Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 15, 2009 in
Embarrassing Moments,
bad housekeeping
I’m sure my wonderful husband always wonders why the house never looks any better when he gets home from work than it did when he left it. It often looks worse, but never better.
So I decided to keep track today of what goes down.
0700 Baby B climbs into my bed and cries mommy mommy mommy [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, corn pudding, housekeeping, my husband is the kindest most tolerant person in the entire universe, time wasters
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Apr 26, 2009 in
Homemaking Made Easy
I have made no secret of my lack of housekeeping skills. In fact, in a moment of folly I even posted photos. Photos, people!
The Parent Bloggers Network is having another blog blast this weekend, compliments of Pledge Multi-Surface Cleaner, and I’m flouncing my shame around in public in honor of the event.
I sit right now [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, parent bloggers network, Pledge Mulit Surface cleaner
Yesterday I got to laugh a bit while taking a break from writing about depression when I came across Her Bad Mother’s post about house cleaning.
I’ve been pretty clear about my skills in that area, but I haven’t been what you might call…transparent. She posted pictures!
So in a show of solidarity (and maybe just a [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, homekeeping, Motherhood, parenting
Disclosure: I occasionally, in a fit of mindlessness, click on those ridiculous quizzes from Facebook. Go ahead, mock me. You’ve all done it too and I know it.
Yesterday, there was one purporting to tell me what kind of mommy I am. From five questions.
I don’t think anyone should be pigeonholed into some arbitrary category of [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, facebook, mothering, parenting, quiz
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 16, 2009 in
Embarrassing Moments,
Homemaking Made Easy
I did some catching up on my blog reading over the weekend. I mean in between the five loads of laundry, the grocery shopping, the dishes, the sweeping and driving, and all those other things Valentine’s day is for. Or is that Mother’s Day?
Anyhoo, I found this unfortunate posting from Mom-101 that made me weep [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, Embarrassing Moments, firefighting, mothering, parenting
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 12, 2009 in
Homemaking Made Easy,
Mental Stability,
Motherhood,
Writing
Where did it go? The discipline, the commitment?
I’m sure forcing myself to write is no more amusing for you than it is for me, but be grateful that you don’t have a small person dumping powdered milk on the floor in retribution for the lack of attention for ten minutes. And clinging to your leg [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, children, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, writing with children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 2, 2009 in
Homemaking Made Easy
I have come up with a way to decide whether to purge an item from your home or keep it.
Perhaps to most people, this is easy stuff, and not worth devising a litmus test for, but I have something of a…problem.
I sew things from recycled fabric and sweaters, so I see potential in nearly every [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, fabric, organization, simplifying, vacuuming, yarn stash
You remember that Christmas tree in the photo a few days ago? It’s gone. Well, actually, it’s halfway gone. It is actually standing in the doorway beside me as I type. See?
I have been stuck lately, and I can’t seem to get unstuck. Maybe this will help.
Motherhood Uncensored recently wrote about having to always be [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, cleaning up pine needles, Motherhood, sweeping
“Too wet to go out
And too cold to play ball.
So we sat in the house.
We did…”
THIS:
and THIS:
and that’s all.
Tags: bad housekeeping, Motherhood, parenting