My House is a Mess, Can't Concentrate!
I wonder if this is a "woman" thing. Now that I have 3 children I'm not as picky about having a clean house as I used to be but I have to say every once in a while I just get into a state if I can't find something or the kids have left their toys everywhere.
Then I have to stop what I'm doing until I clean everything up, otherwise I just can't concentrate with it on the back of my mind. I gave up a while back on having a super neat house but I just can't stay on top of the kids mess these days, with work, school commitments and activities, the house seems to come last.
The worst part is I'm outnumbered! I seem to be the only neat freak in this family so that's 1 against 4, my odds aren't very good.
Hiring a housecleaner will ease the burden once a week but what about the rest of the week, LOL. I'm pretty strict too about making my kids pick up after themselves but the piles of laundry, dishes, gardening and everything else is really overwhelming!
I just plain feel better and more centered in a clean, tidy house. To me mess signifies chaos, I'd rather have an oasis of calm... not sure that's going to happen anytime soon though ;-)
Then I have to stop what I'm doing until I clean everything up, otherwise I just can't concentrate with it on the back of my mind. I gave up a while back on having a super neat house but I just can't stay on top of the kids mess these days, with work, school commitments and activities, the house seems to come last.
The worst part is I'm outnumbered! I seem to be the only neat freak in this family so that's 1 against 4, my odds aren't very good.
Hiring a housecleaner will ease the burden once a week but what about the rest of the week, LOL. I'm pretty strict too about making my kids pick up after themselves but the piles of laundry, dishes, gardening and everything else is really overwhelming!
I just plain feel better and more centered in a clean, tidy house. To me mess signifies chaos, I'd rather have an oasis of calm... not sure that's going to happen anytime soon though ;-)
posted by Mila at 2:35 AM
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I have these moments too Mila! I feel as if I'm shoveling snow in a blizzard sometimes.
I envision my sister sitting on the sofa relaxing while her 3 teenaged boys clean for her. She says to me: "Your time will come, my dear."
;)
Shoveling snow in a blizzard that's pretty much how I feel! LOL
I'm looking forward to my kids being able to do more too. They help now but sometimes the help ain't so great if you know what I mean...
The other day my 10 year old "unloaded" the dishwasher. A few hours later I was making dinner and I found a dirty cup in the cupboard, I thought that's strange...
Then I found a dirty plate... well I started searching and it turns out he had unloaded a half dirty dishwasher! ARRGHHH
It took me extra time to find all the dirty dishes, cutlery, glasses and some extras "just in case" LOL
but it's nice that they try to help isn't it? hmmmm
Hi Mila, I know what you mean. I'm kiddless this morning but since I let things get out of hand this week (it doesn't take much, does it) I haven't been able to concentrate at all.
I have started doing a regular decluttering on Saturdays that is helping a lot, I'm posting about it above :0)
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