Whatever slackers.
I saw this the other day on pinterest...just after I spent the day spring cleaning my bedroom. I laughed out loud. Now I can for sure think of people who are such super obsessed clean freaks that it does dominate and control their lives. They don't leave their homes that often out of a twisted concern that their spotless and immaculate home may have grown a layer of dust overnight. Trust me, although my house may appear clean there are definitely some areas where the cobwebs and dust get away from me! Every day this week I have been focusing on an area of my home to do spring cleaning. Stuff that I notice and think about doing, but just never seem to have enough time for.
You know, stuff like washing curtains and vacuuming cobwebs from the ceilings. Oh, and don't forget taking apart faucets so you can clean out that yucky junk:/
The other day I about lost it when I realized that Adrian was walking around the house in a pair of tennis shoes that had been muddy and were now dropping chunks of dried dirt in a trail that followed him everywhere. I noticed it in the morning before he left for school. He said he would take care of it after school. I cringed. "No, you will take care of it now! My clean freakiness cannot handle that sitting there on the floor all day long waiting for you." His response: "You're a clean freak?" and he said it so innocently people! I didn't know whether to congratulate myself for keeping it under control or be ashamed that he doesn't realize our home is clean. I brushed it off as a thoughtless comment and made him sweep before he left.
Why would someone consider having a clean house a sign of a wasted life? I like to think cleaning makes my house a home that my family can not only be comfortable in, but also keep them healthy. Black mold anyone? How about some sort of infestation? No? You don't want that? Well, neither do I.
This morning I told Jonathan I just wanted to cuddle on the couch all day. He said "but mom, you can't do that! We have to clean our house all up today." He loves to help me and follows me around with a rag. Reagan sings while she "picks up." Her nursery leaders have even asked me if we sing and clean at home because she does it there, too! When another mom heard me talking about this she commented that I must clean too much. Too much?! I wanted to punch her...not really-I'm just sayin'. What is so wrong with having a clean home? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
But hey, if you have to tell yourself that there is something wrong with it so you can sleep better at night then go right ahead. Just don't expect me to jump at the chance to eat off your dishes, walk barefoot on your floors, or use your bathroom:)
***And just so you know we do A LOT of other things around here besides clean:)***
2 comments:
Nothing, nothing, nothing is wrong with a clean home. I think it's just like anything else--we each have something that is really important to us and worth the effort. For some people it's cleaning, for some people it's something else. I think that's where we go wrong judging other people. We all have the same amount of time given to us every day, so each of us has to choose what's more important TO US. If cleaning is up at the top for you, then nobody else can tell you that you clean "too much," and nobody should feel guilty if their houses aren't as clean as yours. We just do what's most important to us.
This is what I've learned from getting old. LOL
I've personally given up on the cleaning because it frustrates me so much to work so hard and spend so much time and then have someone walk around behind me and eat a cookie spilling crumbs all over. I find I get mad at everybody for messing up my work, and I find it doesn't make them change their behavior anyway, so I've had to learn to let it go. Another thing I learned from being old. :)
Jenn-Thank you for your words of wisdom. I hope you don't think that I was judging other people, because honestly someones house has to be pretty dirty (not just full of stuff) for me to be uncomfortable there. It's mainly my own home that I am extremely uncomfortable in if I know there is something growing somewhere;) Love your comments!
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