I do believe that I live a life of irony.
At least more than normal people do. I can rarely answer any question with a one word answer. There’s always some reason for an extra-long explanation.
But maybe . . . sometimes . . . I’m being a little overly dramatic. Perhaps I have a bit of a martyr complex.
I mentioned on facebook the other night that within 24 hours of mopping, there were two huge sticky spills in the kitchen. And this wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill Thursday mopping. It was a surely-if-I-mop-on-Thursday-like-I-always-do-the-floor-will-still-be-fine-for-the-birthday-party-on-Saturday kind of mopping.
Spills happen. Spills happen more often when Mama is extra-stressed over party prep and is in another room gluing things during snack-time.
I do believe there is irony in the fact that we ruthlessly purged all but the most consistently-played-with toys from my daughter’s room . . . exactly one week before her birthday party.
But that’s also just life. It’s wise to get rid of the unneeded junk before bringing in more unneeded junk things. Yes, it’s frustrating. But how much more frustrating would it be to bring stuff into an already-out-of-control room?
I consider the fact that a newly-cleaned-out garage is the perfect place to store the bikes that have to be moved off of the patio for the party . . . a little ironic. However, the fact that the garage is otherwise clean means that my motivation to get the bikes out of there is much greater.
Life is ongoing, and I’m so thankful that it is. How boring would it be if nothing mess-inducing ever happened in this house?
We clean, so we can live our lives. Living life produces messes.
So we clean again.
Hi, I found your blog on Simple Mom. When I was growing up, we kept the bikes in the garage. Where do you plan to put them, if you don't want them there? Are they not being used? Are you planning to get rid of them?
Also, I get what your saying here, but I think it's more of a vicious cyle than irony. Even as we clean, we know that we will have to clean again, so it's not irony when something gets dirty.
Marlie…Find another blog!
Yes life would be boring with no messes. And we wouldn't have the happy memories with our children that messes can bring. Nor would we have as many teachable moments or bonding experiences without a little soap and elbow grease inducing fun.
Although it would be nice to have an afternoon to drink tea and read a book with no guilt… 😉
Life is ongoing, and I’m so thankful that it is. How boring would it be if nothing mess-inducing ever happened in this house?
We clean, so we can live our lives. Living life produces messes.
I love that perspective!