Discipline

It is a discipline, leaving the house picture perfect every day.  I think we spend half an hour each, every morning before we leave the house, cleaning up every little thing and picking up after ourselves.  Every object has to be put away, bedcovers straightened, pillows fluffed, blinds adjusted, floor swept, sink wiped.  There are no collection points.  No recycling bin in the kitchen - stuff just goes straight outside.  No dirty laundry is anywhere (it's all washed immediately), and no clean laundry either (it all gets put away before we next leave the house).  No dirty dishes in the sink, no clean dishes in the dish drain, and no dish drain on the counter.  No wet towels hanging in the bathroom (they go in the laundry).  We have switched to disposable diapers for now because we can't collect three days' worth of smelly diapers to wash, and don't want a bin taking up space anywhere; we just put the disposables in the kitchen trash and take it out frequently.

There are also fewer collection points for things we are trying to remember.  There's no visible calendar, because nothing is on the walls.  There's no dry-erase board for a shopping list because nothing is stuck to the fridge.  Thank goodness the computer always looks neat and sleek on the outside.