I can't believe I am about to post photos of my messy house on the internet! Yes, that is my kitchen table cluttered with customs forms and paper bags. And below is my dusty globe with laundry to be done in the background. When you find dried up cat barf in the corner of your kitchen and you start to realize that your thrown about clothes have become cat beds, it is time to do some housework. I am not the tidiest person. Things get cluttered and piled up in my house. We have pretty much outgrown our tiny rental house, but we make it work. We generally keep up on the dishes, laundry and things like but sometimes I wish I was more attentive to other chores.
After letting it go for a while I will usually catch up and maintain it for a while but I hate being where I am right now. I hate that I let things go and am faced with a load of cleaning to do. My husband tells me that our house is fine and cleaner than most houses. I have to give the mister credit for cleaning the litter box every day and always helping. We have 3 cats and do not have an odor issue. Thank goodness for that! Our house could definitely be much worse. But right now, I wish and dream for a little helper that could come and clean for me. Like Ray, the college student, that cleans Seinfeld's apartment like a celebration or ritual. I need someone like that! I am sure that a lot of this comes from being sick and stuck in the house. I am longing for a healthy and fresh start! I wish my desk was clear and ready to use. That my bathroom and kitchen was spotless and all my clothes were put away. I have been cursed with a need for organization but lack the motivation and devotion to consistently do housework. I feel like it would be wasteful to hire a maid service. I feel ashamed and guilty about it. But the truth is, it would be a huge help and might be the answer I am looking for and to give me a jump start. I would feel less overwhelmed at least!
Are you a clean freak or struggle with housework like me?
- Rachele
73 ♥ COMMENTS ♥:
just watch an episode of hoarders and you will totally feel better about yourself. your hubby is right, some of the houses they have on hoarders are toxic hazard zones. once when tom was living with his parents still his room was a MESS and we wanted to sit on his bed but he had a huge pile of crap on it so we started to move it and out jumped a cat! it was hilarious :) don't you wish we could all afford someone to clean out houses, i know there are days that i wish i could...
xo,
cb
Just the other day my son came and asked my "Mummy can I climb the mountain?" and I was like "What mountain?" and he replied "The mountain in your room".....and then it dawned on me.....the GIANT pile of washing that needed to be folded and put away........CRAP!
I LOVE having a neat and tidy and clean house....BUT I also like to do other things in life.....I love to paint, art journal, scrapbook, hang out with hubby and son, cook, watch movies......etc etc etc
So I try and strike a balance....sometimes we have a bit of a messy house....but hey it's not disgusting, it's totally liveable.....and if the queen should ever visit her corgi's would be welcome to : )
Love and Peace xox
Oh and I forgot to ask.....Are able to design business logos & blogs?? I LOVE your style...SO love what you've done with your blog! If you can could you let me know at rainbowsandwhimsy@hotmail.com ??? Thanks gorgeous lady : )
i struggle with it too. i'll be good for a while then the clutter starts to pile up. i can relate to the part about your piles of clothes becoming cat beds. we started a choir chart and it has been really helping! i did a really good deep clean to start us off, then i made a list with two choirs to be done each day. for example on wednesdays one of us sweeps and the other cleans the stove top. and i have a little check list for everyday things like scooping litter, emptying the sink, and running a load of laundry if the basket is full. it helps me to not put things off for so long that the house is a wreck and i get overwhelmed.
oh man, i watch horders while i clean sometimes! it is really motivational!
I'm a total clean freak! But I can deal with a little bit of mess as long as it isn't mine.
lol nice angles. Nothing like seeing clutter from a world's eye point of view ;)
a little clutter is a good thing. good on you to show it off!
I struggle too!
I let laundry pile up frequently on a chair in our bedroom (with clothes straight from the dryer).
I figure at least they're clean!
I do need to vacuum in the worst way!
Too much to do or not enough energy (or just too lazy).
I could be doing something right now but I'm on the computer!
I recently found your blog (on blogs of note) and love your blog!
How funny about the hiding cat! I've opened up drawers and a cat pops out and we have nearly sat down on them before. They definitely love to cuddle up in our piles of crap. Oh my goodness, Hoarders is an addicting show. I get super anxious when I watch it sometimes though. I think because my mom cleans homes for a living and her house is always super clean. Like sterile hospital clean. That is probably why I am worrying about my messy house in the first place! I am trying to accept my messiness as an endearing quality that shows that I focus my attention on more important things :)
That is not a bad idea. I should just play an episode early on a Saturday and see what happens!
The mister comments about having to climb over my piles of clothes. But I agree...they are clean! I agree, a balance is really important. I do love our lived-in house.
I am the exact same way. I lovea clean and organized home but struggle to maintain it. Luckily since being pregnant my husband has helped me when I dont feel like i have the energy to do it.
