I'm almost there, nearly done!
I just moved from a 3-room apartment to a bigger 2 bedroom apartment. Believe me we desparately needed the space. If it weren't for the generousity of my Aunt we'd still be stuck there. She helped so much by paying for the 3-months needed to transfer.
When it was just me and my daughter living in a small 1-bedroom apartment was not the greatest but liveable. However, with the arrival of my granddaughter last year...whoaa! I had forgotten just how much stuff you have when there's a baby in the house. That and the fact that this move has shown just how much junk I had. No wonder it was impossible to keep the place clean.
I've been doing this whole move with very little help. My nephew moved the beds for me and up until today I've done all of the work. My Uncle came over today and helped toss no less than 2 dozen large green trash bags out of the window and into the dumpster! I swear I'm not lying when I tell you we actually filled a big dumpster with all the stuff that was in there. Can you imagine such a sight?? I almost never invited people over because I was so embarrassed about how it looked. Most of the stuff was my daughter's who just kept accumulating things and then tossing them aside. I am just so sick of living like that. She knows how difficult it can be for me just to do normal everyday chores, but to have to keep cleaning up after her was impossible. I would come home from work and there would be clothes all over in every room, papers from the junk mail thrown about and oh let's not forget the empty Coke cans (or rather half-full ones she didn't finish and left out.
Well NO MORE! I've had it. I'm sick and tired of having to try to keep my home clean and feeling like it's a never ending process. I have no clue of what half of what I threw out was and to be quite honest I don't care. All that junk was NOT coming to the new apartment, which is clean and organized (and staying that way!). My daughter has a choice, shape up or ship out. I'm putting my foot down and if she doesn't cooperate my foot will be somewhere else ;).
I want to be able to feel good about people coming into my home. I can understand toys being out when Anna is awake, but when she's finished pick them up and put them away for pete's sake! Actually at almost 17 months old Anna likes playing "clean up" and is almost always willing to help. She's old enough now to learn how to put something in a box (of course she often takes it back out again LOL). Heck, when I feed Anna when she's finished she likes to take a baby wipe and "clean" her table while I sing, "clean up, clean up, everybody clean up". If you make something fun for a child they will gladly do something.
I still have to go down and finish cleaning up in there but I just finished a mountain of dishes and swept and mopped the living room. I need a break!
Well, that's enough rambling time to get up off my butt and start moving again. Ughh I'll be so glad when I'm done with this move.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Almost Finished With This Move!
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We just moved as well and so I can sympathize with some of this. Good for you for simplifying your life, and hang in there as you finish out your move.
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