Summer is taking a toll on my house
Friday, June 29, 2012
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Paula is my house cleaner. I love her. She's like part of the family.
Summer has really taken a toll on my house. The other day, Paula told me in her delightfully frank English that she had never seen my house such a mess.
Kind of a badge of honor.
She left the house spotless, and I took the kids out for the afternoon so they wouldn't mess things up.
By dinnertime, we were back to the usual state of affairs:
- Mount Laundry: heaped on the floor - wet clothes, dry clothes, dirty clothes all mixed together - because my 3 year old who changes clothes 12 times a day was looking for his army shirt. The one with the permanent chocolate stain because I never get a chance to actually wash it.
- The couch pillows: all on the floor.
- ...along with 4 or 5 used sippy cups. Can't wait to be done with those things.
- Winter boots: lugged upstairs to wear with the army outfits - then left in the middle of the hall because they're too hot.
- The mud room shoe baskets: emptied on the floor.
- The barstool: pushed to the hall closet to retrieve the play guns from the Saturday box, where they will end up again by the end of the evening.
- The curtain: pulled off the wall and the rod is being used as a sword.
- Bathroom towels: soaking wet on the floor.
- Toilet seat: streaked with pee.
- Front screen door: smudged and sticky and wide open.
- The dog: escaped and wandering off leash to poop in the condo's yard. (Yes, I know her spot and yes, I pick it up and yes, I used the poop receptacle and not my neighbor's trash cans)
And the boys: shrieking like wild banshees up and down the front sidewalk, hiding in side yards, soldier-crawling through the neighbor's unmowed grass, firing water guns at our neighbors as they get home from work. In their nice work clothes.
How's your summer going? Is your house a complete disaster too?
One disaster after another. But, hey, it's summer.
At least my 6 year old is taking a liking to doing dishes. Caught her kneeling on a barstool over the sink, soaping AND rinsing dishes. HYSTERICAL!