Lessons From Moving

We’re moving and this means open houses to sell our current house.  I never thought too much to the level of cleanliness.  It’s never, ever perfectly clean, but it’s not so bad, and I’ve gotten a lot better at keeping it neat since I’ve stopped working and been a full-time housewife.   Still, the knowledge that folks are coming over makes me look at the place in a whole other light, and I’m seeing dust bunnies, falling stacks of paper, and crumbs.  We did a massive cleanup and took care of all those things “we’ve been meaning to do”, and I’m thrilled.  I wish I had done it a long time ago: halls in the walls are fixed, bad paint jobs have been smoothed over, and “clusters of crap” have been reorganized in cute baskets.  I kind of wish we did it for us, not for selling, but I’ve learned a valuable lesson.  In my next house, I’m not going to “let things go”.