Hi Julie, I know what you mean about messes being made by dh or your dd. My dh & ds can make huge messes or just alot of little ones and it gets so discouraging. I am trying to develop good routines so that everyday things are picked up and put away, and things like dishes are kept up with so things don't pile up. I'm doing pretty well with it right now. I think I also need to set a day for an overall general housecleaning day. Monday is the day I strip beds & put clean sheets on and usually laundry day. Now for dusting, vacuuming & such. Although with 2 dogs I have to vacuum more than once a week. I also need to clean the air vents for the A/C/Heating. I need to do all of my light fixtures in the house. Boy so much to do and so little time. :)
Sherry in FL On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:43:10 -0800 (PST) Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maureen and Rebecca, > I think part of my problem is I have been being too > good to myself and taking it too easy. I wake up with > the best intentions and don't get to much. It really > isn't that what needs to be done is hard or too much > for me to do, I just don't feel like doing ANY of it. > Can you say slacker? LOL The days just slip by. I > watch Snow White of Cinderella with dd instead of > vacuuming, I really do enjoy my time with dd. > Then there is the fact that some of the stuff that > needs to be done I need dh's help for. Of course, he > is working most of the time or doesn't want to be > bothered because he is tired. He works his full time > job then does side work in the evenings and Saturdays. > He had been off since the 21st and won't go back to > work until Jan 2. He has only worked one day and I am > proud of him for that. He gets a week paid vacation a > year and has never taken it since he has been at his > current job. He also gets comp time which he never > uses. Can you say work-a-holic? > I mentioned that we had to put the living room back > together (and find room for the wonderful glider > rocker he got me for Christmas) soon, like this > weekend. Tomorrow he is going riding (4 wheelers, > motorcycles, 3 wheelers) with his friends so that is > shot. Today he wanted me to go look at a truck with > him and got huffy when I asked him why I had to go. > It isn't my truck, I won't even drive it. > My plans and the house don't matter and that annoys > me. He will complain about the mess but won't lift a > finger to help. He woke me up on Christmas Eve > looking for a gift certificate that he couldn't find. > He had me in tears by the time he left the house. He > did come back and apologize for being an ass. That is > something that he doesn't do often. Usually it is a > big blow up, then all is well, like nothing happened. > Sorry, off subject. > I did walk around the house and survey what needs to > be done. It isn't that bad. I can break it up into > small jobs. But the fact that everyone (dh and dd) > are really good at making the mess but not cleaning it > up really irritates me. Like the 3 coffee mugs that > were placed inside the front door? Do we not know > where the kitchen is? Or the plate of dried food in > the sink? Do we not understand the faucet and how to > rinse/soak a dish? > Little things DO add up. Both positive and negative. > Baby steps and baby annoyances. Maybe it is the > hormones, but I am in one of my "I dare you to say > something about it, mister" moods. Thank you for your > suggestions, please hold me accountable for one thing > each day. > Julie > who is taking a Dr. Seuss approach to clutter 'Clutter > is clutter no matter how small' (like Horton Hears a > Who) > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main > list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the > unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
