I'm still in my pyjamas, I just threw some clothes on over top (In my defense, I've been sick)
You can't walk two steps in my lounge without having to navigate something (to be fair, our lounge is only about 2 steps big anyway...).
My bedroom is something a teenager would be ashamed of.
I've got 2 little boys too, by the way, and I'm sure it won't always be like that - there will come a time where they can play with things for more than 5 minutes at a time, and can be bribed to pack up with pocket money or other things, and can be trusted to play outside on their own and play imagination games for ages. I don't know if that's true, but that's what I tell myself when I lie in bed and look at the filth in our room.
(In our case, I tell myself things will change when we move house too, we have one small linen closet for the whole house and no other storage, not even a pantry, no dishwasher, tiny lounge and laundry with no proper clothesline...it has to get better, cos I can't imagine things getting worse! )
Nelle, LOL, i am only dressed because we had visitors today. Oh and it does get heaps easier when you have a dishwasher, we actually got one installed to make life easier and its a life saver.
TD, yep thats generally how i do it, but once you've cleaned one room, move on to the next they trash the first room... its like a cycle.
dont worry...my house look like a bomb has hit it too...clean laundry everywhere, stuff all over the lounge and coffee table, floors havent been vaccuumed for over a week, hard floors havent been mopped and the bathroom hasn't been cleaned since DD was born!! Bathroom and vacuuming is on my "must do" list for this week!
Oh and I spent literally all day yesterday in my pyjamas! To be fair it was horrible weather...cloudy, rainy cold and miserable, the kind of day you want to spend in your pj's. Lol
DH calls the pile of clean washing in the laundry 'Mt Washmore'. It is literally about a weeks worth of washing that I am yet to get around to folding and putting away. The bathroom is gross, and somehow my 2 year old managed to get toothpaste all over the vanity and the shower screen *sigh* so I am going to have to clean it tomorrow. Would have done it today but a friend called and wanted to go out for coffee, which ended up lasting until pick up time lol. Much more fun than housework
TD, you can always come to mine! I even promise to supply lunch lol.
Don't sweat it, I can't remember when I last saw the bottom of the washin hampers, and that's clean OR dirty.
Beyond sweeping once a day and trying to coax things into piles I've pretty much given up for the moment. Until we get more storage it's an uphill battle and even dp (the domesticated of the two of us) seems to have given up and become disheartened.
So it's not just you and I'm sure it will pass - that or they'll be at school eventually. I think part of the prob is that you make so much more mess when you spend so much time at home, and it's too cold to get out as much as you might otherwise.
Hth
Oh Tan- I think your loungeroom had some help from many little hands this morning
I actualley only put away the my clean washing from the last couple of weeks this morning (we were running out of baskets) We had 2 days worth of dishes sitting on the sink, and I can't find my laundry because of the piles of dirty washing.
I think sometimes in life we just have to let go of what we think we should be doing and roll with the punches, somedays we have greasy hair, unironed clothes and messy houses- but at the end of the day so long as our kids are fed, and loved thats all that matters!
TD I love cleaning too! but i just don't have time to do it, between my 1 & 3 year old i am flat out all day... i usually clean late at night but lately have been too exhausted so its reached tip status
I'm just wondering how others with 2 little ones find the time to clean when you are looking after your kids?? when my baby goes for a nap, my toddler wants to play games we can't play when the baby is up, and usually after that i sneak in some computer time.
DH has offered to get in a cleaner but i don't want it to have come to that. Just can't wait until my boys can play more independantly, and are not velcro baby & toddler.
(In my defense, I've been sick)
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