Comments on: Keeping it Real http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:44:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeanne http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-605 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:21:35 +0000 http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-605 I don’t have kids, and cetainly don’t live like Martha Stewart. Anyone who has kids, and manages to maintain a path for walking between the various rooms in the house is doing pretty good.

]]> By: Guinifer http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-604 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:09:48 +0000 http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-604 It wouldn’t be childhood if there weren’t a certain amount of chaos afoot. Good for you for maintaining your interests.

]]> By: Gretchen http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-603 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:44:42 +0000 http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-603 I’m so glad to see that there are others like me; those that spend their time on the important stuff- kids, crafting, etc… instead of cleaning. My house is in a constant state of clutter, because we let our four kids actually live in their house, instead of keeping it as a museum. Bravo to you! My dining room table doubles as my sewing table too, though I’ve been known to use a folding table in my daughter’s bedroom as well.

I do stop and think “maybe I should just clear that space, or clean that” before starting a fun project. Usually, the project wins out. I’ll have plenty of time to clean when the kids are older.

]]> By: kmkat http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-602 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:21:04 +0000 http://knittymama.com/2007/01/14/keeping-it-real/#comment-602 I felt bad that our house has been under construction since 2000 and that my older son had essentially no room of his own for a couple years when he was 15 and 16. He slept wherever he felt like — sometimes on a couch, for a while on the floor of a walk-in closet.

Then I realized that having an, um, relaxed attitude toward his personal living space will be an advantage when he is a doctor in the third world, his goal after medical school. A kid who grew up in a nice, tidy, well-appointed suburban home could have trouble adjusting to the conditions in other parts of the world.

What I mean to say is, there’s not necessarily a big problem in messy.

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