The power of… the shiny sink.

Why would you want to shine your sink? Because it’s GORGEOUS! See?

Ooooo.... shiinnnyyy!

If you haven’t discovered FlyLady yet, feel free to hop over and visit. Who is FlyLady? She’s an extremely organized lady who is encouraging others to FLY! One of the ways we can fly is by keeping our house organized and out of CHAOS (can’t have anyone over syndrome, btw). The first step is to shine your sink. I agree, it sounds silly. She even told me it would sound silly. But I did it. And if you do it, I’m willing to bet you’ll love it too and here’s why:

Because you’ll want to keep it that way

My mom has shined mine for me. Multiple times. And it was gorgeous each time. But guess what? Within a few days it was back to normal. My theory is that it’s because I didn’t do it. We tend to be a little more possessive of something we’ve done ourselves. When someone else does it for us, we don’t have quite the same attachment.

Because you’ll want to shiny up more

You’ll want to shiny up the spaces around that shiny sink (notice that the picture does NOT include the counters around the sink… yet. It’ll come. Patience, grasshopper.). I had dishes on the left side that were from the dishwasher – mostly plastics that needed to dry a little more before being put away. There were other odds and ends from my daughter’s days of sippy cups (she’s about to turn 7. SEVEN!).  There are also sometimes pots or pans that I hand-washed and set over there to dry. No more! It made me want to continue de-cluttering, but I made myself stop. Some of you clean-freak types (and even some of you who know it’s rare that we get into a “cleaning mood”) are probably yelling, “Why?!”

Baby Steps

I stopped because I had told myself I would clean off and shine my sink. That was it. After that was quality time with my husband and the completion of a  much anticipated Dr. Who episode. Tonight, I’ll be doing another piece of the counter, shine my sink, then go have some more quality time with my husband.

I’ll be honest. I’m not looking forward to this. I enjoy organizing, but I’m also a bit of a pack rat. “But that wine bottle is so neat and it’s clay with a foreign language on it, so it must be valuable! So what if it was something the previous owners left when we moved in 5 years ago!” “Hey, I might find the cup this lid goes to…” “Awww… Taylor made that Halloween bucket out of a paint can when she was in K-4. Or was it K-3?” Any of those sound vaguely familiar?

Each night, I’ll be shining my sink. I hope you will too – it really is a neat feeling.