Cleaning Up the Messes of Others

I have been an At-Home-Mom for almost 16 years now. I know that I am mostly responsible for taking care of the house. I have tried to teach my boys to be responsible and caring for the things they own. Apparently I have failed. This is what I woke up to on Saturday morning. Now, it didn't get like this overnight. Sometimes I let it accumulate over a few days just to see if anyone will notice that we haven't eaten dinner at the table in a few nights or that they can't find something that they were looking for in the place that it is supposed to be. This is actually a week's worth of accumulation. and I think there are only two or three things that I actually set down in this mess.

• I used the camera
• I set the green scarf on the table the night before
• I had just cleaned out the recipe binder and was taking it to Deseret Industries

But there are several things I didn't touch:

• I didn't use the potting soil that had been on the dining room table for TWO weeks (The seeds that were planted are already up!)
  
• I didn't read the book that is under the recipe binder but should be on the shelf
  
• I didn't use the colored pencils
• I didn't get the rocket supplies out
• I didn't use the peanut butter, jelly or bread
• I didn't leave my church binder, scriptures and other misc. papers on the table
• I didn't leave the pile of newspapers
• I didn't forget to hang up my jacket
• I didn't forget to push the toaster back where it belongs
• I didn't forget to do the dishes the night before (we all have nights we do dishes)
• I didn't leave the butter out
• I didn't ignore my mom when she asked me to take the plate rack back down to the basement

But I cleaned it up! And they wonder why I am sometimes grumpy!!!