tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post60491287784632757..comments2024-03-11T05:02:29.114-06:00Comments on indietutes: battling the tidy monsterCharity Indietuteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517919253368724623noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-42898342907047837002011-02-19T16:54:46.784-07:002011-02-19T16:54:46.784-07:00Cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow
For b...Cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow<br />For babies grow up, we've learned, to our sorrow<br />So quiet down cobwebs <br />Dust go to sleep<br />I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep!<br />~unknown<br /><br />My Granny wrote this up and framed it for me when I had my first baby, many years ago. No truer words were ever written. I have given it to each of my daughters and sons as they welcome their own first born.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930160825477566931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-57135641129242255582011-02-01T21:24:18.300-07:002011-02-01T21:24:18.300-07:00It was so wonderful to read this and realize that ...It was so wonderful to read this and realize that there is someone else going through similar things. Im constantly trying to clean up throughout the day and i end up yelling and "noing" and generally banging my head against the wall when all my kids want to do is inspect all the pots and pans, use all of the lids for construction and drool on the carpet a little bit..and thats ok.amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-39832719467636552832011-01-31T03:54:20.740-07:002011-01-31T03:54:20.740-07:00Such a fantastic post... one for all of us who won...Such a fantastic post... one for all of us who wonder sometimes - how can we live like this? But you are so right... one day it will all be still...and lonely. Sure, I miss the house I had before my kiddies came romping along, but I'd not give up my messy abode filled with laughter, crayon scribbles, tantrums and tears because just listening to one pure, honest joyfilled laugh or squeel of delight or simply watching the rise and fall of their chest as they sleep peacefully will forever make the mess insignificant! <br />Absolutely loving following your blog! While I'm here I wanted to invite you over to say hi and to enter my <a href="http://thequickunpick.blogspot.com/2011/01/fabulous-follower-giveaway-open-until.html" rel="nofollow">follower giveaway</a>.<br />Hope you can stop by...<br />Cheers<br />The Spangler @<br /><a href="http://thequickunpick.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Quick Unpick</a>The SPANGLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683069203373614514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-68773386483476262022011-01-29T19:17:48.512-07:002011-01-29T19:17:48.512-07:00I am a very very new reader...this was the first p...I am a very very new reader...this was the first post I read and boy I am already in love with what you have to say. <br />I am going to write those last two sentences and frame them some place just to keep me from going insane!:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938514272863726361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-29620843459044831042011-01-29T11:20:29.649-07:002011-01-29T11:20:29.649-07:00I love this. It's much better not to worry abo...I love this. It's much better not to worry about messes. But I need to find the balance between it driving me up the wall (to live on the clean roof) and being relaxed about letting all the toys come out.<br /><br />One good thing to do is just have multiples of all the essentials that get lost. Tape, scissors, paper, needles, pens, and so on. Much better to spend 10 dollars or 5 pairs of scissors then 10 dollars on 1 or 2 pairs that get lost. (Except my good sewing scissors which are never to leave the sewing box!!!)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11014810371374789886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-36596504133960584172011-01-28T13:31:13.847-07:002011-01-28T13:31:13.847-07:00I love it! Crafty mess is the way to go! As a craf...I love it! Crafty mess is the way to go! As a crafter, I completely agree with the awesome ideas that occur when things are all over place and end up near each other. I'll never forget visiting a friend's home as a teenager and seeing the ultra-formal sitting room that was magazine perfect but very uninviting. I was afraid to go in the room for fear of wreaking something! I don't want anything like that in my house!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481991215781937995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-22318200588414483922011-01-27T15:04:46.599-07:002011-01-27T15:04:46.599-07:00and a double amen to that!and a double amen to that!Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678805008559998673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-50658414654703721442011-01-27T13:25:56.262-07:002011-01-27T13:25:56.262-07:00I love your blog. I am always nodding my head the ...I love your blog. I am always nodding my head the whole time...you have a fabulous way of putting into words what I am sure a lot of us feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-16196480506346056842011-01-27T09:27:27.530-07:002011-01-27T09:27:27.530-07:00Well said...thank you...those are words I needed t...Well said...thank you...those are words I needed to hear. I too struggle to keep the house tidy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-83845311056806509972011-01-27T09:20:19.019-07:002011-01-27T09:20:19.019-07:00Thank you, I needed to read this right now as I am...Thank you, I needed to read this right now as I am getting frustrated with the mayhem in our house too :-)Scented Sweetpeashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836203205845306983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-68490776376431100242011-01-27T06:46:30.001-07:002011-01-27T06:46:30.001-07:00Its such a hard thing to balance. It taken quite s...Its such a hard thing to balance. It taken quite some time to let my house be messy, its not that I am a perfect tidier, it was always a mess and now I let it be a mess rather than worry about it. I try to get it staright once a week and not fuss tooo much inbetween. My 3 kids are in school fulltime and so now I know its me that makes the mess during the day!Things Hand Madehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125115040315277758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-5251938997514986952011-01-27T06:42:48.892-07:002011-01-27T06:42:48.892-07:00hmm yes thank you. I love this way of thinking!hmm yes thank you. I love this way of thinking!AMYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864780670666627952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-82624373548760547222011-01-26T22:37:08.138-07:002011-01-26T22:37:08.138-07:00Oh how I love this! I had to quote part of your b...Oh how I love this! I had to quote part of your blog on my husbands facebook! LOL "having more stuff lying about IS an environment more enriched. More to explore, more stimulus, more connections between the synapses. A mess develops the powers of observation as you search through the pile looking for the missing sock. Plus, navigating a room where the actual floor only appears every three to four feet is good physical exercise." <br /><br />I could picture him stumbling through toys and clothes and mumbling all the while! I love this! I grew up with a perfect housewife mom! I vowed to never be a clean freak and I am far from it! LOL Enjoy them while they are young!Misty (aka MOM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12730049424671129823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-66014728887097772422011-01-26T19:47:16.589-07:002011-01-26T19:47:16.589-07:00Yes, you have to decide if you want a nice house o...Yes, you have to decide if you want a nice house or nice kids. I'll go with kids every time. Although it is good to have a sanctum within the home, though, that is without much clutter...even if it's just a corner of your bedroom. You can always retreat there.Wizardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417641318966097802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-27585492063170665352011-01-26T19:36:24.405-07:002011-01-26T19:36:24.405-07:00A clean house is a happy house. I could care less ...A clean house is a happy house. I could care less if my house is happy! My children are very happy. My sons favorite saying is, "I used my imagination."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-75045257209230980682011-01-26T18:08:39.554-07:002011-01-26T18:08:39.554-07:00Wow, great post. I've always struggled to reco...Wow, great post. I've always struggled to reconcile a tidy house with the wildness of my children's imaginations. The two don't seem to mix and it's always a mess -- but we are a 'yes' household and that seems to mean more both to my boys and to myself.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486127981293088285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-23616113708358032952011-01-26T17:39:52.326-07:002011-01-26T17:39:52.326-07:00I love this post. An older friend of mine told me...I love this post. An older friend of mine told me one day, when I was stressing out over cleaning before company: Your kids won't remember your house being immaculate. They will remember the time you spend with them. So if it's a choice between doing something with or for them, I'm going to leave the clothes in the hamper to wrinkle and the bed unmade.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417570778398224544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-13564817089713720322011-01-26T17:39:06.087-07:002011-01-26T17:39:06.087-07:00Can I just tell you that I love your blog? I'v...Can I just tell you that I love your blog? I've been following your blogs for 3 or more years now, since before I even thought of having a little one of my own. I love reading about happy family life, and craft tutorials make me happy, too! A mom friend from my internet mom's group posted a link to this post tonight and I just thought I had to share :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161931393042151543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-57238026052370585782011-01-26T17:28:14.862-07:002011-01-26T17:28:14.862-07:00I love how you word things, and intersperse such f...I love how you word things, and intersperse such fantastic pictures with your writing! I enjoy visiting here so much. (Oh, and I can't help but notice that you used the correct forms of "its" and "it's." That made me happy.)bjahlstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074272230635905526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574269791828128314.post-42904139537806356452011-01-26T17:21:45.730-07:002011-01-26T17:21:45.730-07:00beautifully said! i, myself often but-heads with m...beautifully said! i, myself often but-heads with my husband over this exact predicament, and youre absolutely right, a clean house is often a "no" house. a "yes" house is more my style, and i know my kids sure love me for that :)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521170678485745043noreply@blogger.com