Seriously, I need some help with my house. I have very little storage and three little children. The closets are very small - and I have three little children. I feel like I'm suffocating but I also feel like if I say something to anyone they'll say "Get over it. You work, that's why it is the way it is." I'm also too proud to ask for help - and way too broke to pay for it (otherwise, I would have cleaning help - believe me).
What I really could use help with is my kids - a few hours so I can get some of this stuff done. I hear people saying "Oh, so-and-so took my kids for the afternoon and I got so much done!" And quite frankly, I'm jealous. Or, "My mom/MIL took my kids for the day." Well, my family all works so that's out for me (I bet my sister felt like this when her kids were little) and my MIL lives 400 miles away. Maybe things will be better when I only have Annie three mornings and one afternoon a week beginning in the fall. But I can't live with my house in this state of disarray for eight more months. I don't think Brad can either. He comes home every day and I see him slump when he sees the clutter. I hate that for him. I hate it for him more than I do for me. No kids - spotless house. One kiddo - spotless house. Two kiddos - relatively neat house with some clutter. Three kids - pit. In the space of about a year and a half, our house has gone to heck in a handbasket.
And now I'll get up from my prision/ball-and-chain - a.k.a. chair at the computer - and see what I can get done in the next 30 minutes. Then hopefully to bed for some sleep.
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Big hugs to you. I think this stuff comes in waves... you're going along fine & then BOOM, how did things get this way?! (At least that's how it works for me...)
It sounds like you need a preteen (or thereabouts) who likes kids to come play with your girls while you blitz a bit and get things into a state you can happily live with. Maybe there's someone you know through church?
Hang in there... and don't be too proud to ask for what you need. We all need help sometimes!
I agree with Rebecca...it comes in waves for me too, but it's WAAY worse when Kelly is in his busy period (that would be now).
A friend of mine gets a babysitter to come twice a week to her house, for about 3 hours a day. It allows her to get some work done (she teaches part time at a local college) and then also do things that are needed around the house. Could you maybe try something like that? I would like to, but just haven't brought myself there yet. I guess it's the pride thing for me too.
(((hugs))) girlfriend! I know where you're coming from!
I just have 2, but it still feels overwhelming to me too. Do you have any friends that you could swap some babysitting with? Or just lock yourself in one room for an hour or two while hubby watches the kids and see what you can do. Hope it gets better soon!
Sorry, I HAD to laugh....three kids - pit. YOU ARE SOOOOO RIGHT!!
I'm basically in the same boat (although I have just 2 kiddos & my DH complaigns, quite regularly, about the chaos).
A friend recently told me about a great website to help one get organized... Fly Lady. It is a huge resource (lots to read). I created the control journal (I call it a home journal) and love it! I also use her cleaning system that involves dividing the house into zones and then tacking just one zone each week (a little here, a little there).
:)
So, I am wondering if three=pit, what the heck do you call the choas/clutter/mess that FOUR brings??
And I feel the same way when my hubby comes home :(
I, too, am a devoted Flybaby! :)
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