Mrs. Clean???

Those of you who have one or two, maybe even three kids in your house will probably be able to relate. Those of you who have no kids in your house...........well, your day will come. I have three who live here, but actually, it's never just the three. It's always six, eight or maybe ten at one time in my house. Now the girls have had Christmas parties in years past, and there have been as many as 30 (I DO NOT TELL LIES) and if that isn't crazy, I don't know what is. Anyway, keeping my house clean is easy. It's keeping it tidy and picked up that is the hard part. The kids will laugh sometimes and call me Mrs. Clean. I AM a neat freak, always have been, even as a teenager. I believe there is a place for everything. Kids believe that, too. It's the "place" that we disagree on. I'm forever picking up and putting away, in the "places" I think they should be. Some days I'll get out of sorts and scold, but the reaction is always the same. "But, Grandma, we DID put it away." I'll just sigh and then continue with my ranting. What I NEED to do is make a list of where I want everything to be, but, then I'm afraid it would take more time to do that than it would to just put it where I want it. In all truths, the easiest thing to do is just ignore it and just be satisfied it's put "somewhere". At least they all know where I'm coming from and what it is I want. As far as the "place" where I want things to be put...........well, let's just say "in a perfect world..................."