The kids - 19 Months apart - were fighting in the backseat: little brother was annoying big sister causing her to scream which he thought was hysterical so he screamed back which made her scream louder and thus the endless cycle of backseat screaming began. I finally told big sis to ignore little bro & pretend he's not there... this led to the 3 1/2 year old screaming at the 2 yr old: "You're not there!!! You're not there!!!"
I still have a headache.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Intimidating
This blogging thing is intimidating.
A blank screen
and me
trying to capture
my usually quick wit
which is unusually slow wit lately
i think the kids ate my wit.
A blank screen
and me
trying to capture
my usually quick wit
which is unusually slow wit lately
i think the kids ate my wit.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
5S in 2008
Every year I make resolutions. Don't we all? And every year, it's not that I break them... I just kind of, well, forget about them! (Don't we all?!?)
So this year I'm starting with one big ticket item: organization.
The husband is so neat and organized - I really admire him for this.
Me, not so much.
It's funny how people who are on the opposite ends of the neat spectrum can be so madly in love and coexist together. Growing up, my room looked like a bomb went off. My parents insisted that I have a path from the door to my bed - but the rest of the room, I was free to keep it as I liked. It's not that I liked the mess so much - It's just that I had too much clothes, books, toys, and well... junk in a room that was not big enough for all of my worldly possessions. Oh, and the fact that I would rather do almost anything to avoid cleaning up didn't help! In college, my roomate was an absolute neatnick. I was hoping some of it would rub off on me... no such luck. Once I moved in with my now Husband, I got a little more organized... but then we had kids and well, who has time to be neat when you're exhausted!
Every once in a while the clutter gets under S's skin and he insists on 5 S-ing the house... or rather 5 S-ing, me. 5 S is a visual organization concept. There are actually 5 S's... I had to look them up after all these years all I knew was that 5 S day meant it was time to clean house. So here they are:
Sort
Set in Order
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
Who thought this up?? I have no idea. Am I supposed to Shine the house? I think I'll skip that one. But we have sorted and put things in order. Huge garbage bags full of years worth of old garbage and more bags set for goodwill... Now all I have to do is Sustain it, right?!? Wish me luck - my track record isn't so good!!
So this year I'm starting with one big ticket item: organization.
The husband is so neat and organized - I really admire him for this.
Me, not so much.
It's funny how people who are on the opposite ends of the neat spectrum can be so madly in love and coexist together. Growing up, my room looked like a bomb went off. My parents insisted that I have a path from the door to my bed - but the rest of the room, I was free to keep it as I liked. It's not that I liked the mess so much - It's just that I had too much clothes, books, toys, and well... junk in a room that was not big enough for all of my worldly possessions. Oh, and the fact that I would rather do almost anything to avoid cleaning up didn't help! In college, my roomate was an absolute neatnick. I was hoping some of it would rub off on me... no such luck. Once I moved in with my now Husband, I got a little more organized... but then we had kids and well, who has time to be neat when you're exhausted!
Every once in a while the clutter gets under S's skin and he insists on 5 S-ing the house... or rather 5 S-ing, me. 5 S is a visual organization concept. There are actually 5 S's... I had to look them up after all these years all I knew was that 5 S day meant it was time to clean house. So here they are:
Sort
Set in Order
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
Who thought this up?? I have no idea. Am I supposed to Shine the house? I think I'll skip that one. But we have sorted and put things in order. Huge garbage bags full of years worth of old garbage and more bags set for goodwill... Now all I have to do is Sustain it, right?!? Wish me luck - my track record isn't so good!!
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