I know I have a problem with wanting things clean and organized. But being as I’m the one who usually does the cleaning and the organizing, I don’t think it is too much to ask that the children at least attempt to keep it that way? I wish, as their mom, that I could go around the house leaving dishes, wrappers and dirty clothes and that they would come behind me throwing things away, washing my dishes and putting my clothes into the laundry.
There was this video going around Facebook a month or so ago. In it a couple was having an argument because the girlfriend felt the boyfriend did nothing. He decides to let her in on a secret. The first part is that they have a magical hamper. Whatever dirty clothes you put into it, show up magically cleaned and folded the next day. And they also had a magic table. No matter how much crap you left on it, the next day it would be clean. The video ends with the girlfriend gone and the boyfriend sure she fell into the magic table. I laughed and laughed, not because Tim is that way. But I’m quite sure my kids would believe it!
The last time I cleaned the cars, and this was just interiors, it took me 3 hours. I had to soak, scrub and scrape candy out of the door handles, cup holders and off the floor. There may have been some under the breath mumbling and possible dire threats made to the children, their future children and their personal belongings. There were so many wrappers I could have started a small fire. I don’t mind cleaning up my own messes, but this was nasty.
They were all cautioned to take better care of the vehicles. They were reminded where the garbage containers were in both vehicles and told that I had better never find candy in the cupholders again. Guess what I found in the car the other day? Yeah. I guess it’s time to enforce a new policy. “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.”
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