Hello Nancy!

Saturday January 14 2006 19:02, you wrote to me:

 NB> -=> 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
 NB>>> not only that we hate it, but that we aren't all that great at
 NB>>> it either. Some areas of organization I prefer my way, but I
 NB>>> think that's the case for just about anyone of either sex...  :)

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

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

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

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

I always say that a tidy house is the sign of a sick mind :) And the kids
need a place to have a wobbly from time to time :)

Sean

--- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-041013