Overextending Myself in the New Year

I am trying to get the new year off to a good start, which means cleaning up and getting organized. I remember a few years ago hearing my dad, who was about 65 years old then, say he was trying to do his chores and get "caught up on things." It completely stunned me, because I was sure by the time I was 65 years old, I would be caught up on things! So I guess I should use that wisdom, but instead, I am still trying to catch up.

Anyone with children knows about the piles of laundry that keep piling up no matter how many loads you do. I actually had a dream one night that I had a second washer and dryer, and I woke up all full of joy and warm fuzzies. My practical goal is to get caught up on the laundry enough that everyone has clean clothes and the laundry baskets are not spilling into the hallway.

I also have a pathetic goal of rounding up all of the socks that don't fit anyone anymore. My little one suggested we make sock puppets, but it would be a heck of a lot of puppets.

And I am dumping the task of returning all of the defective Christmas gifts, including my new vacuum, onto my husband. It is truly the vacuum from hell. It works perfectly, is a cute red color and has an automatic cord thingy. But every so often, completely at random, the metal hose pops off and falls onto the floor. And my shin. And then a little piece broke off when it fell, and I picked it up and cut my hand on it. So I am bruised and bleeding from my nasty Hoover Telios Canister Vacuum.

So I told my husband to take it back and get a Eureka vacuum. That's the brand of our old vacuum and I have had it forever. It is now falling to pieces, but it has done its job and has never injured me. Well, now I have gotten off track.

Oh well, I'll save my new year's resolutions for tomorrow! Happy New Year!