but, sadly, i hardly ever take the time to keep it clean...oh, it's not filthy! but i want it to be neat and organised at all times! i know that all i would need to do is to do a little everyday and that would keep me ahead and things wouldn't pile up...but do you think knowing this and actually doing it are the same thing?
when i know we have guests coming however, then i go into clean mode. being patient, like a creeping glacier, i take each room and straighten it up...taking the things out that don't need to be there and putting them in the next room. for example, i find that i almost never need 10mil lego bits in my kitchen or a few thousand cuddly aminals(Erinspeak) in the sofa. you may think me insane but they jut don't belong there.
so...things gravitate from room to room in succession as i clean them...finally i'm left at the bottom of the stairs with a load of things that need to be up there. a perfect cleaning strategy to me...though tilda has yet to grasp the inner magnificense of it. :-P
the kids rooms are always a world unto themselves. they seem to demonstrate the inherit chaos entwined in the frabric of the universe. everyday vera MUST empty her dress up clothes drawer and ofcourse everything ends up on the floor while she searches for that one ballerina top that she wanted. afterwards she's WAY to occupied with other worldly matters to bother to tidy up the pile of shiney cloth and glitering necaklaces.
erin attempts to keep her room straightened up...i guess she still remembers the time we used to dock her saturday candy when it wasn't clean. so her room isn't that bad really.
our room is usually full of tilda's 5million articles of clothing(while she still tells me that i need to thin out my clothes supply, which seem to only consist of 2 jeans and 5 t-shirts, lmao). make the bed there and usually it looks good. the closet is in order now so clothes can return to their destined place.
the upstairs toilet is so small that dust and clutter feel too claustrphobic to even go in there. so it's easy too. most times the jacuzzi needs a good scrubbing after the kids have splashed more soap on the walls than themselves and the dirt ring from my little angels needs a power sander to remove.
but...after all that...the place really looks nice. then the guests come and make 50 dirty dishes per person and set free captive dust bunnies from their pockets. so, by the time they leave it's not quite a disaster area but neatness has definatly taken a beating and is in a groggy state.
so...after all this prattling and long-winded complaints, i give you 3 pics of our clean living room and dining room BEFORE the evil guests have come.
2 comments:
WOW, it´s amazing Ron (and Matilda)! Haha, yeah, it´s NOT a surprise to me that Matilda is the one hwo´s got the most clothes...;) Me and wifie want to come (as soon as I start my new, not well paid, but much better paid) job!
we can't wait to have you here...both of you. been much too long since we've seen eachother. you're welcome whenever and for as long as you want to stay.
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