About This Tidy Thing..

I came home from my morning of driving around strangers and want to know what I did? I tidied up.

I flipped the dishwasher, cleaned out the fridge and a few other tasks that needed done to keep our house one step ahead of being condemned. This isn't to say that BW doesn't tidy as we both pick up along the way..

But I gotta tell you..

I think I am losing the battle.

I can hardly wait until she's bit bigger and I'm retired. Not so that I can go on cruises but so I can have more time to clean! (and write)

OMG you guys. Today we tackled our junk drawer and we found:

We found:

1. The stamps were looking for
2. A sewing kit
3. at least 50 pens
4. a "0" birthday candle - used.
5. 6+ tubes of lip gloss
6. A ball inflator
7. 6 syringes for kids Tylenol
8. a 7-eleven cigarette lighter
9. 6 eyeglass screwdrivers
10. toothpicks. lots of toothpicks
11. elastic bands
12. batteries of every size and shape

and the list can go on and on.

Needless to say, we threw out a lot of crap from that drawer. And then there's the crumbs to vacuum.

We had to do this in part because the child has found this drawer and is always rooting around for something so I guess it would be a good idea to get rid of the dangerous stuff like the sharp knives and cigarette lighters.

And don't get me started on the laundry. I have no idea how or why we have so much laundry as we both essentially work from home and dress accordingly most days. (like the bum that I am)

As I write this laundry load number 432 is spinning the basement right behind me.

Some days I think I should rename this site to tidy-ish husband.

Another thing we did when we tidied today was we grabbed the contents of her Halloween bucket and told her she could have 3 things and the rest of the suckers and stuff nobody eats gets tossed.

Needless to say, this didn't go over well but we're a week away from my MIL visiting and our pie consumption goes up considerably and then there's the holiday and then Christmas. She will not be lacking in sweets.

So we had to edit the haul down to a reasonable amount

She picked (all the largest sizes, ofc)

1. Reese's Pieces
2. Starburst
3. Skittles

I grabbed anything that resembled a chocolate bar and all the rest got tossed.

Then at dinner I could see the wheels rotating in her brain and then she says:

I am going to eat one different candy every day then start over again.

It's like the Halloween candy circle of life here.

Keep Tidying,

TH and Co.