I woke up this morning and stumbled into my kitchen at 5 am for a cup of hot coffee.
Greeted by last night’s dishes and crumbs.
I really wanted to just cry.
We spent so much time making our kitchen so pretty and then…I don’t spend the time to keep it that way. Actually, that’s not true. I spend A LOT of time trying to keep it that way. But it’s so easy for it to fall behind. Like, one meal…one afternoon…one hour.
And I feel like my whole house is that way. The photos for the posts on this blog are all pretty and perfect…but the real life is LIVED IN. And I get discouraged. Every day I straighten up. Every day I tidy. And every day it unravels before my very eyes. This morning, I thought it was me. I thought I surely was doing something wrong. I felt pretty yucky about the whole thing.
But this post.
And now I feel a little better.
Now I’m off to scrape dried food off of plates. Or maybe just run the dishwasher twice. Wish me luck.
{Thanks to Nester for linking to it today. I needed this.}
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i ooove your kitchen!! it’s so pretty!
I think your post and that of your friend are spot on. We live in our homes. They aren’t display models. No sense in getting upset that a cozy, warm, loving, fun, vibrant environment actually has people in it, enjoying themselves. Besides, what’s cuter, a perfect picture or cute little kids making memories?
Cheers,
Caryl
Heavens yes! You should’ve seen my kitchen when I woke up – disaster central. It’s nice to be in good company : )
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We had take out last night and my kitchen was still a mess this morning. Apparently I forgot to run the dishwacher last night so I couldn’t load anymore in it this morning. In the 4 years I’ve been a SAHM this has been one of the hardest things for me. I can’t stand a messy house but come to my house on most days and that’s what you’ll find. My mom told me to chill. She said when I worked we were only active in the house a few hours a day. When I started staying home it changed to people being active in the house for the majority of the day. She’s right but it’s still frustrating to clean a room and five minutes later it’s cluttered again.
I don’t know how you mamas with multiple kids do it! I have one 14 year old child and one husband and if I am gone for any length of time I can tell exactly what was consumed while I was gone…and it kinda really annoys me! ;)
Thank you for this.
Real life is messy.
Oh come on dear, it is not bad at all! Now I feel I should send you a pic of my kitchen (or any other part of the house to be honest) to make you feel like you are the Anthea Turner of the blogging world! :) House is beautiful only when people actually LIVE in it…:)
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