ladies....

My son isn;t old enought be included in this so its all the hubby: (no particular order) 1. Dirty Kleenex on the end tables 2. Not cleaning the scaps off the plate and remainer of cereal fakes out of bowl before putting in sink 3. On the rare occasion that he changes a diaper, the dirty one gets left on the floor 4. Waking me up to ask me where his clothes are when they are all put away in his closet and dresser. 5. Dental floss flickings on the bathroom mirror 6. Dribbles around the toilet 7. Hitting snooze button on the alarm clock for an hour I sure theres more but they're not on the top of my head.

Oh my! I have a huge list! I hate wet towels on the bed (which thankfully has stopped after all the nagging!) I hate my son watching TV as he eats. I hate it when husband and son decide to 'help' me when I don't need it! These are the major ones...the rest are minor ones that I can live with..lol

Oh my goodness, the list that I could create would be endless!! But I think I'll just limit it to a few. Yes, the toys are very annoying, but not as annoying as when my two year old tears up a box or paper or...something, and both he and my 8 year old plays with it and leaves it on the floor instead of throwing it away. And also how my two year old will play with those 20 oz. soda bottles and I find them a week later hiding under a table or rammed in between two things (he's very creative). My fiance leaves his shoes where ever he takes them off, and the socks are worse. I find those disgusting things all over the house!! The "tinkle" thing in the bathroom I'm used to. My two year old won't let me go to the bathroom by myself, so when it's just the two of us I don't mind. But when my 8 year old comes home from school, my two year old will open up the door and my oldest will just sit there and stare. UGH!! So now I lock the door when everyone is home so that I don't get stared at. There's a lot that goes on that annoys and aggravates the crap out of me, but because I feel like I live with the circus, I guess I've gotten used to the majority of it.

I wish my husband would dump the garbage into the container that is right next to him instead of leaving it on the counter. I've started talking about the garbage fairy and the laundry fairy and the dishes fairy who just magically whisk everything away without him having to lift a finger! He has the good grace to be embarrassed by that, but it doesn't help much with the getting him to clean up after himself. To be fair though, we're in the middle of renovations, and he's taking most of the responsability for that. (Because I told him flat out that I had no intention of being in charge of two major jobs in the household.)

I am a very organized and neat person and it really freaks me out when these things happen: 1. used cup and teaspoon put in the corner after husband have drank his coffee; 2. toys everywhere except on its proper box; 3. husband left wet towel on the bed after taking his shower; 4. kid played with my vanity kit and i have to search the whole house for my hairbrush; 5. husband getting a new tube of toothpaste when there is still enough left in the old tube (that is if he squeeze it hard). The list could surely go on and on and on.

Hold on to your seat for this one... lol I have 7 kids (ok, not all the time) 5 are mine & 2 came with the man. He's away at military training right now, but I still take his girls for visitation on the weekends. So how do I keep the sanity? First off- the kids have room inspections. 2-5 times a day depending on how messy they get, but always right before bed time. They get 10 minutes to clean their rooms up to code & the timer is set. When it goes off they file out into the hallway & stand against the wall while I go in and make sure it's good to go. If their mess begins to trickle out into the rest of the house they get paired into teams and given a time limit to clean their areas "up to code". Each child is given a responsibility one to wash the table, one to feed the dog, one to wash the dishes, one to set the table... ect. As for the man: when he's home, bless his heart, he has never once forgotten to put the seat back down. All I need to do for him is give him his "honey do" list & it gets done (I got a good one =P)

Oh I am irritated when my sons don't flush the toilet bowl. My eyes irk when I see that their bedroom and bed are messed up. I am angry when the things that they get or used are not returned to their proper places. I am p!ss'd off when I am going to use a thing and have been looking at it and its not there in its place.