tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825254411448804477.post1096183013263492167..comments2023-05-30T03:22:42.609-05:00Comments on Bad with Conviction: Day Twenty-Two: Needs Improvementa.j.g.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08447192129870076341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825254411448804477.post-3007049768211729762011-02-28T04:51:01.413-06:002011-02-28T04:51:01.413-06:00so TOTALLY me! I'm also a SAH mom of almost 2 ...so TOTALLY me! I'm also a SAH mom of almost 2 years and I'm so very thankful for that. I don't know how on earth I would manage 5 kids, homework, supper, clean house and keep my husband "happy", if I still worked full time. Most of the time I don't mind cleaning. But I like the quick cleaning. Things like vacuuming, dishes, making beds and throwing a load of laundry in the wash. Now things like scrubbing bath tubs and dusting that take and hour or 3. That I DETEST! I let them go for weeks (ok, so maybe it's months, but who's counting) Dusting seems so pointless to me. You spend half your day doing it. Then run your white-gloved finger across it the next day and what do you find??? A bazillion dust particales!! It's so unfair. After spending all that time it should stay dust-free for at least a week. Two would be great.<br /><br />Then there's days like tomorrow would normally be (but I can't cause I gotta get ready for a funeral) when I've been up half the night. I get up. Put my almost 2 year old in his high-chair with a huge bowl of cereal and let him have at it. Nurse my baby and sit and veg on the couch all day with Facebook and PBS on TV. Only getting up long enough to let my son out his high-chair confinement, nurse the baby again (which technically I don't have to get up for and I can still navigate FB with one hand), and to potty. Then about 5:00, right before my husband gets home, I jump up off the couch. Go brush my teeth. Splash some water on my face. Throw on a pair of jeans. Just so that he doesn't know (but I'm sure he does) that I've been on my bum all day.<br /><br />This home IS my job now. Like you, I want to WANT to get off my rear (and FB) and have a sparkly house. Where did the drive go?? Maybe it's because I have boys. Boys are dirty, messy and downright GROSS! I absolutely refuse to use their bathroom. Unless I just cleaned it and none of my punks have been in there to ruin my fresh pine-sol smell. Oh, they're smelly too, forgot to mention that. Cleaning just seems like a lost cause around here.<br /><br />But, after reading your post, I'm going to try the Barbara Bush approach and think of my family as "friends" and try to have my little house all sparkling and shiny for them when they get home each day. Or every other day. Or every other, other day. And in return I'm sure they'll all notice all my efforts, thank me profuselly, and be eternally greatfull. I'll just keep telling myself that to keep me motivated.<br /><br />Thanks again. Your blogs are enlightening!Mom~2~R5Sonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297888215785246805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825254411448804477.post-11600514093544846492011-02-28T02:59:30.372-06:002011-02-28T02:59:30.372-06:00After reading this blog all I have to say is... Yo...After reading this blog all I have to say is... You have more than one Tolit!!! LOL <br /><br />The next thing is, this sounds good, and it will be hard. I know for me, the best thing is to do it daily! The one day I don't make my bed, wash my dishes after each meal (or at-least at the end of the day), sweep the floor, fold my clothes right after getting them out of the dryer, put them away right after folding them, etc... That is the begining of the end of my clean Empire, and my Dynasty of Cleaniness and Orderliness begins to unravel. Within 3 days it's too much to catch up on durring a week day, and by the weekend, it's more than I want to do, and that cycle can last for as long as 3 weeks. <br /><br />(Don't get me wrong, I'm never a slob, but not neat, The dirty dishes and the trash would be my most dirty moments). <br /><br />Good luck to you in your new endevour!Samuel J. Heldermannoreply@blogger.com