Day 98: Is that the floor?!?

Holy cow! There is a floor in Chelsea's room! She can never keep her room clean. I guess that is my parent karma. When I was little my room was a mess all the time, just like Chelsea's. Clothes, toys, all over the place where you can't walk. It's ridiculous! I don't understand how this did not ever bug me as a child?! Or let alone be embarrassed by it, because I had friends over!! No matter how much my parents pleated, or threatened, it was always a mess, and I know now how my parents felt. I organize every little thing in her room when I clean it, and I show her where each thing goes. But somehow days later it's a mess again! I spent 5 hours in there today! And I am still not done! She's gonna be getting rid of some things that she no longer needs, or plays with. She wasn't to happy to hear that, but I coaxed her with a new paint job, new bedding set, and her bunk beds taken down. She's now got her mind on how she wants her room painted, and how the theme will be. Hopefully a new "room" will make her appreciate things a bit more? I can only hope, I don't hold out for it though. lol I'm hoping that she will get a little OCD like me as she gets older. I don't understand why NONE of my kids got the Smoker's cleaning gene?!

                                             I can see the floor!!!