Cleaning the car

The other day was such a productive day here. It was one of those days where it just worked out to get the dog bathed and brushed out,get the latest blanket of leaves off the lawn,and so many other things that we always seem to let go for lack of time.Unfortunately, there are not many of these days in my life so there is always much to be done when one shows up.
Thankfully one had shown and we were in the thick of business when Mike pulled out one of his computer bags and started rummaging through it. He seemed a little irritated when he put the bag down so I asked what was going on. Here he was looking for the power( charging) cord for his GPS. He had mentioned that we needed to find it on our last trip to Cedar Point,but I had put it in the back of my mind and forgot. My first thought was that we had it last in my car so that must be where it was. Since I was in the middle of something, I asked Michael to go look. Joining him as soon as I had a chance, I realized that the car was such a mess that we better clean it or we would never find anything.One would not believe the garbage in the car( from pop cans, snack wrappers,products recently purchased but never brought in the house, to some unidentifiable stuff, that we will not describe)but we brought a trash can, recycle bin and a box to bring things into the house and within a half an hour, we had found not only the GPS cord but also a lens that had been taken out of Mike's glasses after his surgery ( he had been looking for it for some reason) a ton of hair ties who's supply I was just about to replenish,and tons of other things.My biggest surprise though was a bank envelope ( from July) containing $100.It is a good thing that I always check these envelopes before discarding them( of course this one was heavy so that would have been a clue)but I was psyched. It was like a little bonus for doing what I should have done a long time ago. I am wondering though, will this find motivate me to keep a cleaner car or will I give up when the next cleaning doesn't produce more than a couple quarters ? The latter is probably true as I can't fathom, not missing a lost $100 even this once, let alone again, but who knows. As for now Mike is happy to have his cord and my budget just got a little looser.
Tonight, maybe we will clean the living room !( I sort of remember having a wii in there someplace)