I realized it's been a while since I've posted anything but weekend updates, Friday Letters, and Live & Learn Lessons, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to link up with Kathy for Humpday Confessions.
I confess...
I am utterly addicted to Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and basically anything related to that ridiculous family. I adore it when I check my DVR and realize I have another new episode to watch. Yes, I realize they are totally trashy and annoying, but for some reason I can't look away... Kind of like when you pass a really bad car accident and you don't want to look, but you can't help it.
I confess...
Hiring a housekeeper has completely changed my life. Sometimes I have a little bit of first world guilt about it... but never enough to consider changing my mind. I used to constantly stress about cleaning my house. I would spot clean constantly, and obsessively think about the next opportunity to do a real deep clean. Then I would eventually spend an entire weekend scouring my house from top to bottom. Now every few weeks I come home and it's like an army of magic elves have been in my home, cleaning it perfectly from top to bottom. I wander around speechless, touching perfectly dusted shelves and looking into pristine white toilets. And then I do a happy dance.
I confess...
Lately I've become quite the shopaholic. I blame the baby. There are just so many amazing things out there that I must have before his arrival. These days it's rare for me to come home from work and not find a package on the doorstep... every day is like Christmas! Furniture, books, bedding, clothing, artwork, storage items, you name it, I've ordered it. I'm going to go broke and this kid's never going to college...
I confess...
I've never been more exhausted in my entire life. Like tired in my bones and my very soul. I don't even remember being this tired in my first trimester. I feel like all I do is sleep, but I don't think it's very restful sleep when you have to get up every two hours to pee. Last weekend at the bachelorette party I snuck off each night for bed at 9:30 and 10:30 pm, respectively. And I still came home on Sunday and took a three hour nap. Then I proceeded to sleep for 11 hours and woke up exhausted for work. Perhaps this is nature preparing me for the Tiny Human's arrival...
And there you have it... some Humpday Confessions. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Do you have anything to confess?
WTF again. blogger ate my comment AGAIN!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!
ReplyDeleteeveryone who has hired a house keeper says to themselves: WHY DID I TAKE SO LONG TO DO THAT?! and they'll be even more of a blessing once baby comes!!
-kathy
Vodka and Soda
GIRL I always go on and on about the Kardashian family and how ridiculous they are...but like you said...I'm just so addicted to watching their ridiculousness!
ReplyDeletehaha! "I'm going broke and this kid is never going to college" story of my life! Welcome to early motherhood.. I literally have packages delivered daily. I can't stop. Amazon Prime will be the death of me. Or maybe just my bank account. ;) I'm totally jealous of your housekeeper! UGH. I'm a stay at home momma so I guess it's my "job" to keep the house clean. I think people would think pretty badly of me if I hired someone to come in and clean!
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a Kardashian fan. I watched it in the past but haven't seen it anymore since then. There's alot of shows I use to watch that I dont watch anymore. Not sure why. Having a house keeper since you're pregnant sounds like a good idea. You get to rest while they do the work right? LOL Are they helping you get ready for the baby too or no? Catching up on sleep would be the best. I wish I could. I miss out on so much sleep b/c i'm a bad night owl and have insomnia.
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Ummm being a shopaholic when you are expecting a tiny human is NORMAL-- do it, do it! I'm right there with you! And you deserve a housekeeper!!
ReplyDeleteI want a housekeeper SO bad! I'm BEYOND jealous!!! I think I'm going to hire someone to do my deep spring cleaning this year.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I would love to have a housekeeper service come in once a couple weeks (or even once a month). I may work from home, but I spend all that time working on work and not on the house! Totally jealous of that!
ReplyDeleteOh what I wouldn't do to hire a housekeeper. I actually think that once we pay off some of our debt, that I will! I just feel like there's always so much to do, and I don't have the time/energy. The next thing I know, the house is a disaster! I always say that I have to clean twice: organize/put away and then actual cleaning: sweeping, dusting, etc. If I could eliminate the dusting and such, I would be much less overwhelmed and could keep up with the other stuff!
ReplyDeleteI love the Kardashians too! HAHA I can't help it. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to watch the Kardashians religiously so no shame! haha
ReplyDeleteI wish I could afford a cleaning service (and also that my hubs would be on-board with getting one, something about privacy or whatever). And hope your exhaustion now will prepare you for baby's arrival because I have never been so tired than the first 6 weeks of my baby's lives. Just know, it DOES get better and like Kathy said, you'll LOVE your cleaning service then. Get a personal chef while you're at it too :).
ReplyDeleteEvery time I find myself cleaning my house, I think to myself, "Sarah doesn't have to do this because she is smarter than me". I really need to just bite the bullet and hire someone, but I keep putting it off. I tell myself, okay one more episode of the Kardashians and then I will hire a housecleaner! :)
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