Keeping on top of the mess..

The last time I remember feeling like I was "on top of the mess"...meaning that I could sort of control the chaos was before I had Katie in 2001, lol. Alicia was 3.5, no longer a baby/toddler and I could do alot....plus, that was the biggest space between babies that I have had. I am trying to get rid of stuff, but it is a constant battle with 10 people in a small house. It helps if people pick up their own stuff....but how often does that happen???!!! There is stuff everywhere...on a gross note...maybe I should employ the dog to help me get rid of things...he just barfed up the mitten he ate on Christmas Day. If he would eat the stuff and barf it up outside, or in the trash....okay, that is yucky.