Friday Focus: cleaning out your handbag and car.
Crisis Cleaning Your Car!
flylady, 10/5/2012 4:00 am
Dear FlyLady,
I've been fluttering and flying low for a year now - in my home. I've stopped and started a few times but have come to realize I'm a SHE that NEEDS routines and very small increments (hello timer!) of cleaning and de-cluttering in order to live peacefully and with a smile on my face. I'm not perfect and I've learned not to expect that of myself or my two DS's or my home.
I wanted to write to confess that my flying NEVER left my front door. I had a car that was fully sunk into CHAOS. UFO's, crumbs, trash and toys that seemed to multiply, along with books and mail. I turned a blind eye to it because I felt overwhelmed. My wake up call came four days ago when I was driving on the freeway here in Arizona. It was 104 degrees and I saw a former student of mine and her mother on the side of the road. My very first instinct was to pull over and give them a ride or at least let them cool off in my car while we waited for a tow truck. But I glanced in the back seat and my stomach turned and my heart sank. There was no ROOM for those sweet ladies to get in my car! I was SO ashamed... drove past them and prayed that the tow truck would come quickly. I went home and cried. Then dried my tears and grabbed some bags - time for a Crisis Cleaning for that car! I sorted and tossed and sweat my tushy off while I thought of those ladies and committed to having a hospitable car where I can open the door and say "come on in".
Purple Puddles today when I was driving down a different stretch of the same freeway today and saw one of my church friends on the side of the road. I immediately pulled over and invited her in while she was waiting for AAA. I was able to keep her from the 102 degree heat and I even had an extra few bottles of water and some snack baggies of almonds in the car! We enjoyed our visit on the side of the freeway and I've already emailed your website to her as she requested! SUCH a blessing to be free of CHAOS in my home and now in my car.
Thank you for your wisdom, advice, and encouragement.
Hugs from a FlyChickie in Tucson, AZ
On today's todo list. I need to "restock" my water, check my "be prepared" basket, and put some bars, nut packs in the car. (It also need a good hoovering, wipe down and glass clean inside - and a drive through the car wash outside.