Confessions
Posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 10:19 pmI’ve seen a number of posts lately of confessions. Most are confessions of “famous” bloggers who want to show that they’re normal too. They talk about how they don’t usually show the slightly negative things in life. They just talk about the good things they’re doing. They post daily about crafts they do with their kids or other similar stories. In reality, this just makes them look really good and it makes a lot of moms feel as though they’re inferior in some way because they’ll never be as crafty or as innovative or as organized as so-and-so.
That brings me to my confessions. Oh wait, I don’t have any. I know that any of you who read my blog don’t feel at all inferior after reading. In fact, I probably make you feel really good about yourself! But let me make you feel even better. It’s kind of embarrassing, but I vacuumed my carpet for the first time on Saturday. If you recall, we got our carpet on the 23rd of December. Saturday was our carpet’s one month-iversary. Good thing I vacuumed that day. I have so many excuses that I won’t go into, but it just didn’t get done. After cleaning up on Saturday, I looked around and sighed. It was the first time that I’ve actually looked at the place and felt no anxiety. Things are turning out so well. I promise I’ll have more “after” shots soon. I’m almost done.
Kiersten, I just saw the post on my blog that you made. I used to write Grandma and send her pics often. But things have been so crazy lately that I was slacking…big time. Recently, I added her to my e-mail notification list on my family blog. Everytime I post something, it automatically sends it to her presto machine. I’ve been doing that for a month now and think that she has been enjoying it. Charlotte said that is what she does for Grandma too. It isn’t as personal, but there are photos and stories of what the kids are doing.
I don’t keep track, but i’m willing to bet I’ve gone a month without vaccuuming, too. I’ve definitely gone longer than a month without doing the upstairs!
I used to be horrible about vacuuming until about a year ago. I would go a month without vacuuming. I kept meaning to but I never got around to it because my floor was always covered in toys. Last year we started a bedtime routine where we pick up the floor before we put Aaron to bed. Our carpet was purple and showed everything so we started to vacuum after we picked up. It has been so nice because when the kids are in bed my living room is not out of control and I can relax the rest of the night.