{"id":11832,"date":"2012-09-04T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11832"},"modified":"2012-09-04T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:37:11","slug":"the-secret-to-being-a-lousy-housekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/04\/the-secret-to-being-a-lousy-housekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Being a Lousy Housekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>If God had meant for mothers to keep spotless houses He wouldn\u2019t have created romance novels.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m going to put it out there right now \u2013 my husband didn\u2019t marry me for my domestic goddess skills.<\/p>\n

Many days I think he truly regrets this.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to say I better fill the role of trophy wife, but considering I meet him at the door more often than not still in my stinky workout clothes, that\u2019s not what keeps him coming home every night either.<\/p>\n

Of course I think these are just small sacrifices to make in light of all my other (obviously?) redeeming qualities, but when everyone\u2019s still out of underwear and socks, it\u2019s Day 3 of Leftover Surprise, and the dog is frightened when the vacuum fires up because it is a strange and unfamiliar object to her, I have to admit I might need to step it up a little more than just snuggling up to Hubby and purring, \u201cRemember\u2026you love me!\u201d<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m willing to admit my short comings and try harder even though I think doing laundry is a mind-numbing process of futility and cleaning bathrooms just makes people bitter they got stuck with the job and breeds animosity toward the toilet dribblers and toothpaste spitters. Plus, I believe the satisfaction derived from cooking a healthy meal from scratch that hits all the major food groups for your family is way overrated. I get way more of a high walking into Jack\u2019s Urban Eats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s basically a known fact around here that everyone should be happy, or at least pretend to be happy with the passable job I do of keeping house lest they want the job handed over to them with a flipped bird salute.<\/p>\n

My son came close to taking over the job the other day by announcing, \u201cMom it\u2019s a good thing you don\u2019t work for Merry Maids, because you don\u2019t even like cleaning your own house.\u201d<\/p>\n

I thought he said: \u201c\u2026because you don\u2019t even clean your own house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once we got that clarified, I simply had to admit he had a valid point.<\/p>\n

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Shopping here and not just the grocery store makes messy houses disappear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, what\u2019s the secret to Hubby putting up with my less than stellar housekeeping skills?<\/p>\n

We subscribe to my friend Kathy\u2019s philosophy: I can be good at keeping things up in all rooms of the house or I can be good in one room of the house \u2013 the bedroom.<\/p>\n

Guess which one he picked?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can be good a keeping up in all rooms, or just one and everyone’s happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[790,791,2,792,793,86,3,5,28,794,795],"class_list":["post-11832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting-humor-2","tag-being-a-domestic-goddess","tag-clean-house-tips","tag-family","tag-housekeeping","tag-jacks-urban-eats","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kids","tag-momservations","tag-parenting-humor","tag-secret-to-great-housekeeping","tag-what-to-let-give-when-somethings-gotta-give"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Secret to Being a Lousy Housekeeper - Kelli M. 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