First off, let's dispel the tidy illusion that so many of the people you see walking tall are actually steeped in deep abiding confidence.
"She told me, 'I wanted to thank you in person for making her look normal again.' " At midnight, Ms. Bowers shrugged off the prospect of tidying up.
Its lower end, close to the city's notorious downtown skid row, is one of the city's seediest strips, while the rest of Main Street stretches off into tidy, slightly dull, residential neighborhoods that are off the radar of most visitors.
Don't just shove everything out of sight, take the time to pick up everything off the floor, tidy your wardrobes, desk and cupboards and finish by hoovering and polishing your room.
Oddly enough, though, in the tidy and surprisingly touching Off Off Broadway revival at the Blue Heron Arts Center, the sentiments of the play are refreshing and sensible.
"It rounded off a tidy week for the towering Colombia striker on a personal level, after he gave Porto a Portuguese Cup semi-final first-leg advantage this week with an early winner against Benfica.
He is strong, can provide goals, score them, smack the ball in from 20 yards, find space at the near post and pull off a tidy nutmeg.
Here the tidy curtain comes down as Blanche is carted off to the madhouse.
Former centre Chris Lawrence is running straight and tidy lines just off the ruck.
At Costa, Mildred Samuels, a petite 76-year-old honey blonde, recently showed off her tidy home, which was gaily decorated for the holidays.
