Apron as Super Hero Cape

I think they might have super powers in them. Aprons, I mean. At least I think this one might. 

I found it day before yesterday at my favorite thrift shop, put it on, overhauled my sons' room (stealthily dragging out 6 bags of God Knows What, moving all the furniture, sucking up all the dust, re-hanging the pics--you know: overhauling). I also, in a matter of three days, dissected my closet, purged and re-libraried my books, and tackled my kitchen--even the silverware drawer and the weird shelves of china. Please. This Saturday it's Garage Time.

I have powers that are immeasurable. I fly over things. I throw things away. Fast.

I am Super House Girl and I will not be defeated by the powers of entropy and/or grime/slime/neglect/distraction or employment!

Okay, so it was the apron/cape + having just read this article, "Organizing For Your Personality," in July's REAL SIMPLE--which I hastily grabbed off the checkout line rack just like they wanted me to because of this very article (full text here),

which I'm happy to tell you is the first article about organizing your life that's ever done anything for me besides make me feel angry at the people who will actually do what it suggests. I tend to read magazines with a sort of not-so-veiled hostility. I won't lie: all those people with their quickly-perfected lives give me a sort of emotional rash. So I was very, very happy to find this article about organizing for your personality type. It actually made sense to me. I know: impossible. 

Maybe it was the powers of my apron allowing me to integrate otherwise impossible-to-believe information. (Or maybe it was the fact that it explained to me--based on my SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITY TYPE why I NATURALLY clump things in piles. It's because I'm Left-Brained and Visual. I can't help it. I'm just Visual.)

Baby Pumpkinhead was mesmerized by my speed and threw herself into the fray (wearing her own surging-with-power half apron.)

 

She is, as you can imagine, sooooo helllllllpppppful. Her personality type is, apparently, All-Brained and Kinetic since her job was to throw china cups and steal raisins and chocolate chips out of the pantry while I was otherwise Improving Our Family's Living Environment. 

Just another day in the life of the immeasurably powerful and apron-clad. You might want to think about putting one on the morning. . . 

Comments

[mab]

So that's why my house is perpetually disorganized.... I don't wear an apron! I guess I need to stop what I'm doing and go make myself an awesome apron that will empower me to clean like I've never cleaned before!

And yes, that would be a superpower indeed.

[Krista]

I can't stand wearing aprons. Perhaps this is my problem and once I take the leap to apronland all will be well with my world. I'll start by picking up the mag en route to the cabin we've rented for the weekend! Way to get organized!

[Lorie]

Love this post! I had to stop my subscription to Real Simple because it made me feel so cruddy for not having the time nor inclination to do all the "oh-so-simple" things that would make my life so much "better". I get enough mom guilt from my kids. I'm going to look up this article, though, because it sounds helpful...and actually simple :) Thank you for the realistic posts!

[GEW]

I read that article, too! And, unfortunately, it helped me realize that hubby and I are different types, and, as the piler in the family, I am sure to be considered the inferior type.

I also recently read the Oprah de-cluttering issue, and I just spent beaucoup-de-bucks at Staples so that I can do what Suze Orman said I should do to organize my finances and protect my documents. I now have a shredder, a fire-proof safe, and a portable filing thing. I also bought some pretty notebooks because I just can't help myself.

[Steph]

I also get mad at a lot of those magazine articles. "Oh, I'm soooooo glad you spent $10,000 on a closet renovation and now you feel 'really refreshed' and 'totally organized' and I'm glad all your pairs of $300 shoes have a tidy home, but what the heck am I supposed to do with all MY crap, hmmm?" I saw that Real Simple and wondered if the article was worth bringing one more magazine into the house. I guess I have my answer!

[Silv]

Hi, just came across your blog. Love all your different styles of aprons! I gotta admit I feel more focused on housework when I wear one.

Have you ever made a vinyl one? I don't sew, but I've been wondering if something made out of, say, a tablecloth with the flocked backing might actually be something doable. I'm always the one with the wet shirt underneath or the grease spatter that bled through to my shirt. Can't really find anything affordable online.