Dirty laundry

I've moved all the kids toys to the room in the basement. The room is not finished but I'm tired of walking into hurricane kidzone as soon as I open the front door. My major motivator for this is the laundry. Sadistically, I enjoy sorting through the mounds of clothes on the laundry room floor (after scouring under bunk beds, in closets, under the change table and beside the bed where I always find sport socks, brief and jeans... those would be Craig's). Since the laundry is in the basement, I figured if I was ever to get around to doing it, it would have to be in a space where I could spend more time. With the children always playing on the main floor or up in their room, I was never in the basement. Problem solved!

So now I happily sort, fold and distribute into laundry baskets while the kids run around trying not to crack their pretty heads on the cement floor.

I think I'm an organizing junkie. I like the way it looks... nice crisp and clean pile of clothes. I like the way it feels... productive, like I've actually accomplished something. But I'm totally deluded. Who am I kidding? My house is always a mess with dished stacked up and papers strewn everywhere!

Does chaos breed happiness? I mean, I think we are a relatively happy family. So would I rather spend time cleaning or playing?

I often have thought about a house cleaner. But I would totally pull a Marge (from the Simpson's episode where she goes crazy making the house clean before the cleaner arrives) to avoid the embarrassment of having someone see this mess.

I think it really comes down to my lazy ass. If I would just schedule my time more effectively I wouldn't be in the vicious cleaning cycle (you know the one where clean everything and promise yourself you won't do it again... which lasts less than a week). I have grand ambitions but then in my many moments of weakness, I see that it's time for America's Next Top Model or Lost or.... Yes, I have many "ors".

I'll let you know when I come up with a promising solution... I'm thinking media cleanse but that may be too drastic for me... maybe during the summer when nothing is on.....