…hit the deck.
Household Rules
1. If the dishwasher clicks when you open it, it’s clean. Empty it.
2. If I say no, let it rest. The answer won’t change.
3. Pick up a book and read it. You may learn something.
4. If you see the TV remote, you don’t have to press the on button. See #3.
5. If there’s yellow stuff on the outside of the toilet, you did it wrong. Go get the Mr. Clean.
6. If your clothes are in the laundry inside out, they will remain in the laundry unwashed.
7. If it’s your turn to clean up the kitchen, please wipe off the counters and table.
8. Your shoes probably don’t belong where they fell off your feet.
9. Do not call your siblings “buttface loser” or “stupid”. It makes Mom’s blood pressure go up.
10. If you have homework, do it. It won’t go away if you ignore it.
11. Put your clean laundry away. If it ends up in your hamper still folded, you’re toast.
12. The dining room chairs are not coat racks.
13. We won’t even discuss the state of kids bedrooms.
14. GIve Mom hugs and backrubs. It gives you brownie points when you forget #1-13.
15. Take time to be grateful to God for all our many blessings. You (and I) don’t deserve them. It’s called grace.
16. And most importantly, see to the needs of the princess.
If you gathered from that list that Mom is on the warpath, you’d be right. I lost it the other night. The kids were all in bed. Guess who took the brunt of it? If you guessed Honey, you’d be right again.
The house is mostly put back together after having my room torn up. You wanna see my new bed? I may spend my whole weekend in it, knitting and sleeping. (I wish!!!)
What a perfect scene. The bed’s made (for the first time in months). The sun is shining through the window. The vacuum cleaner……hey, what’s that doing there? The nightstand isn’t exactly gorgeous, but it’s my grandmas and it makes my room feel right. Besides, can’t see it when you come in the room. The rest of the room is semi scary yet. I have to finish putting all the yarn away.
But today, Kid #4 and I are having home ec day. We’re going to go quilt. I’ll be back soon with knitting content. Maybe.
Oh, and feel free to add to my list. Just leave a comment!!! I’d like to hear what’s on your last nerve!
Don’t leave the doors open for creepy crawlies or The North Wind. Even the barnyard animals know better than that.
Love the bed! And the quilt on it! I have a coffee table in my living room that doesn’t go with anything, but my Granddad made it. So it stays!
We have more than one apparatus to sit on in the living room. Discover the other options you have instead of fighting over the same piece of property.
Oh, I do have something to add to your list…If you have to try to balance the last item you threw away on top of the trash, so it doesn’t topple to the floor, then for crying out loud, take out the trash!!!
Your bed and bedroom look FANTASTIC!
Yay for you!
As to the list, I think I will borrow it and have it plastered to my walls like wallpaper.
Thank you!
; )
First off, I love your bed! Huge change, but very pretty! Then to add to you list… Close the kitchen cabinets after you remove your item. Wipe off the refridgerator handle if you use it with gross slimy sticky hands. And lastly, if your clothes aren’t ready for the hamper, then hang them back up, do NOT leave them on the floor! Feels good to vent! And my hubby gets the brunt of mine, becuase its all his fault! hehe!
Oh, when you’re putting away your stuff, actually put it where it goes, not just any random place it will fit! I was on the warpath last night, too. Sigh. Grrr. :0)
I adore the bed, show us the new carpet too, please!!!
Clean folded clothes in the laundry hamper is always on the top of my list. If you dirty the top of the stove, wipe in clean is another. I have a daughter who loves to cook and I want to encourage this because it makes my life a little bit easier, the problem is she doesn’t wipe the stove top clean after she is finished, drives me nuts!
Have you been peeking in my windows? It seems like I say at least one, if not many of these things on a daily basis. My husband will clean his closet at least once a year. I always wash the same pair of folded pants that he will never wear. What is the point of washing them once a year but never wearing them?
Thanks! You really made me smile! The quilt on the bed is wonderful, did you make it?
Have a great day!
