T minus 8 Days! Life is about to get a little bit insane!
In eight days, 15 people will converge on us here in Colorado for three weeks of tour performances all over the state. The rockstar (but small-staffed) organization I sit on the board for, Ukraine Orphan Outreach, along with CBN's Orphan's Promise Kiev-Office, are bringing the Christmas musical performance "The Old Russian Shoemaker" on a state-wide tour.
So I'm finally hitting that panicked mode. I'm in hyper-drive deep cleaning my house. WHY IN THE WORLD do I want till the last 10 days to get that done? Well, my cleaning fairies went on strike about 12 years ago, so it's taken me awhile to get into the groove of picking up their slack. My family will be hosting 3 grown men for 17 days. Fun times. My basement is about to be turned into a bachelor pad. I'm glad they will have their own bathroom. Just saying. Don't judge me.
The past six months have been a learning curve for me. I've never had to book venues and events performances before; while I've organized conferences, weddings and other fundraising events and galas, booking performancesis was outside my skill set. Now I can add it to my resume. Six months ago I didn't even know what a "rider" was. (It's a list of requirements from the performers to the venue...so you can feel as informed as I am). I've learned a lot. I've made program flyers, designed and printed posters, booked venues, spoke with organization staff about the said rider requirements, booked flights for the tour group, arranged host homes, written a host home handbook (22 pages, thank you very much), updated the website, sent out Constant Contact please for donations....and it all comes to a head next Tuesday at 3:30PM when our tour group lands in Denver. Holy Moly Batman!
So on Saturday night I stayed up way too late on Facebook, then I decided I needed a plan to get my house cleaned - a checklist. I love checklists. Thank you to those who make them for me. So this lady - the FlyLady is pretty much a genius in keeping your house clean and keeping your stuff together. I think some people are born with that gift - to keep things clean and tidy. I was not. I can walk pass a piece of scrap paper on my carpet for a week before I even "see" it and toss it - usually Saturday aka Cleaning Day! Saturday night I printed off her deep cleaning check list by "Zones". Basically zones are areas of your house, she breaks them down, pure genius I tell you!
On Sunday morning before church (we went to 2nd service since Eric had to work...slept in), I started on the first zone. The entry hall. By Sunday evening I had the hall all cleaned, coat closet the best it has looked since we moved in, baseboards oiled and windows cleaned. Boom. Zone 1 of 5 down! Hollar! (Yes Lauren, I know I'm white. Shut it.) So now it's Monday over the lunch hour, I'm working from home due to a sick little lady, and thinking about what I will get accomplished from 5-7pm before my hubby gets home from work. Zone 2 is the dining room, which when you have an open-living concept home, it flows into everything else. Not sure I want to tackle the living room tonight too...but considering I have 8 days and baskets of laundry upstairs in our room that need to be put away, it's either the living room or laundry tonight. If you know me at all, you know I LOATHE folding laundry. My bet is on the living room winning this round.
Debt Update: We have $5700 left on the credit card to pay off! Little by little. That's $800 paid off since we first were rejected by OM International for having too much debt. Baby steps to financial freedom! So worth it!
In eight days, 15 people will converge on us here in Colorado for three weeks of tour performances all over the state. The rockstar (but small-staffed) organization I sit on the board for, Ukraine Orphan Outreach, along with CBN's Orphan's Promise Kiev-Office, are bringing the Christmas musical performance "The Old Russian Shoemaker" on a state-wide tour.
So I'm finally hitting that panicked mode. I'm in hyper-drive deep cleaning my house. WHY IN THE WORLD do I want till the last 10 days to get that done? Well, my cleaning fairies went on strike about 12 years ago, so it's taken me awhile to get into the groove of picking up their slack. My family will be hosting 3 grown men for 17 days. Fun times. My basement is about to be turned into a bachelor pad. I'm glad they will have their own bathroom. Just saying. Don't judge me.
The past six months have been a learning curve for me. I've never had to book venues and events performances before; while I've organized conferences, weddings and other fundraising events and galas, booking performances
So on Saturday night I stayed up way too late on Facebook, then I decided I needed a plan to get my house cleaned - a checklist. I love checklists. Thank you to those who make them for me. So this lady - the FlyLady is pretty much a genius in keeping your house clean and keeping your stuff together. I think some people are born with that gift - to keep things clean and tidy. I was not. I can walk pass a piece of scrap paper on my carpet for a week before I even "see" it and toss it - usually Saturday aka Cleaning Day! Saturday night I printed off her deep cleaning check list by "Zones". Basically zones are areas of your house, she breaks them down, pure genius I tell you!
On Sunday morning before church (we went to 2nd service since Eric had to work...slept in), I started on the first zone. The entry hall. By Sunday evening I had the hall all cleaned, coat closet the best it has looked since we moved in, baseboards oiled and windows cleaned. Boom. Zone 1 of 5 down! Hollar! (Yes Lauren, I know I'm white. Shut it.) So now it's Monday over the lunch hour, I'm working from home due to a sick little lady, and thinking about what I will get accomplished from 5-7pm before my hubby gets home from work. Zone 2 is the dining room, which when you have an open-living concept home, it flows into everything else. Not sure I want to tackle the living room tonight too...but considering I have 8 days and baskets of laundry upstairs in our room that need to be put away, it's either the living room or laundry tonight. If you know me at all, you know I LOATHE folding laundry. My bet is on the living room winning this round.
Debt Update: We have $5700 left on the credit card to pay off! Little by little. That's $800 paid off since we first were rejected by OM International for having too much debt. Baby steps to financial freedom! So worth it!
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