It was sad, as the laundry piled up and the scrubbing got behind....
Well, she gone again---or maybe she's just OUTNUMBERED! The four shortest people living under our roof have taken over this place!
have a look see....
Stickers abound, on my any stick able surface, who knew switch plates were a likely spot???
little pen and pencil marks on much of the white surfacing in our home, just a blank slate calling out to be written on...
Oh, and the bedrooms, I could go on, but will just let the picture speak for itself. This photo is the boys room, but the girls would be similar (or a little less mess maybe). Certainly if you looked hard enough there would be dirty undies hiding somewhere, probably smelling of pee. You might find a missing toy or even a small animal could hide unnoticed in there.
I really try in the kitchen and my bedroom, the two rooms that are my personal space of calm and cleanliness, but lately, no dice... Oh, how I enjoy the smell of clean and tidy, not to mention, walking across the kitchen without sticking to the floor.
This is not a call for sympathy, as I know I'm not alone, but rather a real picture into the day to day--lately (you know, since the maid quit) and in the four months since I quite sleeping (aka nursing mama) I know, this too shall pass. Someday I'll get the floors clean and maybe the urine smell out of the grout in the bathrooms but it may be a while---cuz I'm busy kissing my babies right now!
"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly.
I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now.
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Thomas S. Monson Oct. 2008 General Conference
