Monday, March 14, 2011

Her Kitchen Reeked...of Chaos

The dishes sat in the sink mocking her.

"Yup, we're going to be extra crusty in the morning," the cookie sheet said as it nudged the mixing bowl.

"Yeah, crusty dishes plus her coffee breath equals a grumpy mommy, " the mixing bowl mused. "You know how she hates the smell of her own coffee breath."

A coffee mug, buried deep beneath everyone, mumbled something but no one could quite make it out. And no one bothered to ask it to repeat itself.

A spoon poked it's head out to see if anyone had been loaded into the dishwasher. When it saw that everyone was still in the sink, it slowly lowered itself back down into it's hole for the night.

She had given up tonight. Normally, dishes were not left in the sink until morning, but tonight was different. She threw down the dish rag and simply walked away.


On top of that, everything seemed to need de-cluttering. The fridge was over-loaded with her children's artwork, coupons, birthday cards, invitations, to-do lists and moments of inspiration, jotted down on a scraps of napkin. She had gotten so used to looking at it, that she didn't realize how cluttered it had become until she took this picture.



She felt overwhelmed. That's why the dishes did not get done...among other things.


And this was a strawberry rhubarb pie that she was so excited about making that, though looking full of potential here, ended up accidentally under-cooked (she didn't take the time to carefully read the cooking time instructions...probably because her kitchen was in such utter chaos) and left a rather chewy, fibrous feeling in the mouth. Yet another reason she felt deflated and unenthusiastic about cleaning.

She felt very embarrassed as she wrote this post and hesitated to post it, but posted it nonetheless. The process of creativity is not always a pretty one.

Oh yes, and three other little reasons why she sometimes leaves the dishes in the sink, under-bakes a pie and dives head-first into a chocolate bar. But would she have it any other way? Most certainly not.

Now where's the chocolate?

Love Ya, Foodies!

20 comments:

  1. That's great! The process is the fun creative part (the not-so-fun is the clean-up part), but those look perfect little reasons for a bit of chaos.

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  2. Those are three very adorable reasons! I have these "toss the rag, walk away" moments too and imagine they will only get worse when my daughter goes to college next year. I picture every flat surface covered in half-prepped food and every pot & pan from the cabinets stuffed into the overflowing dishwasher. Except when she comes home, of course.

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  3. Love it, Lauren - too funny! Glad it's not just me!!

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  4. those three are definitely a great reason to leave the dishes in the sink, they grow up too fast, enjoy them while you can!
    Cheers
    Dennis

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  5. Lol, this is what I read before going to sleep last night and figured I might have dancing utensils in my dream. For the record, it did not happen. Good for you for having fun and taking things lightly, it is strange how challenging that can be sometimes. Your kids are so cute. They are getting almost old enough to clean up the kitchen...hahaha

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  6. Your three little munchkins are adorable and plenty of reason why the dishes have to wait sometimes. I have been there before and I'm sure other mom's have too. It's called life :o) Enjoy them while they are that little, my girl is going to start college in a few months and I can't believe where time went.

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  7. Yeah...on days like that my favorite wine "Mommies Timeout" works wonders. I loved this post schweety.

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  8. Hey, my fridge looks like that all the time! Since the wee ones started school I had to add a large bulletin board in the kitchen to contain all their paperwork. I thought it would help the fridge, but no.

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  9. Um...yeah...I can totally relate. Thank you for this post.

    By the way, I love the new look AND the new outlook!

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  10. Wow! Love the new header and new layout. It looks great:)

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  11. Thank you for keeping it REAL girlfriend! I'd much rather see a sink full of dirty dishes than everything perfect everywhere. Then I'd just end up feeling worse about my dirty house and completely guilty cause I don't even have three little kids to use as an excuse for my slovenly behavior. (Not that I think you're slovenly...but I am sometimes!).

    PS: Loving the new look over here!! And thanks for your warm, loving comments on my blog. They are SO appreciated.

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  12. I think we are all nodding our heads in agreement. Even now, I have a sink full of dishes I need to do...but my pineapple cupakes got baked! Thank you for sharing all the moments and words that you do. You are such a joy to read, week after week.

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  13. oh girl, you are one of the few people who understand me...LOL! Now that I have another bambino on the way, making that soon to be THREE babies THREE years old and under.....but you understand all about that, don't ya?? Guess what, I am so not doing the dishes tonight......

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  14. Ha ha ha ha ha! You just described my kitchen perfectly! In fact, mine might just look worse than yours right now!! And now that I think about it... the rest of the house is in kinda the same condition...

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  15. Those three little blessings and a chocolate bar sound like a perfect day! (and maybe some paper plates) :)

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  16. Oh how I can relate. Sometimes ya gotta say eff it. It's so liberating....until you start scrubbing that is..

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  17. hi Lauren

    just had to come back to say, that I love your new look!! the header is really great and your new profile pic is gorgeous!!

    Cheers
    Dennis

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  18. I can always, always count on you to make me smile and stir my inner creative-ness. ;)
    Love your new look sister. Love it. Love the header, so perfect in describing mommy-hood to a tee. I also love your new photograph, sexy thing you.
    I can realate to this 110% unfortunalty
    With 4 kids, my previously very organized life, clean house and styled hair have gone Kaput! to smitherines I tell you.
    Little loves are crampin my style! ;)
    God knows they'te worth it!!!
    Mwuah!
    I look forward to your posts as always.

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