Is there a such thing as a clean house when you are not expecting anyone to come over? I try to stay on top of everything but I fail miserably. This morning the doorbell rang and my heart jumped. I’m standing in the living room still in my pajamas trying to remember if I was expecting someone. I run to a window to peak out and it was the UPS guy who fortunately didn’t need me to sign for anything. I looked around the house and felt instant relief that I didn’t have to let anyone in this morning. I did a walk around the house and found the following messes in need of attention

1. Last nights dishes still in the sink, dishwasher needed to be emptied
2. Clean sticky mess off kitchen floor (what the %$#& is that)
3. Paper and crayons all over the office floor
4. Kids marked their territory in the living room…again
5. Garbage overflowing
6. Clothes basket in the bedroom needing to be put away
7. Beds need to be made
8. Laundry room is being painted so dirty clothes in floor of master bedroom
9. Finish painting the laundry room already!
10. Clothes left in washer, must rewash

I am by no means perfect, nor do I strive to be perfect. My house is by no means a pigsty but the only time you are going to find it perfectly clean is once a week when I do my top to bottom three hour cleaning marathon. With two young kids that state of cleanliness usually lasts about an hour after nap time. I visit friends who always have perfect houses and it always makes me wonder if they are always that perfect or do they sometimes look like mine. You know the type, there is nothing out of place and the first thing they say is “excuse the house its a mess”. If that is a mess I’d hate to think what they’d say about mine right now.