In Scotland it is traditional to clean your house from top to bottom before the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve .  The hope being, that if your house is clean at the start of a new year, it will remain so through the year .

My house is never clean on New Year’s Eve , so therefore it will remain untidy throughout the year.  I blame the children.

A few of my girlfriends have housekeepers , or cleaners , who stop by once a week and clean their home.    I have often thought that I would like someone to help me clean also , but this gives me all sorts of anxiety.

I would have to clean my house before they even came.  I wouldn’t want them to think I was dirty !  My kids toys are everywhere, and  as hard as I try there are dishes in the sink , wet towels on floors , and fur balls in the corners.

I am also somewhat of a control freak and perhaps they wouldn’t do it to my standards or follow my directions.

Goodness only knows I can’t get my kids to help. My eldest takes out the trash and loads the dishwasher but generally forgets to put the detergent in and turn it on…so no help there. Waking up to a dirty load of dishes most mornings with the trash spilling out of the cans. Yes , he forgets them too.

The younger children have very limited chores , only to make their beds, hang up their towels ,and put their dishes in the sink.  I tried to make it easy ,and each has a hook for a towel, but somehow I step over towels daily.  Inevitably the dishes are left on the breakfast table, never make it to the dishwasher and I end up picking them up and washing them in the sink.  The beds are crumpled mess despite only having a comforter to pull over and smooth out.

No child in my house knows what a vacuum cleaner does , only that if they climb onto  it , it’s a fun ride!

You might ask ‘why they don’t do what they are asked to do ?’ I’d love to be able to tell you but no amount of sweet talking, arguing, cajoling, threatening or punishment seems to get my request for help through their tiny heads. It must be a maturity thing and yet I just told you about my man-child.

I know it’s not my fault , right??

My husband will tell you that I have an issue with things being done right and that I’d rather do it myself and do it my way and quickly , than wait for the offending culprit to catch up.

I might have to learn to take a breath and request one final time of my children to complete their tasks , or make a checklist/point system to encourage them to perform. They are my mini employees after all ,and I reward them handsomely with wonderful treats and yearly vacations.

I am designating myself head of human resources and their in -house training will be starting immediately!

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