Domestic Diva and Hampering Home Have Teamed UP!

I missed out on the last blog hop. I honestly can't tell you what happened, I was just not on the ball this week, and not just in regards to the Let. It. Go. OBS, either. I haven't been able to get my kitchen cleaned up, my poor kids almost didn't have anything to wear to school because I forgot until 11:00 in the evening to wash their clothes. My laundry (as well as my husband's) had gone unwashed, as well.

I don't remember taking the week off, it still seems like I did something, but I can't for the life of me remember what I did (other than complain about the untidy house, and my lack of time to clean it).

My awesome husband saw that I was struggling, and he took matters into his own hands. While I was volunteering at my son's school one morning last week, my hubby cleaned the entire house. Now, what I want to know is, as a mom who stays at home constantly, how it takes me FOREVER to get the house cleaned, but it only took my husband a few hours. Hmmm.

This situation seemed to fit perfectly with chapters 5 & 6 of Let. It. Go. this week. I am weird when it comes to cleaning. I hate to do it (and, therefore don't do it often enough), but everything has to be done MY WAY. I won't let my husband do the dishes because he doesn't stack the dishwasher the way I do, my kids REFUSE to clean the toys off of their dressers, which makes their room look untidy, even if the rest of it is immaculate (don't look at my dresser, though. I'm more of a "do as I say, not as I do" person.

Well, I realized Friday, when I came home to a clean and vacuumed house, that maybe there is more than one way to clean a house. I just appreciated what my husband did. He alleviated so much stress!

Between my husband's actions and chapters 5 & 6, I realize:
a) I can stop putting all the stress on myself to be the perfect home maker, that I can deligate some of the work out to those who help make the mess.
b) There is more than one way to clean a house. Just because I do it one way, doesn't mean that it isn't right if done another way.
c) Be grateful for the help, don't criticize if it's not done exactly the way I would have done it.

I'm not sure under which topic this post would have fallen last week, but I think I may have combined two (which seem to go hand in hand): Domestic Diva and Hampering Home. These are two areas in which I definitely need to improve! Essentially, I have to get over myself!

~Amanda~