Good morning!

Good morning, my lovelies! Happy Tuesday!

Well, it's a wee bit wet out there today, we had some nice deluges overnight, got a couple of inches of much needed rain, for which I am very thankful!

My dogs are not too happy today, it's my AVON delivery day so they have to be in more than out, anyway, but also there are intermittent showers, so they are losing some of their morning out to the wet stuff too.

I had to postpone my friend coming to clean, for me. Mopping my floors today would be a wasted exercise with 16 pawprints in and out all day. She's going to come tomorrow instead. I am so blessed, and very thankful, to have her! And thankful for my AVON money that pays for her to come. My money is really helping us with extras like this, that, for me, are "necessities" for my peace of mind.

I don't think many people even think of the "guilt" that accompanies becoming disabled, the way we feel about no longer being able to do for ourselves the things that we once took for granted. Like the darn housework! I don't think there are many people who REALLY enjoy DOING housework. They may love the results but it's the accomplishment that satisfies, not the actual work involved. Yet, now, I wish I were able to still do mine.

For the longest time, my poor hubby was getting in from work and doing it all, the sweeping, the mopping, on top of taking trash out and the laundry, and my only "work" was sitting to wash dishes or to cook. He was so stressed all the while, and me just lying there in my bed, feeling guilty at how hard he struggled to do it all. Some days I just wanted to cry. I felt I had let him down, was somehow shirking on what should have been MY responsibility. I hated seeing him so worn out. Jokingly, I always said, if I won the lottery, the first thing I'd get was a maid.

Then my AVON bonus checks started growing nicely into the upper $300s, and even $420, and I told hubby, I was taking some of that to make his life easier. My house cleaning costs me $50 a week and is worth its weight in gold. To some this would seem like a luxury but to me, it's a necessity. It has taken the guilt of "not pulling my weight" off my shoulders, it has taken all the extra housework off hubby although he still does laundry and the trash, and it has removed so much stress. It is a godsend.

Have a wonderful Tuesday my friends!