I decided to tackle the garden-turned-jungle. After all the weeding and pruning it was time to blow the debris into piles for bagging. Once the back yard was finished, I cut through the house with leaf blower in hand to tackle the front yard. 

That is when I had the idea to use the leaf blower inside. Hmmmm! I could blow the dust bunnies under our bedroom furniture to smitherines, without having to move seriously heavy furniture and scratch the wood floors. Brilliant!  Did it work? Like a charm. But I will warn you- DON"T try this at home, at least not when your sons or dear husband are watching. There is a Tim the Toolman in all of them. Can't resist a power tool that can do the job of  a boring old broom. And you'll be dusting everything from the baseboards to the ceiling fan for hours afterwards.