My kitchen counters are awful. AWFUL old lady pinkish marble-ish, with silver piping, fifties style, but not retro and cute. Just fifties. And they pile up. No flat surface in this house can stay clear more than 1/2 a day. I'm drowning in this house. Suffocating. I can't keep up with it. As I stood on the precipice of this life, I'm certain I didn't say, "Gee. I'd love to be a full time housekeeper." The needs! The constant demands! "Mommy, I'm still hungry."
Shut up you are not I just fed you an hour ago.
If I could just get new countertops, it would solve a lot of problems.
Don't get me started on the basement. Still torn up. Will be for a long time to come. It was supposed to be a play room. A playroom would solve a lot of problems.
The two main floors are okay. Besides the kitchen. Oh, and except for the computer area, where there is dust and piles of papers. Also, the shelves which host the children's things, games, puzzles, blocks, markers, glue. That area is a mess.
My attic office is not a mess, but it's not my color. It's baby blue. My color is yellow. And the floors are wood and old and unfinished, giving it a rustic look. Sick of rustic. Sick of baby blue. Need a new floor, and paint. Yellow paint. It would solve a lot of problems.
The kid's rooms, I can live with. Pink. Purple. Their dresser tops are so cluttered. They both need shelves. Shelves would solve a lot of problems.
Let's not talk about the bathroom. Let's just not even go there.
Riley went back to school today but Seth is still home, off to the bone doctor this afternoon.
Ten days home with children.
Too much. LET ME OUT!!!
Especially in such a crappy house. Did I tell you about my awful kitchen counters? They are pinkish. If I could just replace the countertops...
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Let ME tell YOU about my roof/siding/windows/bathroom/kitchen/basement/why-did-we-buy-this-house/misery!
I hear you sister! You know that whole autism-face-blindness or mind-blindness thing? I'm working on perfecting mess-blindness. Mess? What mess? I do not understand this word.
xo
Garage, paint, stucco, insulation, carpet, back porch, furniture arrangement ... I sometimes let this crap keep me up at night! Are you gonna teach us how to let it go??
Autism=priority spending.
Icky carpet, yucky linoleum(except in the laundry room where we tore it out),chipping formica counters,leaky windows,half torn down wallpaper(I have paint chips tacked to the wall so people will think we are in the process of updating!) Autism=Special Ed=paperwork nightmare. Please God don't let us have a fire, too much fuel.
This is why I enter Publishers Clearing House! Somebody will win, maybe one of us!
Delurking (been reading a loooong time) finally to say..
If you give a mom new countertops, then she's going to want new cabinets. And when she sees the cabinets, she'll realize the floor needs replaced...
Love goodfountain's comment -- so true!
That being said, I think you should paint your office yellow. Paint is the easiest and cheapest fix of anything on your list, and it will give you a lift.
Ridiculous rant, I know. It's embarrassing. Writing it gets to the ridiculousness of it and makes me not take it so seriously and besides,
SETH'S ARM IS GOOD! Just bruised between the bone plates. NO CAST.
Bone doc only took two seconds. No line, no waiting.
No more complaining for me!
I'm good.
Feh, complain and whine away! We'll listen and commiserate! Glad Seth's arm is ok. Whew.
And, yes, you just described my entire house. I like pixiemama's "mess-blindness" idea...and painting. Do it; you'll be so much happier to have ONE place in the house that you feel at ease. :-)
I love this post.
It makes me feel a little less alone. :) and let me tell you about all the things that would solve a lot of problems around my house...
Just came across your blog. Love it! I homeschool my kids and one is severely autistic - no language (yet). Anyway, I think your cluttered counters prove that you ARE homeschool material!! :) I have a ginormous kitchen and loads of counters and they are all virtually covered with books, papers and just STUFF! Good luck girl! I agree with the paint idea - makes a world of difference!
Lol! Just last night I was thinking (as I do on an almost daily basis) of all the house stuff I need to do - like painting the kitchen and various other jobs. I've been here almost six years and I still haven't done it!
We all do it. I always think, "As soon as we fix the _____, then I'll be happy." And GUESS EFFING WHAT? Yep! You guessed right!
Sending love and prayers for Seth.
And for your pink counters.
My counters are ORANGE...laminate...and one side is coming off and if you brush up against it and it catches your clothes - it makes a hysterical slapping noise when is hits back. Oh they are awful...but it's a great conversation piece at this point. Priority spending TD Secretin wins over kitchen counters everyday.
Somehow my rants like this always come back to me feeling crappy about myself (I'm not fast/clean/efficient/hardworking enough to keep this place spotless) and it's only when I let them go that I realize that's what they are.
Sigh, I wish I knew of a way to permanently let them go but for now, I'm just happy Seth's arm is good and Spring Break is over.
Love.
We're now on day 4 of easter hoidays and I'm goig to change my name by deed poll. To what I don't know, just anything but "MUMMY!!!" or "MUUUUUUUMMMM!!"
Glad Seth is on the mend and can go back to school?!
yay for seth's arm being okay!!! and you getting the house back to yourself, at least SOME of the time!
i vote for painting your office. i loooooove how fast painting changes the scene. something that gets those juices flowing, even just one wall?
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