Goggles in my bathtub...

As any mom knows....with several kids in the house....everything is a constant battle. Everything. And at bedtime, once everything is calm....sometimes I look around at the battlefield and thing.....wow....I think the kids one this one! Ha ha....you get the picture....no matter what you do....all day long, it never seems enough to stay on top of the havoc they can reek in a home. The chaos that just follows them around. And yes, a lot of it is b/c I am tired at night, and don't have the energy to inforce them to pick up...yet again that day, and think it can wait until the morning. And Clay tells me all the time....What does it matter! And he is right. And I remember, when I was a messy child, thinking the same thing when my mom would rag me about the HUGE mess in my room....and I swore, when I had kids, I would not care if their room was a mess...and here I am, caring much more than she ever did!

So, last night, I settled in for a hot relaxing bath in my glorious tub. And along the edges I noticed....3 pairs of swim goggles. I do remember giving permission, in secret to Noah one night so the girls wouldn't know, that he could play with his swim goggles in the tub. But in a weeks time, and in the wake of me being always distracted, 2 more pairs have made their way to my tub....and I am sure that has added to the sopping wet bathmat in front of my tub. And for once, I just laid back, and smiled, and thought....I bet they really had a big time playing with those goggles in the tub....(I think the reason I wasn't aware was b/c they had a bubble bath....or again just b/c I am always so distracted!) And then I looked out, and amongst their dirty clothes I hadn't gotten around to picking up...I found their big long stuffed snake in the floor of the bathroom.....and thought of the stories they were probaby telling each other b/c they are ALWAYS pretending something. And as messy as that one room was just from their bathtime, and knowing every other room probably wasn't much better, I just smiled and thought....Ah....I love my children! One of these days, when there isn't mess to pick up, I will think of this moment, soaking in my tub with the goggles....and probably just cry b/c I miss them so much.

And on another note, I feel my spelling in this post may be off....and I am really just too tired to even know. My husband has set a goal to have the energy bill as low as it has ever been this month. There was a segment on Channel 7 not long ago about how much it costs per day to run certain things in the house, so he has been a man on a mission. He has unplugged all my Glade plug-ins....which were also night lights, so I can't see a thing. And not only that....he unplugged my alarm clock by my bed! He said, since we don't actually set alarms, then what do we need 2 for? Now....he knows I am BLIND AS A BAT without my glasses, and he plugged his in on HIS side of the bed up high so that I have to totally roll over, lift myself up, and squint to try to figure out what time it is. And, I know, I could plug it back in, but do you know how hard it is to get to the plug behind a bed!?! And then you have to set the darn thing! So...this morning, I woke up, and got up, and after being up about 30 mins, I looked at the clock, and realized it was 2 hours earlier than I normally get up! So, when he got up....2 hrs later, he was oh so cheerful, and asks....what did everyone get up so early for?? I told him it was time for him to plug my clock back in!!!!! LOL