Getting real...like, really REAL...

I am participating in Not JUST a Houswife's linky party about getting real, because...well, I am getting real. There are so many bloggers out there that have gorgeous, perfect houses, perfectly organized rooms, precisely manicured lawns, neatly organized pantries, super crafty craft rooms, etc etc etc. That's gotta be just what they present in pictures right? I can't be the only one who says to herself..."I'll get to it."

Peer pressure, I tell ya. Mom Guilt, I tell ya. Two crazy boys and a busy husband, I tell ya. The lazy gene, I tell ya. The busy mom doctor appointment-grant writing meeting-PTO meeting-newsletter writing-birthday party planning-grocery shopping-meal planning-homework helping-fundraising meeting-OH and I got a haircut too :)-I tell ya. I can give you an excuse for anything if I try hard enough....

So here is what I am up against today...as is, this morning, as of 8:00am (and PS, I have a grant writing meeting at 9:30 at my kids' school that I should be getting ready for, but I am not yet) PPS, These are just some of the pictures I got before my camera died

This is Caleb's closet after I told him to clean his room a few days ago. It is actually worse than this right now.

Someone's random pj's that didn't quite make it around the corner into the laundry hamper... A bag of trash that has been in the hall for about 3 days and I just keep throwing things in it and never taking it out to the bin...OH and some of the kids' clothes hanging...

Clean dishes that I washed last night before tumbling into bed, but was too lazy to dry and put away...

Random stuff on the bar that needs to get put away in the right spots...OH and more kids' clothes hanging, and waiting to be put away...

Oh my gosh, look at that. MORE CLOTHES. These are clean, some folded, and none put away... My CSI Skills see a pattern forming here....

Oh well. It is what it is. I'll get to it, someday. :)