This was my mom's answer to any impending gift-giving holiday. What do you want? "Good kids and a clean house".
Frustrating, because as a kid, I knew it was impossible. I was never going to be good. I was never going to clean the house.
Frustrating because as an adult, now it's all I want and yet I know it is impossible. My kids are never going to be good. I am never going to get a clean house.
But satisfying, too, because I know that from my mother's point of view, I've made up for it. Any mess in her house is no longer my fault, and I am no longer her problem, so it's all good. I made grandchildren. I'm off the hook.
Satisfying because I know that my kids are actually good, despite the frequent and often hilarious badness they display. And because my house is exactly how I want it to be--it must be, or I'd do something about it, right?
Happy Mother's Day, Internet. May your kids be as good as they are. May your house be what it is.
Good kids and a clean house to you, too, mama. And Happy MotheRs Day!
Posted by: Stephanie | May 10, 2009 at 08:51 AM
Very Funny! My house is never "clean" unless I know company is coming. I am definitely my Grandmother Brownlee. She use to leave the windows open during the dust bowl and said that maybe some of what blew in the front would blow out the back. Keeping a clean house is no longer a priority for me either. I think being happy in my life is my priority.
Posted by: Grammy | May 11, 2009 at 07:44 AM
How's the little chicks? We had a mommy duck and her 12 very little ducklings come visit us in the store today. Mom just entered the mall when someone opened the handicap door and walked down the mall with her babies and came into my store to visit. We had a blast trying to catch them and put them into a can and then catch mom and take them all out back to the lake and let them go. We found one more after we got back from the lake and had to take it out back to mom. What a day! Auntie N
Posted by: Auntie Nancy | May 11, 2009 at 06:42 PM
Happy Mother's Day, a little late.
This year, I asked my husband to, at some point in the next few months, take both kids someplace for like 8 hours straight. So I can stay home alone. And clean. Clean everything. Fan blades, baseboards, dusty curtains, you name it. He does not get it. At all. Me, I'll be in hog heaven when it finally happens.
Posted by: kayris | May 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM
I toss my curtains into the dryer and air fluff them to get the dust off.
Posted by: Grammy | May 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Happy (very belated) Mother's Day to you! I hope you enjoyed it =)
Posted by: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com | May 13, 2009 at 08:51 AM