“Naughty, Messy Mommy”
from ‘Peppa Pig’
I’m all for a clean house, but my definition of clean differs, depending on what I have going on. Clean to me is emptying the sink and calling Gia, my toddler, to turn on the dishwasher, her daily chore. If the rugs look clean, the garbage is emptied, the clothes washed and put away, I feel ahead of the game. There is always something waiting to be done, such as mirrors to be Windexed and blinds to be dusted. My floor most likely needs a good shining. I’m fortunate that my dh sweeps after each meal, and one of us will make a pass with the Swifter, an easy method of mopping I wouldn’t want to do without. Right about now, you may be thinking my house is a mess, but the thing of it is, it usually looks good. My reasoning then is, if it looks good with a minimum of effort, why stress? I save the stress for something else, and have plenty of it on hand.
I use to be fanactical about cleaning, until I realized it was like shoveling during a blizzard. I will sometimes have marathon cleaning sessions, and we all go about sprucing the place up. There is one thing I never get to that actually embarrasses me – I don’t clean the car enough. Not all of this is my fault, my dh and toddler do more than their share of creating the sloppiness. Adding a toddler to my back seat changed things. When I was smug and single, I could never understand how my friend Aimee would let her car go, with empty wrappers, cheerios and toys everywhere. She should see my Honda now. As Peppa Pig would say, “Naughty messy Mommy”. In case you haven’t heard of Peppa Pig, go to UTube and choose Peppa Pig Cleaning the Car video. It’s a childrens show, with an English pig family, which is better than average, such as Barney or Dora. Blech.
I plan on getting out the shop vac and cleaning the car tomorrow, only Gia doesn’t get to hold the hose. She already got me yesterday with it yesterday. Amazing the damage a two year old can do with a garden hose. Until tomorrow then, I’ll keep my title, unless you know someone more deserving??? (Yoo-hoo, oh Aimee………) 
