What have you been doing all day?!

I would describe myself as a motivated person. I like organization and order. I get asked a lot about how I fit everything into a day. How do I do all the stuff I am proclaiming to do? Am I lying? Its not like most of you will drop by my house on a random day to see if indeed there is laundry in the machine and the dishes are done......but you could. Because I am a machine.

Yes I am a machine. I am a homeschooling, house cleaning, cooking machine. I just don't do windows. I have lots of friends who aren't machines though. They struggle with organization or staying on task. They are the ones asking me how my house is so clean when I have three kids home all day. I feel bad for them a lot. Its not that hard when you mindlessly do it. I imagine what it must be like to have to remember to do stuff and fight to keep focused. I want them to know they are good moms. Not all moms are machines. God didn't make us all the same, but you already knew that.

Sometimes I see blogs about machine moms. They give advice about all the things they do without thinking. I wish they would give advice about how to remember. I think that is the hardest thing for my human friends. One thing leads to another and the day is gone and everyone is asking where dinner is. And by the way, my house isn't always clean and I certainly don't do it all alone. No, I don't have a cleaning lady. My last name is not Hilton, but I do have those three kids I mentioned.

I pay the oldest for chores and the middle one hasn't risen to the level of quality I require to get money, but he is only 5. The 2 year old, well she is about to learn how to clean also because baby number 4 is on the way. There will be no slacking. My husband also helps. I am not of the persuasion that I am a failure as a home maker if he has to lift a finger. It is a cooperative effort to keep this place running. I do most of it, but delegation is key.

I am also a schedule freak. I have meals, naps, and outings all happening at the same time every day. My craziness only allows me one trip out of the house a day. It makes me feel overwhelmed to have more than one appointment or errand. Alas, a drawback. I think I mostly just want the people I know who struggle where I thrive to appreciate their own gifts. I want them to acknowledge their own creativity and our differences. Most of all I want them all to hire a cleaning person so I can visit sometime. Or maybe we could just go out?