Just to give you an idea of what I'm up against... My mother-in-law used to call my husband the little boy who fell apart. Growing up in Illinois, he used to leave a trail of snow things from the door to wherever he landed.
Or your could get a better idea by looking at the photos of our sons' rooms.
I was surprised when I found these photos on my camera. My Sweetie took these last week as blackmail. What do you know? I found a use for them.The kids rooms look the way they do because we let it happen. The boys are required to clean their rooms once a week and they always do a fine job. But before the week is out they look like a shambles again.
I will point out that it's just clutter. The rooms really are sanitary. No science experiments in progress.
Since it's me against the guys in the battle of the clutter, I just let it go. Trust me, there are more important things in life to get stressed out about.
Note: The boys don't get the striped sheet advantage.
6 comments:
I was laughing so hard when I read Wendy's comment. Every woman I know that has a cleaning lady cleans before they get there. What's up with that? I am in the same boat your in I would have to declutter to find the house for someone to clean.
Glad to know that boys rooms are universal.
That's why my mom's never had a cleaning lady. I think I could learn to get over that, real quick...
Hey, your sons' rooms look much better than my teen's rooms!
Marcia and PLRH,
Funny, but true. My friends and sisters think this is also very funny. J thinks I'm nuts.
We (I) clean, actually we (I) declutter so that I can live under the delusion that my cleaning lady does not think that we live like wolves the 13 days between her visits.
For us, like the PLRH house, it's just clutter. J leave all the Microbiology experiments at the lab. Once the newspapeers find their way to the recycling bin, the dog toys to the bin, laundry to the basement laundry room from the exploding hamper in J's, bathroom, anad the forgetten basket of laundry is put away, all is acceptable.
Grins and Cheers from the chilly "North". ;-)
I would do the same thing (declutter or clean first!). My oldest is neat...youngest is not. We know longer stress about it. We let it be HIS space and just close the door!
Me three! I need one too.
I had a cleaning lady when I was a Peace Corps volunteer. She washed my clothes - by hand - in the bathtub. It was cheaper than taking my clothes to the laundromat.
I then had a cleaning lady for a few years when I got back to the States. I did not de-clutter before she came. For $60, she was going to do the work. But I lived alone and I am tidy.
I fired her when I discovered she had not washed the bathroom floor. I had installed a towel rack, which left dust on the floor. I had vacuumed, but had not gotten all the dust up. By the time I realized there was still dust there, I had already put the vacuum cleaner away. "Screw it," I thought. "The cleaning lady comes tomorrow and she has to wash the floor anyhow."
When I got home the next day, the dust was still there.
Which meant not only had the floor not been washed, it had not even been vacuumed.
For $60, I can not clean my house myself.
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