by
Mama Fox 
12 Signs You've Been Neglectful in Your Kitchen...
- Your toddler isn't hungry at lunch because he's been snacking all morning off the food on the floor.
- Instead of wiping the counter and table off, you'll make better time sweeping it.
- Rather than sweeping the floor, you'll make better time vacuuming it.
- There's no silverware in the drawer, so you have to take silverware out of the dishwasher, and then wash it (since the dishwasher hasn't run yet).
- You're okay with sharing your home with a mouse and/or other small rodents rationalizing, "Hey, at least THEY'RE picking up!"
- There's more than one science project on mold in the fridge... and you're not studying mold in science...
- You avoid cleaning out the fridge so it looks like you have a lot of food (and hey... the toddler's full!)
- You burn a candle that smells like food (apple pie, brownie, angel food cake, etc.) so upon the visit of a surprise guest, it smells as if you've been busy slaving away.
- You turn the ceiling fan on so you can't see the layer of dust on the blades.
- The dust bunnies are so big, your toddler has named them and affectionately refers to them as his pets.
- You "self-clean" the oven and the children gather 'round to watch the "pretty fire" burn inside.
- You take the phrase "spot cleaning" to a whole 'nother level... ("there's a spot that needs to be cleaned... there's another spot... oh, and I need to get that spot...")
I'll admit that I vacuum my kitchen floor (every other day usually). It's just SO much easier. My Dyson as a bare floor setting... it's there for a reason.
I just thought this was funny.
How clean is your kitchen?
Comments (13)
Mine is always clean. Right now there are a few dishes in the sink, and some coloring pages & crayons on the table.
Really clean right now, but in the middle of a re-organize. I don't like that I have to stretch or get a footstool to reach things I need.
I try to keep it clean all the time, but occasionally it gets a bit dirty.
Our kitchen has always been clean (pots, pans, glasses put away once there have been dry and drained)
we had to be extra carefully when my mom was a childminder for other kids when me and my sister were younger.
I also use my vacuum on my kitchen floor, and my counters, and table and the baby's high chair. It seems to work really well for those sorts of areas.
Well - I'd like to say my kitchen is as clean as the ones above - but it's not! LOL - That was hilarious!
Oooooh that's SO embarassing!
I think I seriously qualified for six out of those twelve! But hey, I'm pregnant (with 9-month-long-morning-sickness) and I have an 11-month-old. I did finally clean everything last week...after it hadn't been cleaned in nearly three months. Oh and I want one of those Dysons! How much did yours cost and are you happy with it?
My kitchen is pretty much always clean unless I'm in there cleaning it.
The only things "out of place" in there now is Little Bit's school bag and some of my work papers I've yet to take to my home office.
Right~ that's what it's called!
I've been wondering why I have the hot thingie, and the tall cold thigie in my craft room. Good thing it's just me and hubby using the 5 second rule when we drop the corn chips!
@MlleBaroque@xanga - $400 originally but we got $50 back with a rebate. We both LOVE it. I didn't see what the big deal was but my husband had one in his office when he was in the Army. He started talking about how great it was and how when we got our tax money we were going to buy one. We got it and OH MY, I was in love.
My kitchen hasn't gotten this bad. I mean, we have been dealing with lazy people around here but not that bad. Just the dirty dishes in the sink.
Yikes!
You forgot about the cobwebs, that you leave to count as Halloween decorations.
I'm sad to say that my kitchen is very similar to that during football or baseball season. I'm never home long enough to clean it and when I am home I'm rushing kids into baths, homework and ect. Then I pass out.