Everyone has fresh, clean, wonderful smelling sheets on their beds. I'm obsessed with our clothes and linens smelling good after coming out of the dryer so I tried some new dryer sheets that my Dad told me about. I've used liquid Downy for years but got sick of it leaving spots on our clothes. My Mom uses Gain detergent and Gain dryer sheets. When my kids come home from her house, I love to open the suitcase because I smell my mom's house! So I switched to Gain! Then my Dad called me the other day and told me about these Wal Mart brand of Lavender dryer sheets. The box is huge and they are cheap! They come in a purple box smell heavenly! Lavender would not be a scent I would usually be fond of but I love it in these dryer sheets. (My dad is funny about stuff like this. When it comes to household products, he's kind of obsessive and that is why I have a cabinet FULL of cleaning supplies. I am a little nutty when it comes to buying Clorox wipes, air fresheners and cleaners.)
With a family of five, the laundry never ends. NEVER! As soon as I get caught up with laundry, I'm behind a day later. My husband is an organizational and clean freak and constantly reminds me that if I would do a load of laundry every single day, I would never get behind. But the same goes with the dishes and the dishwasher. As soon as I get it unloaded, I have enough dishes in the sink to fully load it again. And another thing! The trash in our kitchen is totally full almost every single day! Oh and what about the kitchen floor? I clean it at least three times a day. So the laundry is almost completely finished, except for the clothes I am wearing right now (the ones I woke up in). As soon as I take a bath tonight, I'll put this tank top and pair of boxer shorts in the empty laundry sorter downstairs and by afternoon tomorrow, I will have a FULL load to wash! Now if I could just get in the habit of folding the clothes AS SOON as they come out of the dryer, life would be super great!
Tomorrow I need to vacuum the bedrooms, clean my bathroom, hang up a pile of "tried on" clothes in my closet (my Saturday night routine at about 10pm is to try on clothes for Sunday morning), make the beds (because if I make them, I will feel good about myself), put up all the clothes I folded tonight that are on the couch, fold what's in the dryer, unload the dishwasher and load it, the house will be clean, organized and looking good! Oh and I will feel good to have it all done and Jeremy will feel loved and appreciated because he craves order and organization. And I do too but I struggle to get it. I'm not dirty. I'm just bad about leaving shoes out, earrings out, and my clothes. Jeremy says I make a trail when I walk in the door. Usually men are the ones making trails but in this house, it's me. The upstairs playroom has storage bins for toys, the books have a bin, the blocks, the legos, the dolls, etc. Everything has it's place. For that, I'm proud of myself because I did that. Not Jeremy, but me! I also have an attractive brown, canvas tote/box type of thing that I keep by the stairs. This is what I use to do a run through downstairs to pick up all the stuff that belongs upstairs. I do it every night and empty almost every night before bed. For that, I'm proud of myself because I did that! Not Jeremy, but me! So I can be clean and organized, it's just hard to keep it up and stay motivated when you are at home so much raising little people that need you 24/7.
Needless to say, this is my biggest struggle as a stay at home Mom and I'm sure there are millions of others who struggle with the same exact thing. I get so freaked out when everything I have cleaned gets dirty again and I lack discipline to keep it up. I go in spurts. Right now I'm on top of it. Pantry, fridge, everything is organized (except for one closet downstairs that I'm hoping someone will help me with because it will overwhelm me)! Now if I can just keep it this way! I LOVE having my home in order and it makes me feel so good about the job I'm doing as a wife and mother.
I know the FlyLady would be so proud and I would love to call on her for some assistance but I can't handle the flood of emails in my inbox. Too overwhelming! So I'm praying I can keep this up. It truly is a never ending job.
But oh how I live for these moments! Everyone is sleeping, everything is clean (almost) and I can now enjoy a hot bath and the Mark of The Lion trilogy.
I do plan on asking God when I get to Heaven when the Proverbs 31 Woman slept because I really think I could stay awake all day long and never be finished. :) This Lady Of Virtue stuff, well, it's hard!
June Cleaver, I'll never be but I totally dig all those cute aprons she wore!
3 comments:
It's exactly the same way at my house- my husband is always wishing I could be more tidy. It's hard! I'm with you...
Same situation here. Joel likes organization...I struggle keeping it all together! When I'm even a bit successful, I am so giddy! And the laundry...I hear you! I so need to be better about getting the clothes folded and in the dresser right away!
Love this! My husband says the same thing abou tme, that I leave a trail from the door... shoes, earrings, and especially glasses from my sweet tea that I leave all over the house while I am chasing the girls and trying to clean:-)
It feels so satisfying to get areas organized... and last week I even took all the parts of the stove apart and cleaned it! (Of course then I didn't want to use it aagh!)thewdavis4
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