-=> 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... :)   
      
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