Sooo…for any of you who may have laughed or rolled your eyes at the idea of me…(the MESSIEST, MOST UNORGANIZED woman alive)…researching tips and tricks to make life easier for your family…don’t worry it was just a momentary bit of craziness. I mean really??? As my siter in law would say, “I don’t even have time to poop.” TMI? maybe…but seriously I don’t know what I was thinking.
The best tip I can give anyone reading…don’t do what I do:):) I literally move from one mess to another throughout the day. On top of the everyday clutter, laundry, dishes and desperate need to vacuume … I live with three of the grubbiest, grimiest most mischievous little boys God ever made…God bless em:).
The other day as I was just getting finished cleaning up the baking soda Thatcher had dumped out over the entire bathroom (don’t ask:)) when I heard my mom saying, “Uhhh you’d better come look at this.” I raced down stairs to see what mess awaited me. Thatcher had poured out an entire pot of coffee and was laying on his stomach in the middle of the mess pretending to swim. I didn’t get a picture of him swimming but I took a picture of the aftermath. What you don’t see is the puddles it left in the bottom of our cupboards all over dishes. Good times…
And … Tip #1 from the McPhail Book of Madness:
Dump out any remaining coffee from the pot after you’ve had your morning fix. Little monkey fingers can make a mess when you least suspect it.
PS We had to use good ole amonia to clean up a mess of this caliber…don’t judge…just love:)





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February 16, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Brandy
so happy to know someone else lives in the same type of messy chaos we do! Sometimes I start to wonder!
It got to be too much for me to handle, so we’re actually in COUNSELING trying to figure out how to handle all there is to handle….. it started out as counseling for something else, but has turned into how to survive the day to day grind…. which is ridiculously hilarious, sad, and oh so real at the same time.
Hang in there!
June 23, 2010 at 8:24 am
Abbie
Whao. This is perspective for me. Your stories make it hard to symphatize with you because you’re so funny!
Hang in there.