Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman.
Once there was a snowman tall, tall, Tall!In the sun he melted, melted, melted.
In the sun he melted small, small, small.3.20.2011
Once There Was a Snowman
Once there was a snowman tall, tall, Tall!In the sun he melted, melted, melted.
In the sun he melted small, small, small.
3.15.2011
Can you have both?
So in Relief Society several weeks ago we had a lesson on work. Ironically, the discussion turned to you don't have to have a clean house because you need to be a good mother and not neglect your children. Which I agree is a valid point; however, that is where the discussion stayed and comment after comment was about how it was OK if your house is a mess as long as you are taking care of your family. So how did I feel coming out of the lesson? That I must be a bad mom because my house is clean!
I'm not saying that my house is 100% dust free all of the time and that things are always put away. I promise it's not. But I like my house clean. I can't go to bed at night if there are things laying out in the living room. I take 5 minutes and pick them up. I have a rotation every week that I try to do so that I'm not spending one full day cleaning. For example, I do laundry on Monday and clean the bathrooms on Friday rather than try to do it all in one day. It's not a perfect system but it seems to be working out for us so far.
One other thing that I am trying to do is to DEEP clean my house room by room, month by month. (It's one of my New Year's resolutions.) In January, I took the kitchen and went through every cupboard, drawer and closet and wiped everything down and threw out things I don't need. I cleaned all of the windows and blinds and washed walls and floors. And I have done it to two other rooms. (Well, I'm in the midst of the third room.) It has been so nice to take the whole month to do it so I don't get overwhelmed with how much there is to do. So far I have stayed on track and plan to the rest of the year. Hopefully by the end of the year every square inch of my house will have been deep cleaned and dejunked. I kind of got the idea from the Fly Lady but changed things so it will work for me and my house. But I really like the idea of focusing on one room (in addition to my other regularly scheduled chores) at a time and going through stuff. Just an idea maybe someone out there will appreciate.
Brockston loves to "help" me clean. Isn't that what work should be about? Teaching your kids to work with you. He helps me unload the dishwasher, scrub the toilets, "mop" the floor, etc. He's my helper. But I guess I'm a bad mom because I'm not devoting 100% of my attention to teaching him a second language and having him reading at the age of 2. (Although he does know the majority of his letters and his vocabulary is amazing. I have full on conversations with the kid.)
I'm not sure why the lesson bothered me but it really did. It seemed to me like a lot of justification for dirty houses. If I remember correctly: Cleanliness is next to godliness, right? Or am I wrong? Can you have both a clean house and well attended to children? Maybe it's different for me because I only have one kid right now, but I hope that it doesn't get that much worse.
I'm not saying that my house is 100% dust free all of the time and that things are always put away. I promise it's not. But I like my house clean. I can't go to bed at night if there are things laying out in the living room. I take 5 minutes and pick them up. I have a rotation every week that I try to do so that I'm not spending one full day cleaning. For example, I do laundry on Monday and clean the bathrooms on Friday rather than try to do it all in one day. It's not a perfect system but it seems to be working out for us so far.
One other thing that I am trying to do is to DEEP clean my house room by room, month by month. (It's one of my New Year's resolutions.) In January, I took the kitchen and went through every cupboard, drawer and closet and wiped everything down and threw out things I don't need. I cleaned all of the windows and blinds and washed walls and floors. And I have done it to two other rooms. (Well, I'm in the midst of the third room.) It has been so nice to take the whole month to do it so I don't get overwhelmed with how much there is to do. So far I have stayed on track and plan to the rest of the year. Hopefully by the end of the year every square inch of my house will have been deep cleaned and dejunked. I kind of got the idea from the Fly Lady but changed things so it will work for me and my house. But I really like the idea of focusing on one room (in addition to my other regularly scheduled chores) at a time and going through stuff. Just an idea maybe someone out there will appreciate.
Brockston loves to "help" me clean. Isn't that what work should be about? Teaching your kids to work with you. He helps me unload the dishwasher, scrub the toilets, "mop" the floor, etc. He's my helper. But I guess I'm a bad mom because I'm not devoting 100% of my attention to teaching him a second language and having him reading at the age of 2. (Although he does know the majority of his letters and his vocabulary is amazing. I have full on conversations with the kid.)
I'm not sure why the lesson bothered me but it really did. It seemed to me like a lot of justification for dirty houses. If I remember correctly: Cleanliness is next to godliness, right? Or am I wrong? Can you have both a clean house and well attended to children? Maybe it's different for me because I only have one kid right now, but I hope that it doesn't get that much worse.
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