August 27, 2009

oh, Alanis Morissette, I’ve got your irony RIGHT HERE

It’s a good thing I’m throwing myself into cleaning my house (and also pontificating about how much better my life is when everything is put away and dusted) because yesterday Henry cried the ENTIRE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL.

What do those things have to do with each other, you ask? Well, the boy was crying because he had forgotten to bring the exact same unfinished school work home with him for the second day in a row. Still not seeing the connection?

The boy is painfully disorganized, you all. PAINFULLY. Although most of the pain is probably mine.

My kitchen is clean but my son is a mess! It’s a win-win! Wait no it isn’t.

Argh. (more…)

August 25, 2009

cleanliness is next to totally wigging out

The last time I really committed to keeping my house clean was when I was pregnant with Charlie; I had a schedule of what days I would clean what things (Monday: bathrooms, Tuesday: kitchen, Wednesday: mop hardwood). It’s possible that I was nesting but it’s more likely that I was completely losing my mind because OMG I AM HAVING A BAYBEE WTH WAS I THINKING AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!

Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about. Because you do. (more…)

August 24, 2009

grace in small things: where my week went

Five things I’ve done in the past week (you know, other than update this website, obviously).

1. I wrote some things: directions for better laundering, a recap of the OctoMom reality TV special, and a review of the world’s cutest lunch boxes.

2. I exercised! I have either walked or shredded every day for the past ten days (except the one day when I cleaned the playroom which was more of a workout than even Jillian Michaels could provide, I swear to you). I’m saving the 30 Day Shred for days when the weather is crummy, so mostly I’m walking, but soon I will be shredding all the time. Promise. (more…)

August 18, 2009

grace in small things: forty four

Five things I really and truly did today. No kidding. Even though you’ll never believe them.

1. Cleaned the master bathroom. VOLUNTARILY. Not like last week, when I cleaned the utility bathroom in desperation because the lingering smell of urine was wafting into my office and making me feel like I was working in a bus terminal. (Aside to the child who apparently is unclear about how this whole peeing in the toilet thing works: FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS STOP PEEING ON THE FLOOR. Thanks!)

2.  Cooked dinner. WHILE WEARING AN APRON. I was also wearing a ridiculously expensive white J. Crew t-shirt while making fajitas, but still — I wore the apron to cook and I left it on while we ate. Oh and it was a Butterball apron, if that makes a difference (Wade says yes, it does).

Okay so that’s actually Chris in the apron, but you get the idea. (more…)