Beware of Flat Surfaces #MommyReality

Furniture. It's necessity for any house. You need beds and dressers in the bedrooms. Couches and chairs go in the living room. The dining room should have a a table and chairs where a family can sit and enjoy a meal together. But there is one piece of furniture that you will not find in my house: a coffee table.

For one, I don't even drink coffee! Wait! That's not what they're for. I know that! Silly me! Coffee tables are not for drinking coffee. They are a place to collect junk. And that is why I don't have one. I don't really need another place to collect junk.

As a matter of fact, every single flat surface in my house is a place to collect junk! The mantle over the fireplace? It displays a nice mirror, some candles, my diffuser, and a few toys that are in time out. The side of the tub? That's where we store shampoo and shave gel. And empty bottles that I keep forgetting to recycle. The TV trays in the living room? Those collect mail, my keys and phone, and various other odds and ends unless I fold them down and put them out of the way.

I swear, every flat surface in my house becomes overrun with stuff! Even the places you wouldn't necessarily expect. The 2 inch wide flat piece at the top of our bed frame? It holds a box of tissues and a water bottle. I used to put my glasses there after reading in bed at night until I knocked them off once and scratched the lenses.

The top of the entertainment center? There's a poster and a kids' toy up there. I don't even remember how or why they got there! I just know it's been a while.

We have a heater in the bathroom. The top of it is maybe a 6 inch diameter oval. It accumulates earrings, necklaces, and hair ties until I need them again or remember to put them away.

Even when I clean off my dressers, there are things that stay on top just because I don't have a better place to put them. The desk in the dining room is covered with pens, markers, and sewing implements. If there was a way to ensure that things would stay put, I would probably start putting things on top of the fan blades! {Please note: I am entirely too short to store things on the fan blades. This is the real reason they are not cluttered.}

It's a serious issue with me. I'm working on it and trying to train myself to put things where they belong, but it's a slow, slow process.

So even though my first thought was to name laundry as my nemesis, after some serious thought and a quick stroll around my house. It has become all too obvious that my real nemesis is: FLAT SURFACES!!!

...and cute kids. They are my other weakness.

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