My Non Beautiful Blog Worthy Life...

This week I decided I was going to freshen up the blog a bit

nothing radical just a light fluff and fold type clean up

so in the name of research I did a bit of blog cruising

which resulted in a bad case of blog envy 

and the crushing desire to paint the whole house

and everyone and everything not nailed down in shades of beautiful blog white

I seriously want to know where these people

get these beautiful clean clutter free gleaming white homes

and gorgeous children in perfectly crisp white clothes

blowing bubbles and playing with cute puppies

and their kitchens are all gleaming and filled with matching everything

and their nicely fluffed family rooms are full of artful arrangements 

of sun drenched corners filled with dust free bits and bobs

My place doesn't quite meet those criteria

for one thing my child is usually found stretched

with feet on the sofa in various mismatched pieces of clothing

 eating corn chips for breakfast 

and the completely untrained dog 

who has a permanent case of bed head no matter how often he is groomed

is standing on her chest

hoping for some scraps because I may have forgotten to feed him

don't fret about him though because 

somedays I forget I have fed him so he gets fed again

so I figure it all evens out and he usually lets me know when I have forgotten

and this is pretty much how I fed Phantom through her formative years

and she survived so it all sorts out...

My kitchen is not gleaming, clean, but not gleaming

in fact it appears to grow dirty dishes magically

and the only matching set of anything 

is the row of vitamins that are lined up behind the draining board

and a rogue one was introduced so even they don't match any more

I have a mismatched assortments of measuring cups and bowls

many of which are left overs from Phantom when she was young

the plastic container cupboard explodes like one of those joke cans of worms

every time you go hunting for those most elusive of kitchen creatures... container lids

and continuing the scary cupboard tradition

is the one under the stairs which requires you to complete an obstacle course

while bent double to avoiding bashing your head

and falling over skateboards, footballs, and fishing rods

which I actually think adds a bit of excitement to getting to the wine rack

but some lily livered members of the household choose to disagree on this point

and as for dust free nick nacks

I tend to ascribe to the theory that closing the blind 

prevents the sun shining and showing up the dust

So my house wouldn't make it onto any beautiful blog website

and while it is a bit haphazard

and lacks the clutter free wonderfulness of those gleaming beacons of style

it is full laughter, practical jokes, books, paint brushes,

chairs that you can put your feet up on  

and gloriously nonmatching kitchen goodness.

There is always chocolate in the fridge 

a cup of tea appears within minutes of you entering

the dog will never be trained

and will jump on you and will quite possibly lick you to death

you may trip over things because the blinds are closed to hide the dust

and take your life into your own hands trying to get to the wine rack

but you will never be bored and you will always be welcome

which is why I love my non beautiful bog worthy house and life

I will be linking up today with Paint Party Friday

though won't be participating for the next week or so

as deadlines are crushing my brain and need attending to

so starting next Monday I will be taking a little bogging break

I will be visiting you when I can

and you can rest assured the time I free up will be spent painting

and not turning my house into a style guide ...xx

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Cutlery Issues...

Things I don't know...