Ive found the one semi-clean spot in my house (the piano room) and Im parked with the laptop, looking out the window. It's a hot one today....i guess it might have hit 90 degrees but the fan is blowing and Im comfortably teetering on 1. cleaning my house or 2. burning my house! Joking of course about burning my house but do you ever get the urge to gather everything up, put it in a pile and set it alight! BURN BABY BURN.....ummm I am not a pyromaniac but my house is sending me over the edge.
I have days of total motivation, music blaring, happy thoughts floating around my head and the smell of Lysol wafting through my house. Oh those are far and few between but they do happen and I love it. I love feeling like I did something productive and that my house doesn't look like a tornado hit it. Is this is a struggle for everyone? I just can't seem to stay on top of it but really I think its my kids fault! There I did it, I passed the blame....lol. They just can't seem to clean up after themselves but I wonder if they are just pitiful products of their environment and I have taught them to procrastinate until they absolutely have to chuck everything in a closet to hide it from guests or to pull everything out from under beds, laundry, paper, junk all into the middle of the floor and finally get down to business and sort it all.
It's looking like tomorrow will be one of those days. I've had tables out with clothes on them for a week now and just cant get the excitement to sort summer/winter clothes. I have, however, brought 6-8 bags of clothes and other non-essential items to the Goodwill truck at Albertsons. How can I get rid of that much stuff and still have little piles of CRAP all throughout mi casa?
Ugh...what is wrong with me. I remember a time I was so organized and on top of my little apartment. Granted I only had one kid and the apartment in question was like 900 sq ft. That's like 11 years ago. I should give myself a break - that was another lifetime, another person! Now im just a frustrated obsessive compulsive with little time and little interest!
Ok here's the plan. I went to walmart today and bought brite orange fitted sheets to match the boys bedding that Ive had in storage for a year. In the morning I'm going to tear their room apart, only keep a handful of outfits for them and set up their new beds. Maybe that will motivate them to stay on top of their room. I do have to say the boys are so much better than the girls. Baili especially likes to collect papers, tons of them, notes from school and whatnot's?
Maybe our house is just too big. Maybe I need/deserve a maid. Maybe pigs will fly.
Why put off till tomorrow what you can do today?.......just too tired!
Teen Girl Bedroom Decor
2 months ago
OK....
ReplyDelete1. Make the kids clean before they are allowed to watch tv, play or go anywhere (except for school).
2. Lay down the law.
3. Assign a cleaning day, like Saturday (like we had when little) and everyone has to deep clean that day.
4. Little bits of cleaning still have to be done on the weekdays.
5. Ship Baili up to me for the summer, and I will whip her into shape. She will be my nanny/maid. Can't wait!
6. I also have days like this...no motivation. Toys everywhere. Stub your tow 1 million times on a block. And then, your kid takes a shite on the carpet. I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!