If you look just a little further, a little deeper:
- That pan on the stove? Full of old pasta, cereal and lunchbox leftovers.
- Round the corner in the kitchen? Baskets of laundry, piles of books and random paperwork.
- Upstairs? A tip.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
What you don't see doesn't exist
Don't let the clean toilet and the hoovered carpet fool you. Sitting in the living room, I look like I have my shit together, don't I?
If you look just a little further, a little deeper:
If you look just a little further, a little deeper:
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Just don't look in our hall cupboard, its a hoarders paradise.. Or the pile of ironing that gets done about once a month.. when ican be bothered...
ReplyDeleteOh I could let you know what I am hiding in my head or around my house!
ReplyDeleteHA! Did you write this post for me!?
ReplyDeleteYour house looked perfect when I arrived :)
What am I hiding? Hmmm. Where do I start? The bedroom cupboards overflowing with outgrown baby clothes just thrown in there on a daily basis / the cupboards in Tate's room overflowing with tools and fabric / the corners behind the TV and coffee table overflowing with cables/dust/toy animals/junk mail/lego/balloons. Man flu germs hiding everywhere. Oh I will stop now!!
I don't think I hide it, but I am going to pretend to myself that just signifies that I am a very open person. I do try to be more tidy, organised, more house-wifey, but I know it's not working when reading Julia Donaldson's book 'A Squash & A Squeeze' and I get to the last line of the 'chorus' and instead of the old lady saying "My house is a squash and a squeeze!" and Hamish shouts "My house is a tip!". It's kind of lost the funny after 50+ times now.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Lis describes a certain type of quick-tidying as a "fluff and stuff." We all do it.
ReplyDeleteMouse poop, dirty sheets, dust bunnies, skeletons, rotten produce... the list goes on.
ReplyDeleteDon't open our front door there is mess everywhere, not hidden and in plain sight!!
ReplyDeleteBad Mummy! Bad Housewife!!
BNM
Oh, lots. Let's just say 'Lots!', shall we?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely some of those pans, though.
you've aready read all of my secrets...so guess they aren't secrets anymore.
ReplyDeletewant to read everyone else's secrets?
postsecret.com (they post new secrets every sunday at midnight)
i'm hiding my vibrator, a "big hispanic d&^*" porn, and a gps trackor I used on the hubs.
Our airing cupboard is full of all sorts of rubbish that definitely doesn't belong in an airing cupboard, but we're running out of space!
ReplyDeleteWhen we have visitors it's two weeks before we can get into our bedroom again.
ReplyDeleteUnspeakable resentment, mingled with stale tea, "compost" and old milk.
ReplyDeleteBNM said it all. Don't open our front or back door either.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying, honestly, but it is futile. Everything is pulled to the floor in every room, hyperactive 4 year old is unable to keep with any activity for more than a milisecond and won't ever help tidying. I'm proud when I can make sure there's no dangerous objects on the floor that baby may choke on.
2 daughters want a bedroom each; but where will we put all the stuff then? The spare room has the ironing pile, drying laundry, bills, extra curtains, pillows, big bags of random stuff that haven't made it to the attic, toys, general clutter. We can close the door and hide that- for now!!
ReplyDeleteSounds exactly like my house although our carpet could probably be cleaner :)
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