"Not Me!" Monday

I did not totally lose my cool with Alex last week...tripping over cords, clothes, books and toys all over his floor...stuffing clothes in his drawers that are overflowing with too many things that mostly don't even fit...and cramming whatever I could into his closet and try to shut the door!  Whew...I did not later apologize, tell him I need to be grounded...he did not agree and send me to time out!  {I love him...he is so forgiving!}  Not me...that did not happen...Alex is a complete neat freak...and I never lose my patience...ahem...

We did not eventually fix the situation {temporarily, I'm sure...} together by cleaning up his room, putting things back where they belong...and of course rearranging everything in the process!  We are both not happier...for the moment...{although I'm not sure I like this arrangement better...but so happy to see the floor again!}  He does not already have more cords hooked up than I orginally agreed to...connected to the Clapper!  {You have no idea how challenging that is for me to turn on lights in his room...clapping three times...sigh...}

{Do not notice the Clapper with multiple plugs in it...sigh...}

{the old bookshelf which was here to start with...but moved across the room...and is now back again...}

{Alex does not have a box just for cords...and it is not completely stuffed to capacity...sigh...}

{He did not request a 'real' desk chair for his 'office' so he can play Spelling City better...sigh...}

{I cannot believe he is almost eight...huge sigh...}

Okay...now that Alex's room is not tidied up {just remember...do not open the closet...really!}...we will say that the basement is completely immaculate too...okay?  It absolutely does not look like this...{oh boy, brace yourself...}

{It really looks like this...especially since I almost gave myself a hernia moving that entertainment center from where it is now to the other wall...and now it's back again...geesh...I cannot even go down there without having to breath into a paper bag...really...I'm starting to hyperventilate right now...}

It is not my dream to have amazing storage like this some day...

...or even this...

But, of course everything is spotless...not at all covered in drywall dust an inch thick...because that would be gross!

But...we are hoping it will not look like this...{well...kind of...}

...someday...not soon enough!

I am not so proud of Dan for tackling this all by himself...working on it every chance he gets to make it nice for the whole family...not just for him.  Because he certainly did not tell me that it was going to be his little apartment when it's all finished!  {he did say that...but kidding, of course...I think...}

Meanwhile...I am not sporting a new camera strap from Etsy!  I do not have that thing attached to me all the time...of course not!  It does not get me in the mood for Spring with it's bright cheery colors...it cannot get here soon enough!  I am absolutely not in love with the little pocket for my lens cap...so that I will never lose it...maybe.

And...you will never find me laughing at an episode of Spongebob Squarepants that I haven't seen for the zillionth time...when no one else is in the room...because I would certainly change the channel to something more serious and grown-up and not keep giggling at Spongebob's antics...not me!

Be sure to head over to MckMama's to read what she and so many others have not been doing this week, too!  It's sure to make you feel better knowing that your legs aren't the only ones starting to look like hubby's during these Winter months...because mine, for sure, do not!  Um...not me...ahem...