Lightning Tidier

Is tidier (someone who makes things tidy) even a word? Well, if it is not, it is now. ;)

I am FOR SURE not the tidiest person in the world. John can attest to this one but he probably isn't any better than me either. With that said our home is definitely not dirty.

Are there toys everywhere most day? Of course, we have a 3 year old. Is there laundry to do, laundry to be folded and put away almost constantly? Absolutely, I HATE doing laundry. Are there dishes in the sink (on the counters, on the table)? Endlessly!

It used to (and still does on occasion) REALLY bother me that I could not keep our house spotless. Then I realized a couple things. The toys everywhere means that we are having fun. The plethora of laundry to be done and put away means I am choosing more time with my girls. The ridiculous amount of dishes that accumulate every single days shows that I am making most of our meals from scratch. All of it are signs that we are living, that we are spending time with each other, and choosing time over our home looking picture perfect all of the time.

So, for that I am grateful.

But what I am also grateful for is my ability to tidy things up super quickly. I (and John) can go through our home, no matter how much of a disaster is may be and make every room completely presentable and not embarrassing in a very short amount of time. For example, today. Seriously, every room was crazy. But I just spent the last hour and a half tidying up. This including sweeping the kitchen, unloading and loading the dish washer, washing all the pots/pans, wiping down the counters, picking up all of the toys and all of Olivia's clothing changes from the last couple days  that were strewn about the house, put away two loads of laundry, put another load in, organized and wiped down our bathroom, and even made our bed! In an hour to an hour an a half.

Now I can relax, and enjoy our home without feeling stressed out about the mess everywhere... you know until I wake up tomorrow and it looked like none of that tidying had ever been done. ;)