djorg
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Joined: January 2010
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Post by djorg on Jan 22, 2010 17:21:10 GMT -5
I just wanted to share that a friend came over on Wednesday night to drop off a gift. She had come by perhaps only once before (2 yrs ago?) and I had not let her in. This time I did. The living room/dining room/kitchen were not perfect, but pretty darned good. I think this is the first non-family member in our house in over a year, maybe over 2 years. My friend made several lovely comments like, oh, you have more cabinet space than me (we have similar style houses) and I love your painting over the fireplace. I thought, this feels so good. It was a wonderful feeling and I thought to myself I *can* maintain this.
I haven't done much this week and haven't logged into chat - my mother is here for a 2 week visit and she has a unique way of taking over my house and wreaking havoc on our habits/schedules so that I am uncomfortable being in my own living areas. Hubby and I have retreated to our office and computers in the evenings once the baby is asleep, while my mother is doing some/most of the cooking and the maintenance tasks. However DH and I have enthusiastically talked about creating routines and habits once she is gone.
On the bright side, she is asking me every day what she can do to help while we are at work. I can't give her anything to sort or organize really, but I am making an effort to delegate things and take advantage of her strengths, very different from mine. Today she sewed buttons that had come off on about 8 pairs of pants - which I hadn't tackled for YEARS and had been keeping in a box. She also washed the exterior of the front door which was bothering me every time I came home - finally had the foyer cleaned up but the outside of the door looked dirty, dusty, and disgusting. Yesterday she measured and ordered a new glass tabletop for our dining room table - something that I decided I wanted done a year ago so I can stop using the ugly, stained padded tablecloth to protect the wood. She can be difficult sometimes, but she is good at many of these "get things done" type items and I am appreciative of her help.
I need to do some organization and stuff when I'm home this weekend so that by next Monday I will have lots of to-do's I can delegate to her!
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Post by messymimi on Jan 22, 2010 17:27:40 GMT -5
You are doing great!
Yes, you can do it.
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Post by Butterfly on Jan 22, 2010 21:34:24 GMT -5
What a wonderful success and milestone! And, how nice of your mom to help you like that!
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Post by illuminata on Jan 22, 2010 23:46:16 GMT -5
How awesome...congratulations!  And good on you for letting you mom help...there's no way in the world I could let my mother do that. Way to go! |
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Jan 23, 2010 7:08:20 GMT -5
yes on letting in a friend....I did that last weekend and he may come back this weekend again to watch more football on TV....and we will order out delivery chinese food if I get my way! instead of me cooking
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Post by Buried-in-books on Jan 23, 2010 8:16:58 GMT -5
 ON letting people IN and letting your mother work on projects! MizS
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Post by messyang on Jan 24, 2010 15:04:57 GMT -5
Congratulations...how wonderful!!!! Good work!
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Post by rickie on Jan 24, 2010 21:37:26 GMT -5
Excellent! It's great when you get positive reinforcement for the work you've done by seeing how it makes life better.
Your mom sounds like mine.
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