The Spring Cleaning Continues

 Spring Cleaning Continues

We are still on Easter Holidays and I am running out of ideas of what to do with the kids. Normally we have the days filled up with activities, play dates, run in the park, crafts and so on. However with the British rainy weather we mainly stay indoors. As we normally are rather full on here, it is quite nice to chill out and just stay in the home and potter about with whatever needs to be dealt with. The only thing is there is not much time for tidying and clearing up. As soon as I have cleared one room I just have to walk out of there and come back five minutes later and it looks like a hurricane has gone through it. 

 

photo:  www.woodchipandmagnolia.co.uk

I look at all these wonderful sites and blogs on organised living. How do you keep it so organised. Is this order kept all the time or is there just a little quick tidy up done before the snapshot gets taken? Or do you guys not have any children to rearrange the nicknacks that lie about. Maybe you are better and stricter than I am?  Don't touch, means don't touch. Whilst here in this house 'Don't touch!' seems to mean not to touch right now while I am looking but please go ahead, trash the room when I am gone.

My house; kids room ages 4 and 6 yrs

I need advice. I am forever picking things up, forever folding clothes back in the drawers, wardrobes, sorting toys, my stuff, husbands stuff, cooking, cleaning and the only little bit of joy I get is to sit by the computer and empty my thoughts for a few minutes. Or maybe I should forget the blogging and emails etc to concentrate on my messy home. But who really enjoys this clearing away all the time. In reality I can not stand it. I have come to a point where I just loathe it and don't know where to start.

I try to see what urgently needs doing and the rest just gets put off until later........later when I am fed up of looking at it and out into the rubbish bin it goes. We still have our wonderful skip on the drive so for the moment my joy is chucking anything that gets in my way out of a window and to hear that smash as it lands! Ahhh the sound of clearing out is great!

My beloved skip

My 9 year old daughters room.

The thing is with keeping order in a household of 6 people, everybody has to follow. But for some reason this does not work. I get my regular clear out, throw away and sorting and organising moods and emphasise on the importance of keeping things in order but who seem to care? I care!......

 The junk room/ dressing room.

So look at these embarrassing pictures. Is my house, the only house that is in chaos and full of clutter? Really, be honest! What advice do you have to give me? I would love to have a house keeper and cook. Oh wouldn't that just be wonderful. I am happy to play about with my little troop til hearts content but when I have my duties to carry out throughout the day I am just worn out by the thought of it. 

One can only dream of a beautiful house with tidy rooms, if not even a minimalist look. But for now I have to address my mess in due course.

Time to wash up some dishes and start preparing for dinner. Where has the day gone?

Thanks for stopping by, Ann