Is it me ?
Or instead of one past-his-sale- by-date homosexual living a pretty hum drum single existence in a picturesque Welsh cottage
Does it look ( and smell ) like four hormonal smelly teenage boys live in my house?
Finishing nights, and after a few hours sleep , I’ve reviewed the wreckage .
Now some of the blame must be given to Roger who not only has gleefully stockpiled three discarded pairs of underpants in his crate but who managed to locate my new beard trimmer from inside a wash bag hidden underneath the bathroom sink and dismantle it over the living room Carpet when I was sleeping.
The rest of the mess , I’m afraid is down to me.
Cups and spoons clutter the kitchen tops, the bed looks like I’ve had a troupe of strippers in and I can’t even share what the bathroom looks like without an antiemetic
On Friday the place was pristine
Bugger knows how it happens
I took the dogs around to Trendy Carol’s when I did her shop ( she’s still got covid )
And I made myself a late bucket of coffee before getting stuck in
It's your house and you've been working nights. Be kind to yourself:)
ReplyDeleteThe veg artist had it right when she wrote “ no wonder he uses bleach “( I deleted the comment by accident
DeleteThat's OK!!
DeleteXx
DeleteYou will soon get tidied up and shipshape! You always do.
ReplyDeleteJanF
I always do indeed x
DeleteI laughed and laughed, how does that happen? Here too. And that Roger, what a little imp he is, so smart, so naughty.
ReplyDeleteIt’s Sod’s law, his stash in the crate often gets me smiling, he had Mary’s rubber chicken and the lobster soft toy from the living room in there the other day
DeleteMess does seem to just happen when your back's turned. Just think how good you'll feel when all is returned to clean and pristine. Are you sure Roger doesn't moonlight as a cat burglar? xx
ReplyDeleteIt’s obviously my fault , he’s still a puppy and when I’m sleeping , I used to the older dogs sleeping with me. He sleeps an hour then gets bored
DeleteWhat marvelous word pictures your paint when you write, John! Like Pixie said, be gentle with yourself as you're coming off nights and caring for a sick friend. Methinks your shaver etc needs to be in a metal lunchobx with a latch to thwart Roger The Busy Imp.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
A locked safe more like
DeleteThe stripper line was a bit sexist but funny
ReplyDeleteNever been to a male strip show then? ; }
DeleteLol yes who said the strippers were either men or women ? Or both?
DeleteI am a 63 year young lady but my abode has become a house of disarry - The lockdown and ill health are my excuse - But Your cottage John is a home to be proud of x 💐🛀
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t earlier flis
DeleteHow deeply unfair that your bed looks like you've had a troupe of strippers in, when you've done no such thing. All the disarray without the fun!
ReplyDeleteThe bed frame couldn’t take the strain
DeleteIt’s the same here - things can be tidy and then before you know it looks an absolute mess. One of the reasons ai like having people round - gets us to dig out the house.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy your newly sanitized space.
Sanitized space…..hummm
DeleteApologies…couldn’t resist it. Enjoy your ship shape cottage.
DeleteDid Hurricane Joyce ransack the North Wales coastal area? I didn't hear about it on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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DeleteYou just have to blink and breathe and these things just happen. It's just Life and the living of it; plus one very naughty young dog!
ReplyDeleteI’m naturally rather neat too, which complicates things
DeleteWith your busy school, work, social life schedule - a housekeeper might be a good idea. Roger is a little scamp, does he need to go to doggy day camp for a few hours a couple times a week? Forced to get along with other new dogs and follow day camp rules might be good for him. My dog, Caesar, did this and it improved him by a magnitude.
ReplyDeleteOh he gets one with everyone and anything in a skippy , “ hullo” kind of way …
DeleteHe just loves wrecking stuff……
As for a housekeeper, I wrote a post recently about having one looking like Rosemary Harris
But the tidying will be so satisfying.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what the house used to look like when I traveled on business. SG is a disaster. One time, he didn’t get it cleaned up before I came home from 5 days away. I think even you would be in shock.
Yes…lol I like this story , it made me smile…
DeleteMy dogs - thatch especialy get up to mischief even whilst I'm sitting in the same room happily chatting on the phone - Books, newspapers shredded, boxes ripped frantically into dead pieces, a glove, my scarf used in a tug of war with his brother and sometimes a pair of my disguarded drawers - They know the weekly routine of me distracted for a couple of hours and play havoc - even my lovely lily joins in x
ReplyDeleteSome dogs are irascible
DeleteMy goodness flis you must be completely absorbed in your phone call if you don't notice when all that is going on!
DeleteAnd that Anon was me - Jan
DeleteIt's everyone. The detritus of life x
ReplyDeleteI want a cleaner
DeleteYou'll have it spic-n-span in no time, John! :)
ReplyDeleteBut I want someone else to do it
DeleteOh how I'd love a cleaner, sadly now beyond my budget.
DeleteSo easy when there is just the one human at home!
ReplyDeleteOr only one who does the housework... that's worse!!
I think it's truly remarkable that you manage to have a gorgeous, tidy and well curated home on any days at all.
ReplyDeleteI almost never have a house I would be happy to photograph
Do you think Roger was drawn to the scent of your whiskers in the razor? Hopefully he didn't eat any of it. Have you tried putting it together again yet? :)
ReplyDeleteHere it's cats. They can make such a mess with food, water, litter, and shedding!
No. It is not just you. And that is all I'm going to say about that.
ReplyDeleteLove the picture you just painted in my head.
ReplyDeleteDo not let others, steer your ship. Take the helm, and steer for the course you wish to travel. This is the best course
ReplyDeleteI once was asked to visit a next door neighbour GIRL's bedroom to fetch something. I am not over-tidy myself, but I'd never seen anything like it. The mess was horrendous. I did find what I'd been asked to find, but it wasn't easy. The girl's father (who was in a wheelchair) was very grateful; I remained shocked.
ReplyDeleteI tried a cleaner once and spent hours tidying before she arrived it's a two edged sword. Messy isn't the same as dirty
ReplyDeleteOne hormonal teenager, one aging diva, one aging queen, one feisty cat, and you . . . or maybe that is two . . .
ReplyDeleteSmall spaces get cluttered and messed up so easily, and your lovely cottage is quite small. And of course we both have dogs and a cat that loiter around with their things like furry teenagers, and continually need clearing up after.
ReplyDeleteI only have to leave a dirty cup and a biscuit wrapper laying around and my tiny place looks messy!!
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ReplyDeleteI had cleaners in years ago. They did a good job--at first. I've never tried it again. But you'll set the house right, one room at a time, and Roger will grow up and settle down.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
My house is always a mess... I have a tiny kitchen that you walk in the house into and as much as I try it always looks in disarray; no drawers to put things in so there are numerous "receptacles" on the counter top to put things in. Teaspoons in a repurposed milk jug, utensils in a purpose bought ceramic plant holder, a ceramic oblong saucer for the washing up brush and scrubber and plug and on it goes. Drives me bonkers but it is what it is until I can cough up the $25,000.00 it would probably cost to rectify the horrendous DIY mistakes of a previous owner and add a new kitchen. On a much brighter note we survived Cyclone Gabrielle with minimal flooding and our roof didn't fly away. Many things there to be grateful for considering the anguish many others faced from flooding and deaths.
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland
My sons room looks like a tornado hit. He refers to the mess on the floor as his "floordrobe".
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