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The down side of cleanliness

September 12, 2009 By Dana White | 7 Comments

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Here’s the part I dislike about having my house as clean as it is today:

I turn into Crazy Mommy.

DON’T BRING YOUR TOYS INTO THE LIVING ROOM!

WHY WOULD YOU PLAY IN THE RAIN AND THEN WALK ACROSS THE LIVING ROOM!

ETC.ETC.ETC!

I would like to achieve a place of balance. If it wasn’t so rare an occasion, maybe I wouldn’t freak so much about keeping it this way.

I do know that even people whose homes are always neat probably freak a little on the days they are having parties. I just don’t want my kids to associate a clean house with a mean mom.

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  1. Anonymous says

    November 6, 2010 at 2:03 am

    Ok, do you have a secret camera hidden in my house? One of the things I hate the most about my slovenly ways is that I turn into a monster when I know company is coming. I yell, I accuse, I criticize 🙁 I am responsible for my children's sloppy ways, but I make them feel terrible when I am in clean up mode. I'm sure they must have mixed emotions when I tell them company is coming. Something like "Yippee! Company!!" combined with "OH NO, MOM'S GONNA TURN INTO THAT MONSTER LADY!!"

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  2. Lisa says

    September 28, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    I hate when I say to my kids, “It’s time to clean.” And they respond, “Who’s coming over?”

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    • Sonja Carroll says

      May 17, 2023 at 9:16 am

      My kids grew up hearing that. I’m doing better more (not perfect) but it makes me sad that they never got to experience the better me.

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  3. Heather Siani says

    June 17, 2014 at 10:40 am

    I’m so glad to read this! I seriously thought I was going to need therapy because I feel so tense with everyone because I’m trying to stay so focused on my chores. Thank God I’m not alone!

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  4. Morgan says

    June 12, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Nony/ Dana

    Do you still feel this way now that cleaning and keeping your house clean is more of a habit? Do you still go into crazy mom mode trying to keep dirt out?
    I have no kids but a husband that can do the work of 2. I found black hand prints that magic erasor had a hard time with (hot paper towls with dawn slaped on the walls worked when I remembed to return).

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    • Dana White says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:19 pm

      It has definitely gotten better. My perspective has changed so much, and perfection is no longer even a goal.

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  5. Recovering Clutterholic says

    March 24, 2022 at 4:18 pm

    I am here. At this same point in my journey.

    Company coming this weekend. Exhausted. But pleased with how things are looking.

    Last night, I nearly snapped at my 14yo because a dirty dish was put in my nice clean sink instead of the dishwasher. Instead I should be celebrating that the dirty dish made it to the sink jin the first place!

    It’s a challenge to find the proper perspective.

    It’s not under the couch laundry pile, or the dirty dishes, or the regurgitated mailbox contents that reside on the kitchen table. I know perspective isn’t there, as those no longer exist.

    Actually, those nonexistent places ARE when I find perspective. Hmmmmmm.

    Hoping to find that same perspective soon, as far as the people go.

    Maybe I just need to scrub them!!

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