You make me laugh! When we were home schooling–I had rules of the household posted in the school room. The kids still talk about them-not with fondness. (They actually do chuckle about them now) I’ll have to try to find them for you. Your focus is absolutely on the right things for your kids. I so enjoy your blog. You are such a gifted woman–thanks for sharing. Bev
I love the “princess” photo!!!
My Mom had a saying typed up and hanging on the fridge: “Teenagers, hurry up and leave home now while you still know everything!”
I used to think I was the most intelligent person in the house because only I knew how to hang a new role of toilet paper!!
If you take it out, put it back.
If you open it, close it.
If you turn it on, turn it off.
Love, love, love the new bed!
In my house if you put it in the laundry inside out — -you get it back inside out.
on my list.
If you’re scraping the dinner dishes, and food comes off… you need to push it all the way into the disposal and RUN THE DISPOSAL! It’s not okay to leave food in the sink!
If you finished the last of …. anything… do not return the empty carton/jug/box to the place you found it! Rinse it and put it in the recycle bin, or break it down and put it into the recycle box .. or maybe … maybe.. throw it away. Do not leave it on the counter.
If you put a half finished can/cup/whatever of something in the fridge — Finish it before you open another one.
The floor is not a towel rack. Do not leave towels on it.
The floor is not a dresser drawer or closet rod. Do not leave clothes on it.
The plunger is next to the toilet. Plunge it yourself. Do not leave it for mom to find….
grrrr
thanks, I needed to get that off my chest!
….thanx for the comment, which i sleepily erased instead of posting…..how clever of you to notice katie’s cool yarn bag in disguise….it’s supposed to be a gardening bag….
….i love your new bed…..
I love the new bed. On the list of things that drives me to madness. I have 3 sons and you would think by now that when there friends come over that if they see the toilet lid down they would get a clue. Nope, if that toilet lid is up and in the middle of the night, my butt falls threw, Then we have a problem and let me tell you the whole house will know about it.
I’d like to add, “unless you are bleeding or on fire, please do not interrupt me while I am on the phone.”
Love your list. I can only think of one to add to the list – Don’t set your dirty dish next to the sink. Put it in the sink! Is that so hard?
love your bed! it’s gorgeous!
Gorgeous bed!!!
Standard mom saying in my house: “You know, but you don’t do.” (generally in response to me telling kids they have to do something, they say “I know”).
I might hand my sister-in-law a copy of that list – the way my brother is spoiling their new born baby girl, she is going to need it in a couple of years!
“Slamming doors is not a good way to vent your feeling” was on the list of my parents.
Close the silverware drawer before you butter your toast . . .
LOL! Looks like you hit a nerve every mother has. I remember these lists… now my house is empty except for Stretch and I…. wish I had a few warm bodies around to nag. LOL! I know it is not nagging… it is shaping.
Love the bed… it looks fabulous!
Oh I so relate. Not so long ago some signs got put on things. Like the dishwasher – “Staging area for dirty dishes.” My husband seems to have gotten the point. For now.
I had a couple of rules that helped them and Me! Finders fee: $2 Mom’s are always asked to find whatever is misplaced. I charged my kiddos $2 to find “it”. Usually when I said you’ll have to pay me to find that, they said they’d try themselves first. Invariably they found it.
Also, if I find money in the dryer, it’s MINE! I don’t care whose pockets it came out of.
But I love the list!
On my list – If you empty it, make sure you write it on the shopping list. It will not be replaced until it is on that list.
Oh oh oh, do I ever LOVE that list and those added to it! As a stepmom of three and a “biological” mom of zero, I’m not always sure if my unwritten “list” of expectations is realistic or not. Well, I am feeling pretty confident now!!!!! It’s amazing how much the kids can forget from when they leave our house on Sunday until they return on Thursday eve. I do have the $$ rule for the laundry…..some days I get paid pretty good for doing laundry!!
And, the inside out clothing, they get it back the way I received it. Also, any clothing left on the floor will not get picked up by me and thus it will not get washed and be clean for the next time you want to wear it.
Beautiful bed! Is the quilt the one from the two color contest that you were talking about several blogs back?
Love your little “princess”!!!