so, i keep doing the same thing, over and over, and nothing seems to change. i can't decide if this is hell, or a sign of insanity. of course, i'm talking about tidying up. i am not the best housekeeper, i admit it. i'm one of those people who in spite of the outward appearance of mess, actually knows where (almost) everything is. i am also pretty good at giving a thing a place (you know, something called organization) but i'm not always the best at putting things back in their place. however, i now have a husband who dislikes the clutter (but who is a TERRIBLE pack rat, sheesh!) and so i try to work on this. but then i have three things working against me: child the first, child the middle, and child the baby. tommy is the worst, to be honest, though sasha can hold her own. since hiro is in school for half the day, he does the least damage.
for example, we have a sideboard which has basically become a toy storage cabinet. recently we have just been stuffing the toys in there instead of organizing (there are several puzzles with lots of pieces that need to be put together, otherwise they're very messy). there are a couple of baskets for small toys, there's a shelf just for books and stuffed animals can just be...stuffed...inside. anyway, i took everything out last night and fixed it all up (it was amazing, how stuffed it was and how much room there was afterward) and yet this morning, sasha took out a basket and dumped out all the little toys in it. frustration!
or the dvds which are in a bookshelf next to the TV. this works out really well for obvious reasons, but little tommy loves playing with them. we have several scratched disks and broken cases now. and i can't tell you how angry i get when i step on (and often crack) a dvd case. not cool. tommy also loves to play in the kitchen. my kitchen (which i hate) is too small for kids to be playing in there. he also climbs on things, i really don't need the drawers to be broken, or for bread machines (or rice cookers) pulled down on little heads. but he likes it, he tells me. or, why can't he be in the kitchen. very frustrating.
so i don't know...i feel like i picked up and tidied up toys all day long, as well as chased tommy out of the kitchen a million times (and he just coming back...) and nothing has changed. hell, or insanity?
Akiya Coast Ama Island
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Whichever it is, you can trust you are not alone. I am right there with you!
Misora isn`t old enough to make much of a mess yet but she has enough toys herself that I am messy enough for her.
Other than the three kids, your house sounds like mine. Sure there might be a pile of junk here and there but I know what is in each pile.
DH always wants me to clean but what can I throw away? His huge collection of comic books that he never reads? I at least use my stuff (well mostly)
I can't tell you if it's hell or insanity, but you've definitely got company there. We've been having the exact same problems here (especially since Clint - now just 2 - enjoys: dumping small toys all over the floor, throwing said toys around the room, banging things, getting into the kitchen and wreaking a path of destruction, etc.). It makes me craaaaaaaaaaaazy - seriously, pulling-out-my-hair nuts.
I'm thinking of some kind of system involving wheel-away plastic containers...but that doesn't solve the freaking daily slog of picking up and picking up and picking up.
They'll get older eventually. Then they'll go to preschool. Then we can clean.
Is it possible for your kitchen to be gated off with one of those child gates or something?
Hmm...I know what you mean about pack rat for a husband, mine is the same. I'm trying to throw stuff out and he's like "but...we might need that one day". ONE DAY! yeah right..we haven't needed it for the last 8 years... though knowing him he would probably need it the day after I threw it out.
I've always tried to fight my natural ability to be messy...it's really hard. But i must admit i do feel better when the house is clean. If only we could keep it that way. :)
I feel your pain...it can seem meaningless when you keep doing the same thing day and day out and you wonder why bother ...everything's going to come out again! My daughter's the pack-rat while my husband doesn't believe in putting things away, he likes to display everything out where he can see them, while I like things out of sight in drawers and boxes and cupboards. My situation just drives me insane, so in return I give them hell :)
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