Tag - Housework Hater

  This Labour Day weekend has been ripe with nothing but…hard labour – housework, grocery shopping, banking and more housework. I enjoy filing and making lists, sorting items into neat little baskets and arranging books by size. My kids’ closets contain labelled bins and clothes arranged by type and colour. Whenever I’m stressed, I open their closet doors and stare. The order of it all soothes me. That’s not normal is it? I guess they don’t tack “freak” to the end of neat for nothing. Being neat however, is not the same as being clean. Beyond the colour coded folders lay epic dust balls and sticky floors. Lately my attention to housekeeping basics has declined. The combination of a busy schedule, a potty training toddler and fatigue has taken its toll. It’s bad, but not this bad –> “Please Excuse the Mess” Yesterday as I vacuumed and dusted and sorted and mopped, I noticed my seven year old following behind me. “Are we having a party tonight?” He asked. “No” I replied. He thought for a minute and said, “I just wondered because this (cleaning) isn’t something you usually do.” Busted. This fall, I vow to have the cleanest house[…]