What A Difference A Day Makes
I was reading a mom's blog where she was requesting to see real live pictures of people's houses, and I thought that sounded like a barrel of messy monkies. Especially since yesterday I posted a photo of my kitchen at its spit-shined best. So here it is, fourteen hours later....here is the world's first viewing of the kitchen island from hell...
Note the following:
***Blue gel-filled ant farm with 24 dead ants and one very sad, slow, old ant that reminds me of me.
***little planters with plants that are ACTUALLY ALIVE! Poor things will be dead in a week given our track record.
***kitchen drawer ajar because our 1906 house's kitchen slopes and it won't stay shut
***burgundy paper coffee cup. This is here because we ran out of coffee yesterday and rather than going into full withdrawal this morning (because I still haven't shopped) I shoved our baby in a stroller and walked down the block to the local coffee shop for two double lattes. At 6:15am. Thank god we are in San Francisco and have sixteen coffee shops on every city block.
***milk and cream cheese nearly at room temperature
***Dead roses in vase
***at least four boxes of nearly-gone cereal
***bananas on the counter = 7. Bananas that my kids will eat = 0. Bananas that should be made into banana bread = 7. Bananas that will be composted, uneaten = 7.
Bonus Points for me! You can't see the dishes in the sink. You can't see the sticky kitchen floor. You can't see the mold on the tortillas on the wooden chopping block. And, the most amazing, the orchid I was given in early March is still alive.
And here is the front hallway...not too bad! Note lonely pencil in the shiny reflection on the floor waiting to slip someone in a scene right out of the Three Stooges.
Mount Laundry waiting to be folded. They are sooooo excited to finally be rescued from the garage, where they waited for 48 hours in the dryer.
Our filing system, which hides behind our couch...
So there you have it. These pictures don't really do my house justice. In that, they look pretty clean...I actually worked on it all yesterday. We can do way worse. We can put you to shame. If there was a Pro Wrestling of messy houses, we would soooooo kick your butts.
Note the following:
***Blue gel-filled ant farm with 24 dead ants and one very sad, slow, old ant that reminds me of me.
***little planters with plants that are ACTUALLY ALIVE! Poor things will be dead in a week given our track record.
***kitchen drawer ajar because our 1906 house's kitchen slopes and it won't stay shut
***burgundy paper coffee cup. This is here because we ran out of coffee yesterday and rather than going into full withdrawal this morning (because I still haven't shopped) I shoved our baby in a stroller and walked down the block to the local coffee shop for two double lattes. At 6:15am. Thank god we are in San Francisco and have sixteen coffee shops on every city block.
***milk and cream cheese nearly at room temperature
***Dead roses in vase
***at least four boxes of nearly-gone cereal
***bananas on the counter = 7. Bananas that my kids will eat = 0. Bananas that should be made into banana bread = 7. Bananas that will be composted, uneaten = 7.
Bonus Points for me! You can't see the dishes in the sink. You can't see the sticky kitchen floor. You can't see the mold on the tortillas on the wooden chopping block. And, the most amazing, the orchid I was given in early March is still alive.
And here is the front hallway...not too bad! Note lonely pencil in the shiny reflection on the floor waiting to slip someone in a scene right out of the Three Stooges.
Mount Laundry waiting to be folded. They are sooooo excited to finally be rescued from the garage, where they waited for 48 hours in the dryer.
Our filing system, which hides behind our couch...
So there you have it. These pictures don't really do my house justice. In that, they look pretty clean...I actually worked on it all yesterday. We can do way worse. We can put you to shame. If there was a Pro Wrestling of messy houses, we would soooooo kick your butts.
posted by Ellen at 9:11 AM
3 Comments:
Ha! It's now a competiton to kick each other's butts in messiness! Your on, girl! Ha! Thanks for playing along and being brave! I redid the banner...tell me if you likey!
You have a really nice house! Nice island full of junk, that's usually what my kitchen table looks like, check out my house, if you haven't already. flipflopmamma.blogspot.com
Thanks for sharing! Your house is great... and I love the Island but I bet it is a lot like our bar... it just collects crap that should be put in other places.
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