I am out here on the island, eight months pregnant and on my own with a toddler and two dogs. The dogs have been walked daily, the kid is happy and fed and lathered with sunscreen. I've cooked all the meals and done all the dishes sans dishwasher. I feel pretty damn swell about it all. I've even been rocking a bikini.
I am living in my dad's old house, that I grew up in, but that he no longer lives in, but his girlfriend (one of my half brother's mothers), has fixed up beautifully. You got that? One day I'll try to draw a family tree...(currently I keep the info HERE.) The thing is, it has been rainy and sand seems to stick to rain. To the dogs, to my clothes, to the kid's shoes. And also, it is hot, which, means dogs shed. So, the house has a slight issue with dog fur and sand that I haven't quite gotten to.
My stepmom cleans houses on Saturdays in the summer for rental turnovers. And before her full day of work offered to come over, and clean my/her house. She phrased it as a gesture of love, not judgement. Isn't that sweet?
How do you offer to do something for someone, as a kindness, without seeming like you are judging their ability?
Check out the colors of the house, amazing, no? Maybe you should have her come do your color palette for your house! Oh, and speaking of colors. My friend of almost 20 years is giving away some of her luscious yarn, hand-dyed in Alaska, along with some other goodies. Check it out and enter HERE - it is FREE! (She also wrote soem really nice things about me HERE, gloat.)
