I'm reviving this blog, but not until next week. This week we have planned a "media fast". This means no TV or (*eep*) computer. This means no watching online videos, no flash games, and most of all, no twittering.
Why would I put myself through so much torture? I can sum it all up with one word: Spring Cleaning. Actually, after having two kids really close to each other, I never seemed to have the time to do anything more than to do the basics in housework. This is also why I don't post videos that often. I seem to be only trying to keep up with housework.
My house isn't that big. Really, it only should take about two and a half hours to clean the downstairs and only one hour per a week to clean the bedrooms upstairs, and yet, two days ago, I manage to just get dishes done. It was like one of those bad dreams, where you are running and running and running and running (in slow motion) and never really getting to your destination. What on earth is going on?
Okay, I know what's going on. Aside from being disorganized, we just have too much stuff. The thing is that when you have kids close together, things like clothing and toys seem to multiply rapidly. This especially happens when you have more than 3 kids. People feel sorry for you and give you all of their old castoffs and unplayed with toys.
Not that I don't appreciate castoffs, I only spent $70 on kid's cloths last year because most of their clothes were given to us. Most of the toys that we have are now in a large plastic tub, unopened for at least a year.
Then of course, we're geeks. Both my husband and I love computers (except when they don't work properly). The problem with this is that people seem to think that we would gladly take their old outdated computer off their hands. Then again, we did encourage this behavior, since we were able to piece together a couple of old computer for the kids. Unfortunately, my dining room table is now full of cannibalized computer carcasses.
It is somewhat my fault. Being a geek myself, I let things slide until recently, I have dreamt those parts coming alive and assembling in B-movie-like fashion into a robot that takes over all of the kitchen appliances. Perhaps it's time to reclaim my dining room table. After all, the kitchen is starting to seem small when you have 2 adults and five kids eating at a very small table.
So, anyway, most of this stuff will be either going into the giant yard sale we plan on having on Memorial Day, donated, sold on Ebay, or to the landfill. Hopefully, by the time do the first 3, there will be little left for the fourth. Perhaps we'll just stick what's left on the curb for a few sunny days with the word "Free" on it. Then it will go to the landfill.
During this week of torment, I will keep a hand-written journal that I will use in my next post. That's right, a hand-written journal. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I'll stop searching for the mouse.
Why would I put myself through so much torture? I can sum it all up with one word: Spring Cleaning. Actually, after having two kids really close to each other, I never seemed to have the time to do anything more than to do the basics in housework. This is also why I don't post videos that often. I seem to be only trying to keep up with housework.
My house isn't that big. Really, it only should take about two and a half hours to clean the downstairs and only one hour per a week to clean the bedrooms upstairs, and yet, two days ago, I manage to just get dishes done. It was like one of those bad dreams, where you are running and running and running and running (in slow motion) and never really getting to your destination. What on earth is going on?
Okay, I know what's going on. Aside from being disorganized, we just have too much stuff. The thing is that when you have kids close together, things like clothing and toys seem to multiply rapidly. This especially happens when you have more than 3 kids. People feel sorry for you and give you all of their old castoffs and unplayed with toys.
Not that I don't appreciate castoffs, I only spent $70 on kid's cloths last year because most of their clothes were given to us. Most of the toys that we have are now in a large plastic tub, unopened for at least a year.
Then of course, we're geeks. Both my husband and I love computers (except when they don't work properly). The problem with this is that people seem to think that we would gladly take their old outdated computer off their hands. Then again, we did encourage this behavior, since we were able to piece together a couple of old computer for the kids. Unfortunately, my dining room table is now full of cannibalized computer carcasses.
It is somewhat my fault. Being a geek myself, I let things slide until recently, I have dreamt those parts coming alive and assembling in B-movie-like fashion into a robot that takes over all of the kitchen appliances. Perhaps it's time to reclaim my dining room table. After all, the kitchen is starting to seem small when you have 2 adults and five kids eating at a very small table.
So, anyway, most of this stuff will be either going into the giant yard sale we plan on having on Memorial Day, donated, sold on Ebay, or to the landfill. Hopefully, by the time do the first 3, there will be little left for the fourth. Perhaps we'll just stick what's left on the curb for a few sunny days with the word "Free" on it. Then it will go to the landfill.
During this week of torment, I will keep a hand-written journal that I will use in my next post. That's right, a hand-written journal. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I'll stop searching for the mouse.
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