Mommyunplugged Blog - Coming clean… - 3 years, 9 months ago

<p class="MsoNormal"><a target="" title="" href="http://www.mommyunplugged.com/ecards/momtomom_035.html"><img src="/assets/cms_images/momtomom_035.jpeg" alt="clean house" align="none"></a>Being a mom has put a spotlight on all of my inadequacies - though one glaringly stands out. That is, the fact that I am far from a domestic goddess. Now that I'm playing house for real, it's clear that I'm not all that good at it. &nbsp;And it makes me wonder: in school, why did I stress about Statistics and want to explode at the thought of Chemistry? What a waste. What I really needed to concentrate on was Cooking and Cleaning 101. &nbsp;I needed to trade in the lab coat for a housecoat. Even Home Economics didn't help me. We sewed a heart pillow. Not exactly solid training ground for keeping a house in order.</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>266</o:Words> <o:Characters>1519</o:Characters> <o:Company>Lee Miller Design and Associates</o:Company> <o:Lines>12</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>3</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1865</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I'm sad to admit that my laundry overwhelms me, clutter keeps creeping up, and no, you cannot eat off my floors.&nbsp; And how I handle my laundry is another little dirty secret.&nbsp; It piles up in the hallway (while the kids are sleeping) and makes a home there for way too long, as my beloved family climbs over the heaps. &nbsp;And the piles mock me every time I pass by, as if to say: "You are a sorry excuse for a mother! In other countries, women have to wash their clothes by hand over a stream while carrying a baby on their back and a basket of fruit on their head.&nbsp; You sicken me." Laundry is indeed a bitch. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The truth is, I want a model-looking home. I yearn for it to look as sparkling as the home of a BRAVO Housewife.&nbsp; I mean they have backstabbing, brawling, and bankruptcy to deal with, yet still manage to expose their homes with dignity. On the other hand, my life is much less complicated - yet someone comes over unannounced and I want to die. Whether it's a pile of crap at the bottom of the stairs or a trail of crumbs my toddler just left in his wake - it's not the picture I want to reveal. It's not what was in my head when I dreamt of getting married, having kids, and owning a house. &nbsp;And it makes me feel lousy.</p> <!--EndFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#ff3333">Do you feel the need to come clean?</font></b></p> <!--EndFragment-->