I am open to helping with things like that. I am limited with no photoshop but might be able to come up with what you are looking for. I am busy with a couple other projects right now but I will let you know when I am ready to take on more!
I have always thought about starting a chore chart. It might be a good thing for us too! Thank you!
Thank you! Yeah, I get lazy and would rather do other things too. Glad I am not alone!
Oh yeah...neat freak here. I'm in the process of getting ready to move so I'm sure you can imagine a neat freak with boxes everywhere!! Again, LOVE that I found your blog. :)
Oh lady, I struggle with housework like you would not believe. And we have ONE room. And the bathroom. That is all! We live in a 8x12 - 86sqft place... Jen's childhood bedroom. Jen does help me A LOT and even than, I make a lot of messes. But I've finally upped my motivation and started and it's looking so much better and feeling better too.
You do NOT suffer alone, I promise.
How do you get the "more like this" section at the bottom of your post?
PS: my kitchen looks oddly similar :S
I say: Own your clutter! or read this and surely you will feel better
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html
it contains some profanity, but I think captures the spirit of modern life...
I'm in between. There are days where my apartment is spick clean and others where i just slack for WEEKS! Don't feel bad, i think we all struggle with housework when we have such busy lives :)
I am in-between.... a little clutter, a little neatness..... 3 kids make it hard to keep up... and now our two adorable kitties.... LIVING is more important than an extremely clean home...
Thanks heaps Rachele! I'm starting up a little business making different handmade goodies and need to get a blog up and running as well as design a logo etc : )
Don't beat yourself up - you are a busy lady! Cleaning takes time and I definitely get unmotivated too, even though a cluttered and messy home makes me feel bad and makes it hard for me to focus, even then I have a hard time keeping things clean sometimes!
Don't beat yourself up to much. A think it is a creative person thing to forget to clean when you are bizy with a new project or have way to many going at the same time. I always try and keep at least the bathroom and loo clean but the rest can wait till I am done. My hubby is a cleaner so if things get to much out of hand he normally digs in and gets things back on track.
Neat freak, me? No. And I have little helpers, alright... but they DON'T clean... I just want to agree with your title... A messy home is a happy home... But if you are sick and can afford a cleaner, then just think of the small businesses that you could help to grow! It would be a service to your community to employ a cleaner! Sure wish I could contribute in such a way....
You are cool, grace
Wow, thanks for this post! I see so many blogs with photos of perfectly neat, clean and tidy homes that make me feel bad about our cosy, messy little house.
I can see from the many comments that this inspired a rush of fellow feeling and positive reactions!
Since our son was born my husband, formerly one of those "blind-to-mess", boxers-on-bathroom-floor people (used to drive me mad), suddenly became a bit of a clean freak. Except we have too much stuff (I am a total hoarder), full-time jobs, a high-energy 1 yr-old and a kitty cat who loves to sleep on clean laundry! He is getting stressed about it at the moment, whereas I have chilled out a lot and would rather LIVE and let our son play & explore than have a perfectly tidy house.
It's a tough one - calm, clean, tidy, organised spaces are lovely to live in, but there comes a moment where you have to say, 'life is too short'!
I hope you get well soon - I'm sure when you can get out and about it will make you feel loads better about the house, and also it's hard to do housework when you're feeling rough! Take care...
I agree! I see a huge difference between "messy" and "dirty." I am always messy - various projects laying around, clothes that need to be folded, stuff everywhere. As long as you take care of the stinky stuff like waste and food, I say you're clean! Creative people are always messy... at least that's what I tell my husband :) I did break down and hire a wonderful lady to clean my house twice a month. I learned that you have to "clean before the cleaner" to pick up everything so that she can actually CLEAN. So it motivates me to pick up.
My house is just like yours. I am not a neat freak.... but I keep up on the essentials. Sometimes I get in a mood and will turn in to the tasmanian devil and clean the entire place until it's spotless... and then let it go for awhile. I tell myself all the time I am going to work on it but..... we'll see. :P -- Sea Marie
I'm not a neat freak, by any means, but I do like to clean. Maybe I'm weird? My apartment is "lived in" not messy. There is a big difference between dirty and messy. Messy is good...it's just lived in, right? Lol!
Oh boy do I struggle. I was fine when it was just me, though a bit cluttered, but now with the fella, myself, and four animals things get really messy really fast. It takes a lot of work to keep it clean all the time, which just isn't going to happen. Lucky for me, my fella is really helpful too and keeps it from getting too out of hand.
p.s. I sent your box a couple weeks ago and just wanted to make sure you got it. I worry! :)
-Sara-
I think your house still looks very cozy. I always want to be tidier than I am--usually I blame my clutter on a lack of space (I tend to live in studio-efficiencies), but that's probably just a cover-up...
