Bride to Bee

In honor of Alisha, my sister, mom, and I threw her a little bridal shower. We did a breakfast time shower with family. We kept it simple with various honey foods, and one game where we asked Matthew to guess what Alisha would say to certain questions (we recorded him on video beforehand), and then had her answer the same questions. She did really well at matching his answers. It was a fun time.

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A wedding

I remember the day Matthew came home from the hospital. I remember when he potty trained. I remember when he was a cute little grade school kid. I moved across the country when he was about 15 or 16, so the years after that are less detailed in my memories of him. Maybe that's why it seems hardly believable that my little baby brother is old enough to be married.
But he is.

I know I am terribly behind as this happened months ago, but my baby brother married the lovely Alisha, and just like that, I have to admit that my baby brother is an adult.
Their day was lovely. Alisha looked fantastic, they both looked so happy. The temple ceremony was nice, a luncheon with various people gushing about the couple followed. In the evening, an outdoor reception with lots of dancing polished off the day. It couldn't have been better if you ask me. I am so happy for them and so happy that we have another fantastic member in our family.

On cleaning

If I had to choose one word to describe my cleaning style, I would pick...
Perfectionist.
This is not a good thing.
This leads to the following kinds of thoughts: "I can't clean the kitchen today because I do not have time to wipe down every cupboard, clean out the inside of the fridge and microwave, clean the oven door in between the glass, clean underneath the sink, etc so I guess I won't even get started on it right now." or "Yes, I did pick up and vacuum the living room, but it's not clean because the couch covers need to be laundered, the drawers in the entertainment center are filled with disorganized cords, the video games are not alphabetized, and there are syrupy child fingerprints on the arm of the chair."
I am also prone to get caught up on one area for so long that nothing else gets done. For example, I decide I am going to pick the clothes up off the bathroom floor. Then I figure since I am there anyway, I should switch out the shower curtain and towels and launder them with the clothes. And since I am doing that, I should probably clean the shower so the clean curtain is in a clean shower. Eventually, I am sorting through all the hair ties to throw away any that may be worn out, and on and on until I have spent all time that I may have to clean that day on one part of the house that is probably low on my priorities list.
I am pretty sure there is no way that I will ever in my life feel like my house is clean. There is always something else that needs to be done.
Does anyone else out there struggle with finding "good enough" in your efforts to keep your house clean and still have a life outside of cleaning?