Comments on: Art Before Dishes

By: maya

maya — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:15:42 +0000

“Sophie’s idea of helping is to remove every item from her dresser and toss it around her room”

Laughing out loud at this!!! Because you know, I can’t relate *at *all*. Leo says, “Mommy, I help!” and then makes an even bigger mess or breaks something and I bite my tongue SO hard…

I really struggle with this–when I think about the amount of time I spend loading and unloading that god-for-saken dishwasher (the cleaning ladies can’t do my dishes every day!) well, it makes me downright cranky. There are so many more interesting things I could be doing. It’s the day to day drudgery. I think Annabelle’s question is brilliant. I am one of those strange people who actually enjoys folding laundry. It’s the putting away that I have trouble with.

I love your sign about art and dishes. The one on my fridge says: “a good mother has dirty floors and happy children.”

By: Cole

Cole — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:29:52 +0000

HAAAA!!!!! Thank you for sharing. Um yeah, Charlie and I we clean up the clutter bi-weekly- you know- the night and morning before the cleaning lady comes. If we didn’t- there wouldn’t be any space for her to clean! And there is nothing that makes me crabbier then those few hours of required pointing out of why we can’t have nice things

By: heather

heather — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:24:19 +0000

you should check out the William Morris Project over on pancakes and french fries. She has been doing it for over a year now. It is a great idea, simplifying your home and living an intentional life. She tackled a lot in that first month, but the concept is solid. If you just focused on one small area each week (or month).

http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com/2011/09/31-days-of-william-morris/

By: susan silverman

susan silverman — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:58:07 +0000

your readers should know that you come from a home with a fake antique sign: a messy kitchen is a happy kitchen