Now that I have a job that I actually want to go to, I find that I am working long hours away from home. Along with my new found excitement about work, I am sure that I am about to experience a dating renaissance that will keep me from home. (See I have already forgotten my despair from last week.) So in preparation for my future exciting life, I have hired a dog sitter to come to the house every afternoon and spend 30 minutes with the boys, so I will not feel so guilty about being away from home. Why don’t they understand that momma has to work so they can have nice things? Anyway, this means that I have to make sure the house is in a state that a stranger will not think I am perverted slob. So I have made a checklist.

Pickup clothing up off the floor in living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway

Remove ropes from bed posts

Wipe muddy paw prints off furniture

Re-hang curtains

Hide porn

Put away butter

Pick up lamps and chairs that have been knocked over during the night.

Somewhere I have a draft of a Date-Proofing My Apartment post that is remarkably similar.