Thanks Cousin

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hidebound \HAHYD-bound\, adjective:
narrow-minded and stubborn.

By 1559, from hide "cattle skin" + past tense of bind. Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded 1603.

Corrine saw this post on Tamara's blog about Cassidy cleaning the whole house. Actually, she heard us talking about it and then asked to see it. We showed it to her and she was all gung-ho about cleaning my bathroom with a toothbrush. Then she had to clean out the cabinets and wipe them down. She did 2 shelves. And she did a great job of cleaning my bathroom. I loved it! I only wish it would have lasted a bit longer.
The whole time she kept asking me to take pictures of her mopping the floor, or wiping down the shower, or scrubbing the cupboards. I kept putting it off because I knew that the second I took the last shot, she would proclaim her work finished. That was two days ago, and I'm still waiting for her to finish her own bathroom. You know what though? That's probably more than I did when I was her age! Love that she wanted to clean. Even if it was to keep up with her cuz. Now we just need to work on her organizational skillz. Earlier this evening, I had asked her to put away her crafty stuff and she just chucked it all in a box and flung the box in a far away corner. I tried to explain to her the benefits of organization and she goes, "Ugh. I don't like organizing things. It takes too long. Why don't you just do it?"
Ummm, right.
Honestly! She can be so hidebound sometimes!

Comments

Unknown said…
YEAAAAHHHH, I use to do that with Nat then go right behind her and redo whatever she did. Uhhh maybe that is why she is like OCD in cleaning. I created a monster! You should have put the little orphan annie music on while she was cleaning...."It's a hard life" lol she would have really wanted herself filmed while she danced her way through her chores! CUTE girlie! hugs....
March 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Tamara with a "T" said…
That is so cute! I am so happy that she helped you clean...NOW I'm going to show Cassidy this post and then she'll feel obligated to do some more cleaning... he he...am I evil?
March 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Danielle said…
Good job Corrineeee! I swear that everyone is either born with a cleaning gene or a non-cleaning gene. I was born with the non-cleaning, unorganized, scatterbrained gene. It's okay though - I married someone with a cleaning gene. Seriously though? I find it so hard to keep things clean...how do they get dirty so fast? Ugh. I'm going to get rich and hire a maid. Or just invite Tamara and Cassidy over. Kachow!

elihi
March 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Antonio said…
You reading this kiddos?
March 18, 2009 at 9:25 PM
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