-=> Quoting Sean Rima to Nancy Backus on 01-11-06  18:03 <=-

 SR>> LOL, good to see a member of the opposite sex admit to it :)
 NB>> I suspect that you'd find quite a number of us who would admit not
 NB>> only that we hate it, but that we aren't all that great at it either.
 NB>> Some areas of organization I prefer my way, but I think that's the
 NB>> case for just about anyone of either sex...  :)

 SR> Only meet one other woman who admitted to being bad at it but the rest
 SR> I work with seem to be perfectionists :)

Well, there are some (and some men as well) that are what my MIL called
"nasty-neat" housekeepers...  But perhaps some that you work with are
just trying to keep up appearances...  :)

I gave up on trying to keep up a long time ago, though.  I teach piano
in my home, and usually manage to keep the area around the piano clear,
and the piano accessible for lessons (as well as for my own practice). 
After a while, part of my initial interview with prospective students or
their parents, included a disclaimer about the state of my house, and
suggested that if a messy house was going to bother them, then I wasn't
the right teacher for them.  Never had a student/parent back out at that
point, though... I usually got a "You haven't seen the state of MY
house!" remark back, too...  :)

One parent made my day, though, when I had occasion to feel I should
apologize to her for the state of my house and did so, by replying, "But
I don't pay you for the state of your house, but for teaching my kids
piano, and that you do excellently!"  :)   I think she went on to say
something about priorities being in the right place... :)

ttyl       neb

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