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to spend all my days doing laundry, cleaning, making food... to still have a house that needs endless amounts of work. That is still not clean, all at once.
Today I stole a moment to vacuum upstairs while the twins were snacking in the highchairs. Came down and they had dumped food everywhere. I now had a bigger mess to deal with.
Don't get me started on the Laundry, I swear I did 6 loads of laundry and its not close to being done. I have this obsession with having it all done, yet lately its never been possible!
Sometimes I wonder if I should just skip the housework. If you can't ever see it completed maybe its not so bad to just not begin. Ha ha I know that makes no sense. I guess I just miss that feeling of having it all clean at once, of laying down on the couch and feeling successful.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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Posted by Laura at 9:59 PM
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Laura,
I am so there with you on this one! I mop the floor while the girls take a nap and then it's gross again after lunch. I have basically accepted the fact that my house will be a mess for the next few years. I hope it will get better once we are out of the toddler years (who am I kidding).
BTW, Did anyone ever get the twins to talk and tell where your ipod is?
doing one (or two) loads of laundry a day works better for me than having a 'laundry day'. because it is depressing to get it all done and then have the baskets full again the next day! :)
i, too, have accepted that my house will not be at it's cleanest over the next couple of years. and sometimes it's so frustrating! but i try, and spend more of my time with my kids (and sometimes crafting, i admit).
I feel your pain. I especially feel this way about meals. I hate planning meals (dinner especially), cooking them, cleaning them up and then starting all over in a few hours or the next day. Uhhh! I wish we were like some tribes of Native American Indians who'd eat like crazy when they had food but then could go a week or more without eating.
well, i can see by all the responses and your post that i am not alone. i diddo everyone on this. really, how much laundry can 6 people have. i too do laundry daily and not in one day. meals are the worst for me, i have declared that every lunch (just me and the kids while dad is at work) is sandwiches. the kids like them and i can live with them, plus we use paper plates all the time. :) anyway, as you can tell, you are definitely not alone.
Girl you have read my mind! I bring up a basket of laundry only to have Isaiah dump it on my (not clean) kitchen floor. So, I scoop it all back up and try again.
Plus, Isaiah is into naked mode so whenever I go to get him out of his crib he is usually naked and pointing to a wet spot on his mattress or on the floor. To make matters worse - today when I was packing for a trip to see Gary's family, I went into Isaiah's room to find he had gone poopy (without a diaper on) and then had it smeared around the wall....AUGH!!! So I stopped the packing to clean the mess and give him a bath. Poor Gary - he doesn't stand a chance of a pleasant wife on these kind of days! LOL
So, I feel your pain - and am glad to know someone else is like me.
Don't I know this story so well? I think it's the bain of every mother's existence. It's just a small detail of a bigger, more important job -- being with your children, raising them to be good people who love God and nurturing them in ways that only you can do.
Oh girl! I feel your pain! I do not think I will ever have the house clean all at the same time ever again. Just something I, being the perfectionist that I am, has to learn to deal with. It does get to you sometimes though!!! I plan on A LOT of outdoor activities this summer for this very reason!
Hi, I just stumbled across your blog. I know the story well. I have 7 children and it seemed endless when they were smaller. Now that they are older I know better- it no longer just "seems" endless- it is! But there is an end in sight. One is gone, married and just had my first grandbaby and one is leaving in 2 weeks and the others are graduating and leaving in a way to fast succession. At least my baby (8 yrs old) still has a few years before she goes.
I wanted to tell you one thing that worked for me- I purchased some laundry hampers that have 3 sections to them. They are canvas with a metal frame. (I got 2) I printed laundry instrucions and printed them on an iron on and ironed them onto the sections (whites, pj's and socks/underwear, sunday pants, jeans, red, light colored clothes) with how to wash and dry them. I added pictures as well, since some of my children couldn't read at the time. Clothes were always sorted and I assigned each section to a day of the week. I did that day's load and then a load of towels. Each child had their own laundry basket and clean clothes were taken from the dryer to their basket ready to be put away. Children had to put clothes away every day, but with only one load a day- it was easy. And I printed the instructions on how to wash and dry, because once they were about 10, I started having them do a load. It still works great.
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