Expectations

So today has been EXHAUSTING! I have cleaned my poor little heart out. My previous post included a checklist that I use when cleaning my house. Well I'll have to admit that lately I have gotten a little bit....behind....on my housework so today I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned to the point of exhaustion. I did almost EVERYTHING on that checklist today. Normally I do NOT do all that in one day especially feeling the way I have felt today. My sinuses and allergies both decided to gang up on me today and make my life miserable. But I had a little motivation today. My husband's grandparents are in town and are supposed to make a surprise visit. Now me, personally, I hate feeling judged and that's how I feel when any of his family come around me. With my family, I'm just like huh, I don't care because we're family and they'll love me no matter what. But from what I've heard, his grandmother likes things SPOTLESS. So now I have a spotless house (except for some clothes that need to be folded and a few dishes in the sink (which I'll wind up doing tomorrow). Thankfully though, I am now able to end my day with a hot shower then afterwards by eating the rest of the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream while watching my husband play with our lab/pit mix dog Zeus. They are such a trip. And hopefully they won't wake that beautiful baby I got sleeping in her room. (:

So since this post is also about cleaning I thought I would just share a few pictures that I'm sure a few of you (and me) could relate to:

That is one thing I don't understand. Most people expect to come into your house and see it absolutely spotless. Well me personally, I believe if you spend all your time in your home then it isn't going to be spotless, especially if you have a toddler, a husband, and a dog running around. Either way, I'm still one of those people where if I hear someone is coming over then I'm hopping up off the couch to try and straighten up a bit. 

This one makes me think of my mother so much!

This is so so so true. But I couldn't have a house without my husband or kid. I'd go insane over all the silence!

This is how I feel sometimes when I have company over. I'm just like hey, my house was clean when you got here, but that doesn't mean that I want to clean it again when you leave. That is just one of my pet peeves, like seriously, just pick up after yourselves.

My husband has actually come in and asked me this once before! Lol. 

And last but not least, this is how I feel every single day while I'm at home with my toddler. She loves to help mommy but whenever she gets bored helping me, she does the exact opposite by tearing out everything that I worked so hard to put up or by spilling her juice all over my freshly mopped floors. But hey, I guess that's the price you pay when you become a mother. I wouldn't change it for the world though. (: