Why am I incapable of keeping my house clean? It baffles me. I try to play it off like it's all Josh and Aidan's fault (they are very, very messy), but the truth it, a lot of it's me. And then when it's messy, I get so depressed that my house is dirty that I just want to sit on the couch and be lazy, therefore it gets more messy and I get more depressed so I don't clean... it's a vicious cycle.
It seems to run in my family. My mom, my sisters, we are all this way. Except ReAnne, what's up with that? Actually, compared to my twin and my oldest sister, I am not even that messy. After they move out of place it needs to be bulldozed. At least I don't leave food out and let it get moldy, and I keep up with laundry and dishes. My house just never really looks neat, and I don't do detail cleaning very often. I thought it was normal until I married Josh.
My mother in law, oh my goodness. Sometimes I think she is super woman. She works 50+ hours a week, goes to school, and her house... spotless. What she considers messy is what I would call immaculate. And then my sister in law, Sarah, it's the same thing. Everything is always in order. I comforted myself in the fact that it must just be the females in Josh's family, like they inherited a feminine cleanliness gene, because Josh certainly didn't inherit it. I was wrong.
David moved to Bartlesville back in October. David's room is always neat, his bed is always made (seriously, I didn't think people really made their beds more then once a week when I lived with my parents), and, get this, he picks up after himself. Weird, I know.
So, maybe if one of them donates blood to me I will have the ability to keep up with it? Oh, wait, it doesn't work like that. Crap. Maybe I can hire one of them to clean my house, that sounds much more likely. I can pay them $10 an hour as long as it only take an hour a week to keep my house beautifully clean and organized. Ha.
I am writing this blog to keep from cleaning house. Surprise, surprise.
Oh, and something a little off topic... this is kind of funny. I realized that all these other blogs I read are all about people's dating, sex, and love lives... going out to clubs on weekends, meeting a hot guy, finding out he's a crazy tree hugging palm reader or something interesting like that... and then my blog is about cleaning house. Oh the life I lead, lol.
Me!!
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My son!
Future model/muscian
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Not impressed? Well you should be!
7 comments:
I have this same problem. I also get overwhelmed when my house is messy and would rather sit on my couch and be depressed about it, rather than clean it...
And seriously, who makes their beds? I don't!!!
ummm.... I started making my bed... not all the time just about 4 times a week... and if I had a shitty day I make it right before I go to bed or when I get home that evening.. yeah.. shut up... you can blame my sister and mother for buying me AMAZING sheets and bedding!! LOL
-L
This definitely sounds like you lol :) I would have to say that Sean is more clean than I am, so don't feel bad. I almost feel lazy when he cleans, and then I remember that he has an incredible amount of energy. Oh, and when you have a small child you take your brakes every time you have a chance, it's a rule...ok, it's my rule :)
i guess the way i feel about cleaning is that why should i pick up after a grown man when he wont do it for himself .. "oh you dont want to bend over get it off the floor and put it in the basket thats weird..ME NEITHER!!!" i always tried to tell myself i would make my kids clean up after themselves bcuz my mom didnt and im messy but then i got to thinkin... IF i make him clean up after himself his whole life then by the time he moves out when hes thirty ... he wont want to do it cuz he had to do it his whole life.... but if i dont make him clean up then when he moves out he can be like well i never had to so i dont know how so ... either way we're all screwed up by our parents and isnt that really what this is all about~@~!
i dont "do" chores. like right now, there is a huge pile of (clean, mind you)clothes on my floor. not to mention cds, books, purses and shoes. i have to choose where i walk so i wont step on anything. haha! so your not alone in hatin house work.
dph - great name! I'm glad I'm not alone in this... I've been checking out your blog, very funny!
Lee - Blah blah blah go ahead and make your bed and then come and then come and make mine while you're at it, ha... I have nice sheets, too... 1000 thread count sheets wadded up in a ball on my floor, lol.
Sarah - Yes, a baby is an excuse to be as messy as you need! I wish my husband would clean, you're lucky!
Andrea - I agree, if Josh isn't going to pick up his crap, why should I? Haha... but I try to teach Aidan to pick up.
Jill - Why do chores when you still live with parents, right? Sometimes I wish I still had my mom to do my laundry! Seriously!
This is your "clean" sister. Truthfully, there is a big difference between toys being on the floor and a few dishes in the sink then piss around your toliet and moldy food in the living room. "Clean" to me means I make sure my toliet bowls get done, shower stays free of mold, and cobwebs don't live so long that flies begin to gather:) Give yourself a break. School changes things too, it can be exhausting. It amazes me how I clean the entire house everyday after work, and before I go to bed I realize, "hey, I am going to get to clean the whole house again tomorrow when I get home." And, where Ariana and Terry do make a lot of messes, I don't like to clean up after myself immediatley.Once the house is clean, I like to set my coffee cut on top of the VCR, and leave my make-up out until I get home and clean it all up again, just to mess it up...hmmm... ReAnne....
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