I have a dream. It's not a big dream really. I have bigger. But while the bigger dreams may actually happen someday, I am fairly certain that THIS dream is out of my grasp.
My Dream:
To have my entire house clean at the very same moment.
Friday I mopped, meanwhile Ethan & Savanna powdered. Yes I knew it was quiet, yes I know quiet means trouble...but can't a mom mop just once without having to clean up a mess midway? The correct answer is no. Ethan & Savanna found an old bottle of baby powder--who knows where--and 'dusted' Tim's entire room and 87% of his possessions. (They ran out of powder before they ran out of things to dust.)
Saturday we hit the bedrooms. Yes I knew it was quiet, yes I know quiet means trouble...but can't a mom clean a bedroom just once without having to clean up a mess midway? The correct answer is no. Ethan decided the kitchen cabinets needed a good dejunking. He is very good on the unloading, but sadly, not so good on the reorganizing and putting away.
Today? While my kitchen still shows the effects of neglect and abuse, you will be happy to know that the shoe basket in my closet has been dumped, laundry basket contents distributed across the floor, and there is STILL powder across Tim's room. AND...my vacuum quit working.
I'm afraid that my only hope for a life of order is to remove the disorderlies. So for now, I guess I'll keep my kids and the messes that come with them.
8 comments:
You could always send them away while you clean the house, and then spend the next week yelling at them for messing it up again. That's what we do.
Status of my house: After being a complete disaster last week, it finally got put together. I'm now in the yelling phase of the cycle.
Ok Brenda...5 kids going cheap. One is a certified babysitter. At least one other is a certified mess maker.
Hee-hee, giggle, gaffaw . . . oh the joys of motherhood! Baby powder -oh no! De-junking cupboards - yikes! Do you suppose that when all your kids have grown up and moved on, that maybe then the house will be clean all at once and you'll be wishing you had messes to clean up?
Baby powder mess and a vacuum that doesn't work would do me in.
I clean and then I yell too!
BAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! WHY DO THEY HATE US SO MUCH?!?!?!??!
I'm here for you sistah. Been there, done that.
Sharon: When my kids are grown and out, I seriously doubt I'll miss it. Each phase of this motherhood thing has a way of beating sentiment right out of me. I'm gonna sit in my clean, tidy house and not answer the phone so they won't come to visit. I'll meet them at The Olive Garden instead.
"Certified Babysitter", huh?...though I guess that's true. But you can't blame me for the mess!...at least not all of it. :)
Downstairs disaster mostly contained...upstairs not bad for the moment. Hurry, NOW, is your chance...oops missed my clean house. Better luck next time.
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