Messy Tuesday
March 25th, 2008 by 
mel
I have long felt that there are more important things in this world than housework (my father would attest to this), just as I feel that there are many, many worse things in this world than swears. Maybe these are just excuses for my clutter or potty mouth. Maybe. You won’t find me swearing outright on my blog though, because even though this is my space, it is a public place, and I want you to feel welcome and not offended (and it doesn’t mean I don’t revel in it when YOU swear!). You also generally don’t see me displaying my poor housekeeping skills to company (not the very worst of it, at least!) or here on the blog. I have confessed my messiness before, but find that I usually avoid showing the evidence. I don’t want you to know HOW messy I actually am, but there it is. The truth is that I AM messy. And who wants to see that? Your mess or mine?
I guess I do. Last week, I suddenly felt right at home with some wonderful bloggers, some of whom I’d never “met” before. Felix and KnitWit started the celebration with their thought-provoking and affirming manifestos and invited all to join in. Needled’s thoughts were simply profound - Thomasina’s teacups and Slipped Stitch’s needle jar and as I’ve mentioned, Shannon’s housekeeping techniques, were all too familiar. They all are sticking with me. Gratuitous linking due to the idea that some of you may need to read & see these as much I did - Enjoy! As much as I love beautiful pictures and crafts, and the brief illusion that life isn’t so messy (yours or mine!) I know that even the neatest of us battle the mess in some way, shape or form, at some time or another, or every day even. We all make decisions about how to budget our time and prioritize the messiness right along with everything else in our lives. Most of the time for me, the mess just does not rank high enough. Until it becomes a health hazard, or I’m having company, whichever comes first. So I’m here to join in the party by reveling in my own messes once a week - parties do make the most memorable and happy messes!
Dirty hoof.
This little party starts here at floor level, with the pups added for a smidge of cuteness, but I think it’s appropriate since the floor is where they spend all their time and these particular messes have more to do with them than with Tad or I. I’ll take all the dirt along with the dogs - they provide us with so much joy, unconditional love, and hilarity in return. This is what accumulated on the floor while we had a wonderful weekend (and has continued since - maybe tonight I will sweep. Or finish my spinning project). Notes and all the gory details (paw prints, dog hair tumbleweeds, etc. etc) can be seen larger in my Flickr set, if you’re so inclined!
Dirt, Dog Hair & Debris
Happy Messy Tuesday - Go do something more important than cleaning (and tell us about it!)
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March 25th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I love the dog pictures. He’s so cute!
I completely agree that there is more to life than house work. I have amde a career out of hiding my messy side. I have matching dust bunnies and dog hair tumbleweeds at my house.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
things more important than cleaning?
oh… wait… thinking…
- reading a good book
- enjoy a walk with the doggies
- play with my nephew
- weaving in those 10000 damn loose ends in my rr-cardi
- breathing the air… spring, yet with a hint of snow
- looking at my yard and the things in there beginning to go from muddy brown to green again.
- having a cup of tea (and maybe some cake?) with the hubby
- chatting with friends…
…
oh… wait… wasn’t there something about cleaning in this question???
stay messy. no-one will care as long as you’re such a nice person! ^-^
March 25th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Lester agrees with your assessment and says when he is finally off-duty, he is moving in with you.
March 25th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I cleaned last week! Serious spring cleaning (2.5 hours in the kitchen alone), so now I get to play! Isn’t it amazing how much stuff accumulates on the floor in just a couple of days?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Sheesh!!! You call that awful? Get in line, honey. My house is a mess and I’m wallpapering my sewing room. Priorities, you know. If you’d like to be entertained, check out my Sept 8, 2007 post on my laundry room. I know there’s one of my trashed sewing room too.
There’s so much hair on my bathroom floor, I’m amazed I’m not bald!
I’d rather be happy than have a clean house. And if all I do is clean, I won’t be happy!!!
March 25th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Mel, you’re an inspiration. I’m putting up a post in a little while and we will stand together (in spirit), knee deep in debris.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Thank you so much for “baring your mess”! It’s so nice to know I’m not really the only non-neat crafter out there…
March 26th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Ha! I love what you say about having a potty mouth! (I am an incorrigible swearer myself). And I may have to jump on the messy tuesday bandwagon… While I appreciate neatness and am prone to infrequent, whirlwind cleaning spells, I feel life is too short to go ’round tidying-up all the time!
p.s. dang cute doggie!!
March 26th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Yay - messy Tuesday sounds awesome! Though at this point my life is so entirely messy I’m not sure I’d even have time.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Your dog is so beautiful! I love those big innocent eyes!