I have a friend whose home I envy. I envy it in the capital "E," seven-deadly-sins way. Not because it's big and beautiful (it is), nor because the lawn is well-cared-for (it is), but because every time I visit it's clean, de-cluttered, and organized. Why yes, even when I dropped by unannounced.
It's the polar opposite of my own home. Mine is a house where a cluttered counter is cleared away in order to make room for even more clutter. Clutter bunnies, mating with other clutter bunnies, until I have a lot of clutter turds to clean up and the kids know more about the birds and the bees of clutter than seems appropriate.
My only comfort is knowing I'm not alone. Anna of My Life and Kids hosts the Messy House Edition on her blog. It's a place where those of us without a lifetime membership to The Container Store and a Swiffer in every room can go to feel normal.
Today it's a place where you can go to see my video tour of my filthy home. Come back and thank me when you're done feeling superior.
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The socks! They've hit your house too! Everywhere I go in my house I seem to find random socks. I think they multiply at night.
ReplyDeleteI am so relieved to know that I'm not alone in my mess. :-)
My dogs also bring socks outside, just to jazz up the landscaping, as if they think, "We'll, we've got plenty of poops out here. Wait a minute! Soks! That's what this place needs."
DeleteEek, you think that's messy?
ReplyDelete*wanders off to do some tidying so that my house looks as 'messy' as yours*
Sue! I swear it's disgusting here. Promise.
DeletePLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND.
ReplyDelete"Cone-head dog!!"
Peed a little.
And yeah your house really isn't that bad. At least you have the basement so you can hide shit down there. My family room looks like a pinata exploded. My sister is one of those 'house-is-always-clean' people because her husband has some severe yet undiagnosed OCD. But I will never stop reminding her about the time when we were teenagers and I found moldy pizza under her bed.
-Kristen
I want to be an always clean person, I do. A clean home, like exercise, always feels good when you do it, but sometimes cupcakes and TV get in the way.
DeleteI'm a little jealous of your level of "messy" as well, but I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one who has their breakfast dishes still out. Seriously though, the random socks will make you lose your mind! My husband also has a neat trick where he leaves his giant shoes in a different spot each day, somehow always where I will trip over them and die.
ReplyDeleteWait, tell me he also asks you, very damn day, "Where are my shoes?" WE MARRIED THE SAME MAN.
DeleteAlways, and I always know where they are are because I can look back and think "hmmm, which room of the house did I eat shit in today... oh yes your shoes are in the middle of the dining room."
DeleteCone-head dog!!!!!! This is how memes are born (or perhaps reborn). P.S. You are a natural who deserves a reality show. Oh, and that wasn't messy. I know a couple who have a shuffleboard table in their family room not because anyone plays shuffleboard but because they renovated around it and now it's too big to remove.
ReplyDeleteYou will always be my brain twin. Thanks, dbs.
DeleteAlso, enjoy your shuffleboard.
We don't have kids yet, but I'm sure once they start to turn up... Better learn to appreciate the order a bit more.
ReplyDeleteOh, and both my younger sisters still live with my parents. One has 3 kids that have been referred to as natural disasters. Trust me, if you visited, you'd really appreciate your own house... or run away screaming... or both.
Maybe your mom should sell tickets to a "Feel Better About Your Own Home" tour. Genius, right?
DeleteI don't get it--it looks perfectly normal to me ;) Oh wait, maybe we're not supposed to keep candy on the floor? Laughing over the soggy blueberry cereal, b/c the exact same thing will be hanging out on my table all day!
ReplyDeleteThe true filth was too fine for the camera to pick up, like the dog hair tumbleweeds.
DeleteI have cereal on the table as I type this. Today it's Fruity Pebbles and Frosted Flakes. Just enough sugar to permanently adhere to the table.
You're hilarious. I've been sick, and unable to truly clean, since May. Your messy is what I dream of. My messy drives me bonkers. Love your blogs! Please keep them coming!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jules! And feel better, but find someone else to do the cleaning. You've earned it.
DeleteYou're hilarious. I've been sick, and unable to truly clean, since May. Your messy is what I dream of. My messy drives me bonkers. Love your blogs! Please keep them coming!!
ReplyDeleteI loved this. It was like something that belongs in a bizarro world version of an HGTV show. And I liked to think that if we had a bigger house we'd be less messy. But mess is like a gas isn't it? F%$#!
ReplyDeleteExactly like gas. Sorry, babe.
DeleteI don't envy anyones house............do you belive that........no.......me neither...........lol
ReplyDeleteJust when I thought I couldn't love you more.
ReplyDeleteI like to keep friends that live in both camps...really messy and super clean freaks. My really messy friends make me feel good about my own mess. My really clean friends provide an occasional escape from the filth that infiltrates my own abode.
I made a Facebook post today using the dust on our television console.