I have the exact same problem. I do my best work, my most creative thinking in a clean and cozy environment. I cannot stand to clean and cozy up all the time. It is tedius and gets frustrating when i felt good about all I had accomplished 10 minutes ago..then we had dinner, or the kids all came home or I got busy..now it's all a mess again. *sigh* such is life I suppose. Hire a maid. Do it once and see if it helps. Maybe, just once in a while, you need a little extra umph! from someone else to get the cobwebs out of the attic and have that fresh start feeling :)
I love the picture of the globe, the sharp detail in contrast witht he out of focus mess makes for a pleasing composition
I struggle constantly with housework. I feel like there is never enough time in the week to work full time and clean the apartment properly. I told my hubby that I felt like I was fighting futility, because I'll do the dishes, and two hours later, the sink is full (no dishwasher!), or do laundry, and within a week, the hamper is overflowing. It's ridiculous!
Screw housework! I want to LIVE!
♥ sécia
www.petiteinsanities.blogspot.com
I struggle with housework! My ironing pile looks a lot like yours! I have a fridge magnet which says 'A well-dusted home is a sign of a wasted life' - says it all .....
i cant stand do any school work or just plain old watching tv if my room isnt clean. It gives good vibes when everything is tidy and it helps me concentrate more. It has been spreading towards my whole house lately so i guess thats good lol
omg, i'm TERRIBLE!! my mother is a pack rat and my dad is a minimalist, so i have some major issues. i really like when my apartment is clean, but i work late and i'm always tired when i come home so housework is the LAST thing i wanna do! i go through phases of purging my excess and then hoarding unnecessary items. oh the frustration! ;)
I feel ya on that! I don't work late but I am still drained and not usually enthusiastic about scrubbing anything down. I go in my phases too!
That is good! You aren't lazy like me ;)
Love that saying!
Sounds good to me!
It's an endless cycle for sure.
Well thank you!
Exactly what I am thinking! It would be such a dream. And if I can manage to make one of my dreams come true, I should do it!
We live in a very small house too. I think it is under 800sqft. There is just nowhere to hide things :)
Mine too! If he didn't help, we would be in ruins.
I can understand that. Every once in a while I like to clean too. We are definitely not dirty. Like yucky food dishes sitting around and dirty laundry all over. Just messy! I think messy can be endearing :)
Exactly like me!
I need a lady like this! Jealous!
You're welcome! I think it good to show aspects of my life that are not necessarily ideal. I certainly appreciate it in other blogs too! I am already feeling much better and spruced up my house a little. Thanks for the well wishes! :)
Gotta keep the local economy going! Even if that means I have to be lazy, I will do it! ;)
I do sometimes! I start feeling guilty because my mom is a total clean freak, like scary clean. I feel better about it now! Thanks for all the wonderful comments!
If only we could get those two parts of our brain to work together. Eventually the anxiety wears at me and I start getting to it!
Phew! I don't know how you do it!
It would definitely be a different story if I had no interests and didn't work...and had no TV.
LOL! That is hilarious. I have the same problem. I am especially horrible with responding to mail. If it isn't online, I will probably put it off and forget about it. Like responding to jury duty. Whoopsies!
I use a 3rd party website to install a widget - http://www.linkwithin.com/ I think all normal people's kitchen table starts to look like that. It is the catch-all!
Yay! It is nice to have it under control :)
I admire you!
I could show off even scarier messes but I decided to just give a little peek :)
I admire you!
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I struggle with housework too! I run my own business, so even when I'm not working, I'm working. I also have a 2-year-old son, who just blows through the house like a tornado after I clean anyway. Lol! If I want to live my life, housework has to sit on the back burner. I go through phases when I feel inspired to clean, but not often. It can wait. =)
Oooh Hoarders totally gets me in the mood to clean!
I feel like an a**hole saying this but I we have more space then I'm used to so usually the downstairs looks pretty good while the upstairs is a shambles. I am talking a mound of clothes that is so huge. Then I let it sit there so long what started as clean has a few dirties thrown in and i have to sniff everything :x
I say hire a maid service, especially for peace of mind. I personally think someone else should mop your floor if it means youll create more :D
I too have a tough time keeping our house picked up during the work week. My husband and I both work 8-5 hours and we usually get home and tend to dinner, finances, walking the dog,and maybe a load of laundry if we have the energy, The rest of the day we chill. By Saturday morning (like today!) usually have to spend the first several hours cleaning up. Its really hard to keep things pulled together when you work full time!
I agree! I would just rather do other things, like eat dinner, when I get off after an 8 hour day. I am sure I can make the time to do it but meh.
Thanks! I'm glad that I am not the only one to go through phases.
We have the opposite problem. Not enough space for our crap. But at least I don't have a lot to clean!
I definitely stuggle with cleaning. Other things such as school and work tend to get in the way.
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