Mama Kat Thursday: Messies
The Mama Kat blog prompt today is to write a post inspired by to the word, "Messy." Years ago, back in the mid-80's when I was newly married, when I felt I needed some tips on keeping the handle on house clutter and general cleaning, I read a book called, "The Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping" by Sandra Felton. Keep in mind I'm just recalling highlight points that stood out to me back then: First she defined the term "Messie"---- which, spelled this way with "ie" in no way implies dirtiness or uncleanness. She used the word "Messie" to describe someone with a tendency either by personality or procrastination or both to be simply dis-inclined about dealing with the build-up of clutter that comes with life and family and have a struggle managing that. Then Sandra Felton goes through and describes how there are, in fact, different types of "Messie" personalities, each wi...