True Confessions

1.  This is what my couch has looked like for most of the week.  I've been telling the kids to keep off the couch so the laundry doesn't get dirty.

2. I was mean to a lady in line at the grocery store last week.  She asked if she could go ahead of me because she was on her lunch break and needed to get through quickly.  I said it was okay, but in a tone that made it clear it was not okay.  What I was really thinking was, "Hey, Lady, I'm shopping with toddlers here.  What kind of emergency do you have?"  She said, "Never mind, I'll go to another line."  And then I felt horrible.  Is my heart so selfish that I can't handle someone else going ahead of me in a stupid grocery store line?

3. I paid a lovely woman $30 to pamper my feet and paint my toenails.  Not such a big deal, but it is such an unnecessary expense.  Purely for myself.  But it's nice to not worry about my feet looking nasty, and I love the little flowers on my nails.  They make me happy.

4. We pay another lovely woman to clean our house every two weeks.  In between, we vacuum occasionally and wipe down anything that is obviously gross, but I have not scrubbed a toilet or dusted the ceiling fan in over two years.  Every once in a while she leaves a note telling me that we're almost out of Pledge, and I very happily buy another giant can and think, "This is so totally worth it." 

(We used to do all of the cleaning ourselves.  It was impossible to keep up.  I would come home from work and feel angry as I walked in the door.  Not angry at anyone in particular, but pissed off that my choices were to either 1) clean instead of hanging out with my family, or 2) try to enjoy my time with them, getting increasingly distracted and cranky by the day.  It was not pretty-- the house or my bad mood.)

5. I have not ever taken either of my children to a dentist.

6. I forgot to even get a card for Beloved on our last anniversary.

There.  So now you know.

Comments

[Haze]

Hee hee! Thanks for sharing. Do you feel better now? Good. Now move onward :-)

p.s. Having a cleaner is the most wonderful thing. I hope I can have one again when my daughter comes home.

[Laundry & Children]

Last year I suggested to my husband that to save money we maybe should think about not having a cleaning lady. His response, "Honey I love you, but you couldn't keep the house clean before we had children." Oh well, we can't be good at everything.

[Lisa M]

I loved these confessions.

We ALL have them-

*smile*

[cloudscome]

I just took Buddy to the dentist for the first time. He's five. The dentist raved over how wonderful his teeth are and what a good job he does brushing. I couldn't believe it. I thought we were going to get a stern talking to.

I don't dust my ceiling fans either. I just lie on the bed and stare at the dust sometimes. Yuck.

[Leigh]

I'm sitting here laughing at the thought of you saying yes to that woman with an obvious attitude.
I probably would have said nevermind and moved on. On the other hand, if someone had asked me that, I suspect I would have said no.

These are interesting. I would be most ashamed to get my feet done, but I'd love to have someone clean my house and my toilets.

[Louise]

Great list! I am most envious of the pedicure I think! :-)

[Heidi - happy mom]

love it. I am laughing and just jealous of some things, and knowing I have done many of the others.

[Sharla (annegirl)]

I am a terrible housekeeper (and that extends to laundry as well) but I tell myself that that is so that I can use my talents in other, more useful areas!