So, do you ever feel as if the weight of the world is on
your shoulders? Like you’re the only one
in your home who is able to clean, feed the children, mend a shirt button, help
with homework, and go to the grocery store?!
I often feel this way and at times it is so overwhelming. I must be honest though it is because of my
own need to have things done MY WAY that I feel this way. I am so truly lucky for the simple fact that
my husband is willing and does help with many things around our home and with our children. Most of the time it’s all without twisting
his arm . . . too much J
I
feel as if our family is CONSTANTLY on the go and as if we never have time to
simply enjoy one another. When we do
have a moment, the time is spent maintaining our life style, like cleaning and
grocery shopping. To me it seemed as if
we were in a never ending cycle which consisted of going to work/school, coming
home doing homework, making dinner, eating dinner, taking baths, reading, putting the kids to bed, competing some work
for our jobs, and going to bed. When the
weekend rolled around we cleaned the house, bought groceries, and took naps
because we were so exhausted from the day to day stuff.
In
an effort to try and break out of this cycle I have been attempting to complete
the ‘chores’ before the weekend begins.
I have been home on maternity leave since December. During this time I have broken up the house maintenance
into smaller chunks, rather that cleaning the entire house in one day, which is
completely exhausting! Between Monday
and Wednesday I clean the house in the following chunks: The bathrooms and the
kitchen one day. On another day I dust,
clean windows, and spray the furniture with Fabric Refresher (I made it myself! Check out the My Reviews Tab for directions). Finally, I sweep, mop, and vacuum the
floors. I always do the grocery shopping
on Thursday. Friday is spent washing laundry. Every other week I change all
of the sheets and this is lumped in with the dusting day.
So
far this home maintenance has been very effective for our family. I am hoping to be able to keep this up when I
return to work, but I’m not sure if it will be practical or not. I’ll post an update to report how it does or
does not work out. I return to work
March 5 . . . which I’m dreading L
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