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Post by suchamess on May 28, 2008 16:43:30 GMT -5
Ok, some of you from SS recall that I had surgery almost 2 months ago. SInce then, my house has become a mess  I honestly believe this is the worst it has EVER been. My husband tried his best to help me, but it was too overwhelming for him with his job, taking care of the kids and me. SO here we are with each room a total mess. I honestly can't think of one clean area. I've been released to house duties now and started a few weekends ago. I overdid it and was down for an entire week with aches and pains. Here I am healed up and looking around. OMG. Where do I begin? To make things worse, my cat killed a mouse today and left it in the living room. My youngest child came screaming to me "A MOUSE!" It's time to take action, but I feel so very overwhelmed, and I fear getting in the shape I was in a few weeks ago. One great thing is that all of my dishes and laundry are taken care of. It's just a matter of putting things in their place and tossing out unneeded things. Feh..I feel like I'm in over my head  |
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Post by moineau on May 28, 2008 17:16:38 GMT -5
Aww hugs. Sorry to hear you are experiencing overwhelm at the moment, but it sounds like it is a temporary situation, so try and hold onto that for now. Remember step by step, even if you just do the smallest things you will have improved your environment.  Don't be too hard on yourself, the laundry and the dishes are done and that is great! Best to take longer and be able to maintain your pace then knock yourself back again. Re the mouse....good on the cat, better a dead mouse on the carpet than a live one in the pantry  I don't know how old the children are but I had an idea for conserving energy and getting things done...maybe they could help you with the dishes once a day, perhaps it could be a game, either washing them up or putting them away. Maybe you could do half a chore and hubby or the children finish it for you. If you sorted out some rubbish to go, then they could finish the job by taking it out to the trash cans. I would think about what will please you most when it comes to thinking of where to start...for example which would bring you more pleasure, a sorted bedroom to collapse into at night, or a clear bathroom to wake up to first thing in the morning. Is there any other family around that could come over and lend a hand for the odd day here and there? All in all, concentrate on getting better Best wishes Moineau |
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Post by crazycatlady on May 30, 2008 20:59:32 GMT -5
I have trouble with "overwhelm", and not knowing where to start. In chat, we used to play a game where everyone would make a list of 6 things that needed to be done, and then someone would roll dice, and then we would all go do that number.
So for one person, number 3 might be "clean the toilets"...for someone else, it might be "pick up trash in the living room". But we would all be working.
I've played the game with my kids, and a deck of cards. I would list however many chores I wanted, and have a corresponding number of cards. I always made the 8 card "crazy eight", so they could keep playing video games (or whatever). The first time we played the game with cards, they drew an 8 first...boy did they laugh about that one!
One key is to make each item kinda smallish and simple to accomplish. So rather than "clean the kitchen" you would list "wash dishes for 15 minutes", or "put away all food". I sometimes would list the same chore multiple times if it was a biggie, and just do 15 mins each time!
Good luck in reclaiming your home. You can do it, it just will take a while. You did it before, and now you have the help of on-line friends.
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