I actually had the whole morning to myself before my daughter comes home and we go to meet my family, so I did two more hours this morning. A lot of this was moving clutter to one centralized spot (the guest bedroom), but I'm counting it anyway because I threw out quite a lot in the process and getting the clutter to a few consolidated places is sort of the first step in going through it.

Now the whole downstairs and two of the three bedrooms are what I can "surface clean" - not perfect, but tidy. After the clutter was out of the way, I vacuumed and swept and dusted surfaces and man, it's a wonder what that does for my mood. Best possible Christmas present I could have given myself and my daughter: an orderly home. That just seems to be a lesson I need to learn over and over again.

I also took some time yesterday to clean out the car and take it to the car wash. We are leaving on a long car trip today, and it's also a good feeling to be in a clean car.

New total: 6.