With my kids getting older I can't even believe how
messy my house gets on a daily basis... seriously.
Trust me, even though my kids are older now (it will happen before you know it) I not only remember vividly how
messy a house gets when kids are small, but even now my house gets messy.
Not exact matches
The
house now actually
gets terribly
messy and even dirty before it
gets cleaned.
When I
got home to a
messy house, they set up food to be delivered, and finally, completely unrelated to each other, another group of bloggers sent
house keeping to help me catch up over the holidays.
I'm always
getting down on myself for not being able to keep up, hubby tells me good moms have
messy houses!!
Let's not talk about having a kid's party at your
house, it's the quickest way for it to
get messy!
It's common for parents to interpret these patterns by forming expectations — you
get so used to coming home to an argument or a
messy house, you start to expect it.
Sometimes the
house gets messy, and I wallow in it for days, feeling overwhelmed about how on earth I will
get it back to a state that's livable for the family.
That's one of the joys of being an adult and having your own home, you
get to decide if you want coffee rings on your counter or piles of books on your floor — and mind you, I do love piles of books on the floor, I like a
house that is clean but artfully
messy, that is comfortable and welcoming but not dirty.
In fact, I think really the whole decision to have a kid is kind of illogical if you'd look at it in terms of pros and cons.I mean, kids cost lots of money, they take up lots of time, you lose sleep, you probably have to
get used to having a
messier house than you're used to.
At bedtime, she won't fall asleep unless I'm lying next to her, nursing — which means I
get to bed at a decent hour (9 - 10) rather than staying up and doing other stuff (which means my
house is
messy!)
Mealtimes at my
house are like feeding time at the zoo: it's loud, it's hectic and it's
messy as all
get out.
And mommy, I know you're very busy, and important, and there's so much you used to do before I came, and I know right now, it feels like you'll never do those things again, and our
house is
getting messy, and maybe that scares you.
If your child is in the love group then
get the paint out and
get messy — don't forget to set aside a washing bowl to clean those feet before it's not just the paper that has little footprints on but they will be all over your
house.
Binge watch your favorite shows and just hold the baby while your
house stays
messy and your dishes don't
get done.»
It seems to be a modern maxim that the bigger kids
get, somehow the
messier the
house becomes.
I gave up on having a spotless home when my daughter started walking and if my
house gets little
messy and someone stops over, oh well!
But then that
got me to thinking about how life is kind of
messy, but it's a beautiful mess, so I guess in the end, whether it is a jigsaw puzzle, or my inbox, or my
house, or my writing projects, or my little classroom here for my online classes, or life in general... we should try to keep things tidy, but that doesn't always happen.
I know that when things
get out of control I hate it when my
house starts to look super
messy.
One night the three Chipmunks
get into his
house and Dave discovers that not only are they
messy, but they can talk and sing.
Many of the «pay to publish» — which includes Author Solutions, Author
House, LuLu, Red Dog, Tate (I'm working on
getting two authors out of a very
messy situation / disaster with Tate as I write this), Balboa, Westbow, iUniverse, XLibris — the author sells an average of 100 book — 100!!!! Ugh to that.
If you don't pay much attention to Australian Cattle Dog, things around the
house are bound to
get messy.
It can
get a bit
messy and if you feed something like a whole rabbit, you almost certainly don't want that in your
house while it's being consumed!
My
house is so
messy in that second picture, but I had to store my furniture somehow — it took me hours to finally
get that shelf!
I am blessed with amazing internet in my
house at least, and it doesn't usually come up, but at the office when you're around a bunch of other wifi networks, it totally
gets messy.
Don't save a
messy deal because you've
got your heart set on a particular
house.
Because the kids may be around the
house a little longer than usual each day this time of year, there is increased opportunity for things to
get messier.
The
house was still cluttered from the tenant,
messy, and dirty, so all shots were half attempts at
getting something that looked decent (no clutter in the pictures).
If you saw last week's
messy house tour, you've already
gotten a glimpse of this baby.
In spite of the secret I am about to share, you
house will still
get messy because people live there.
I have a 3 year old and an 11 week old, and while my
house isn't terribly
messy, certain things aren't
getting done.
our
house gets messy, we have toys everywhere almost always at one point during the day, but we do try and practice the less is more mentality and enforce cleaning up our toy when we are done with it before taking out another!
She likes our family to be able to live in our
house and not fear for their life if anything
gets messy.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a little too real lol, but I figure there's
got ta be someone out there who can relate to a real (
messy)
house vs. pinterest perfection.
We are so NOT «white slipcover» people — we're
messy, have a hairy dog who tracks in leaves / dirt / mud / everything else, a sloppy kid, we eat on the sofa regularly etc etc — but as soon as we
got it in the
house it looked SO good that we're going to give it a try.
I don't usually have a
messy room, but we don't have a laundry room in our
house, so all of the dirty laundry
gets tossed in my room.
I hate starting a week with a
messy house, so I do a little bit over the weekend just to keep it from
getting out of hand.
Plus my bedroom is one of the smaller rooms in the
house so things
get messy easily...
I remarked this morning to my husband, after a particularly busy day yesterday, how quickly the
house gets messy if I'm not on top of it every second.
I just have to know everyone else's
house gets messy sometimes with real life!
Getting rid of clutter is still the best solution, but these tips are simple moves toward a less
messy house.
If I bring other things in to be laundered it seems like whole
house is
messy til I
get them where they should be and maybe something else has to go out.