Cleanliness is After Godliness

I decided we should take a week off from school so I can concentrate on doing some Spring Cleaning. So far I have done two days of cleaning. My dad has come over to keep my kids occupied while I get a few things done. He accomplishes this by letting them climb all over him and by taking them for "rides". Here is what I've done so far: cleaned both bathrooms, vacuumed all the floors (both things I should have been doing anyway), and filing.

Actually, I haven't finished the filing. It is a work in progress. It's one of those things I always intend to do once a month, but it just doesn't happen. Now here we are one-and-a-half years later, and I have a stack of filing to do which is at least 2 feet tall (I'm not kidding).

You would think that after cleaning for TWO DAYS that I would see more results. I take comfort by telling myself that when I die I won't wish I had spent more time cleaning. I hope that I will be happy with the balance I am trying to keep between a healthy amount of cleanliness in the home vs. time spent with my children. And while I'm "cleaning the soap" (?!?), I smile at hearing my boys reciting scripture as they color. :-)