Not really wordless Wednesday: MOMFAIL edition
I need your support here. This is accountability time. Gah! My HOUSE is a WRECK! I know what most of you will say:
“You’ve been so ill.” “That’s nothing compared to my house” “Your kids are taking up all your time.” True. All True. (Well, except that “it’s nothing compared to my house” part. I’ve never seen your house.) But here’s the thing. I’m often not cleaning. Even when I have the time, I take it to do other things that are really of far lesser value than assuming the responsibilities that I have.
So, I’m going to show you three of my rooms. Next week I’m going to show you the same three rooms, cleaned up. I figure if I show you my pig sty and don’t show it to you all cleaned up a week later, then my word means NOTHING!
You might see me here and there on Twitter (especially over the weekend, cuz I’m really hoping to be done by Saturday afternoon). I’m even unplugging the computer until 7:30. I figure: Outta sight outta mind, right? Let’s hope.
So here we go. The proof of my momfail:
The Basement/Laundry area
Kitchen area:
The living room
And the real piece of work, MY DESK!
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well.. you *know* what my house looks like.
however, I will do my best to join you in your expedition. today? girls' room. tomorrow? boys' room. Friday? downstairs.
ugh. mess. HATE.
BALLSY – i like it!
Awesome. I LOVE before and after stuff. I can't wait to see how it all turns out. I wish I could join you, but I have to get ready to start home schooling Monday.
You are a better woman than I, I'd never show anyone
Yowza! Now I don't feel so bad knowing how my own house looks – maybe we all need to take a couple days off & clean up our messy rooms!
Thanks for the support. I’ve hit a major detour with this illness. I usually only get fevers at night after a long day, but I got smacked down today so I’ve been taking it easy. Unfortunately for the house. But Mr. B is taking the kiddies back to my mom’s tomorrow. I’m taking some Tylenol early and drinking a Coke (dammit!) and the house will have seen some friggin progress!
2 cents from the snoopy outsider….
It doesn’t take long for things to get like this. If you’re not completely anal retentive and neurotic about cleaning constantly (and neither is anyone else in your house) it’s going to look like a bomb hit it within a days. Don’t feel too bad. When you’re sick, house cleaning is NOT priority. Ever.
You know what has worked well for the insanely busy, and often exhausted and sick mommies on one of the boards I belong to? 30 Minute Challenges. Everyone who is sitting around on the board/Facebook/Twitter agrees to shut down their computers all at once, and tackle 30 minutes of consecutive cleaning simultaneously. When you come back 30 minutes later, you share exactly what you got done. Accountability AND team work.
In the interim, I hope the magic cleaning faerie descends on your place and waves her wand, because, like, that would be so much easier.
Lisa, you’re a brave woman. Your house looks quite a bit like mine, when my husband doesn’t intervene. Anyhow, I would not say this is MomFAIL at all. Your kids look happy, so that is MomWIN. Maybe we can call it HousewifeFAIL. And I’m in that club with you, lol.
I can’t criticize the mess, but DragonTales? Really? No wonder your blog is titled unfiltered insanity… it comes from watching those whiny pissants max and emmy!
There. Problem solved. You’re welcome. Call any time.
Um… I’m guessing I should bring a lot of organizational tools (plastic drawers, boxes, baskets and a labeler!) to your house?
Wow. I think Tia is right about one thing, though. If you aren’t completely anal retentive (like me) it will get messy quickly.
You have to have two things:
1. A pick up behind myself routine (ie- I have finished drinking what I’m going to drink out of this powerade bottle, now let’s put it in the fridge or in the trash immediately) AND
2. The 30 minute daily challenges that Tia spoke about. Whether you decide to have someone hold you accountable is your deal, but trust me, when people start coming over and saying OMG – your house is a WRECK (like they have been saying to me, and mine is WAY cleaner than any of my friends), it makes you accountable!
I love you whether or not your house is messy, but remember that you have asked the cleaning fairy to stay away during my visit. She doesn’t have money for a hotel room
You can do it!