
A photo that’s totally unrelated to this post, but doesn’t Toad look great learning to snowboard?
Okay, so once again I one about a month without writing anything. I actually feel really guilty for ignoring this blog for so long – I’m not quite sure why I have. I guess this place used to be a place for me to write how I was feeling without having to worry about anyone really criticizing me, at least anyone that I know in person. Then the blog got discovered by a couple of people that I do know in real life, and it caused a few problems – that tends to happen when people believe you’ve been writing bad things about them, even if you haven’t – so maybe that’s why I ignore the blog for so long.
I’m sorry I point in my life, however, what I really don’t care if people find the blog or if they get upset about what I write. I’ve said it before, I don’t go looking for, but it tends to find me simply when I’m being who I am. I tried a good person, I try to make my husband and my children proud of me, and I try to stand up for what I believe in. But even that tends to land me in hot water occasionally and I decided that since that seems to be my lot in life I may as well just embrace it and not worry if I annoy anyone.
The topic of the day? The cleanliness of my house. I’m having a bit of a struggle with someone and during the struggle it was brought up that my house is not very clean. You may immediately start thinking that my house looks like it belongs on an episode of Hoarders, but let me assure you that that is not the case simply because my husband has stated that he would divorce me if our house ever looked like that. in reality my house isn’t too bad, at least I don’t think it is. It’s a bit cluttered, it seems like the counter is never fully cleared and that even when I do clear it it gets it gets filled with junk again fairly quickly, and I definitely don’t dust as much as I should. Between Scott and I we keep up with the laundry the dishes and vacuuming and mopping and the basic cleanup as much as we can.
Should I do more cleaning in my house? Probably. I would love for my house to look like it could belong in a magazine, but I’ve come to the realization that that will likely never happen – not just because I’m not a neat freak, but also because I have absolutely no design sense. Sounds strange the photographer doesn’t have a sense of design, but there it is. Actually I do have a fairly decent sense of design, I just don’t have the wallet to match it, and am horrible at figuring out affordable ways to make your home look amazing.
There were a lot of comments during that conversation that bothered me, but the one that bothered me the most, and the one that came up a couple of other times, is the dog smell in my house. I have three dogs. Let me correct that, I have three very large dogs. These dogs do go outside and they do come inside. We consider these dogs members of our family and while they’re not allowed on the couch or on the bed, they do go anywhere in the house they want to. We also have quite a bit of carpet and from what I’ve researched apparently the dog smell stays stuck in the carpet very easily. I’m constantly chasing after dog hair and we brush them and wash them normally, yet apparently the dog smell in my house is noticeable. I’ve had a few people tell me that while it’s noticeable it’s not overwhelming and I think I would agree with that.
I’ve been looking up ways to get rid of the dog smell, and I really haven’t come up with anything concrete that seems to work for everybody. At the same time, I hate to defend myself over the situation. Yes, we have animals. Yes, they come inside. Yes, they do smell the place up sometimes. In return, however, we get lots of love, a feeling of security because they are large dogs and are fairly protective, and we get someone to cuddle with when were not feeling very happy. I guess I’ll deal with the dog smell.
I’m going to make a promise to myself that I’ll be writing on this blog and least every weekday. I need to get back into the habit of it for a variety of reasons. I’m not looking for tons of readers, I’m not looking for friends ( although finding some is always a wonderful treat), I simply need to write on this to help me retain my sanity.







