Project Home-maker!

Well your not alone Angel, I surprise myself sometimes with just how organised and neat I am at work and then how un-tidy I am at home.

I really struggle to get myself motivated to do housework, infact the only thing that really gets my butt in gear is when I know someone is coming over and I can in a matter of an hour or two, spring clean and make everything shiny.

The one room in our house that stays pretty tidy is the lounge but for us the kitchen is usually always a mess with pots and pans waiting to be washed, I get so sick to death of doing it all myself though that sometimes I will leave things soaking just to see if my DH will actually do something!!

I do clean the bathroom at least once a week though and that is because my hair gets everywhere so if I didn't it would just be awful.

I do cook every evening without fail and usually just after I have put Theo to bed so we do have some kind of rountine.

I wouldn't possibly be able to follow some kind of schedual though......not for me!!! I just need to snap out of being so darn lazy and when Theo is napping I should be cleaning instead of being on here moaning about being un-tidy!!!! :lol!:

though babe, I look forward to seeing how well you get on with following this! x x

I really like this thread. We don't have a strict routine, but there is one floating around there. When I'm off, I have to get up at 6:30am to get Jadah ready for school. Sometimes Jayden wakes up too, sometimes not. Today, she's up. I gave her a cup and now she's playing on the floor. Jadah leaves the house at 7:05am. Jayden sometimes will eat a big bowl of oatmeal in a few, then nap until about 9am. I could straighten the living room and do the dishes, but probably won't. I won't be cooking breakfast. DF washed clothes last night, so I should be folding laundry too. I thinkn I'm off to clean. You ladies have motivated me. I will definitely be applying your weekly recipes idea, Angel. Take care. I'll be back soon, as I can't seem to just clean straight through.

Thanks guys.I have decided that this weekend (today) I am going to spend cleaning up and getting ready and shopping.stocking up.Then hopefully everything will be clean for next week and my daily chores wont be so hard! Anyway...I also need some suggestions.I need perhaps some suggestions as to when I can spend time with Teo on his work or doing something for him and define that aside from 'me' time.

This is a great idea, Angel.I look forward to seeing you carry it out, I know you can do it. You are going to feel really accomplished once you have this down. P.S. if you want some slow cooker or yummy healthy recipes let me know, I've got a ton

As far as my routine.

I wake up when LM does. I cuddle her for a bit and talk to her, DH or myself changes her. She plays with her hanging toys on her floor mat whilst sitting in her bumbo seat. I make breakfast.

DH usually is out the door by 8:45 a.m. I feed LM a bottle and her breakfast cereal at this point. Depending on when she woke up for the day.... she will go down for her first nap between 9 and 10 a.m. I then jump in the shower, get dressed, and unload my dishwasher. I wipe down the kitchen, ect. I start a load of laundry.

After I finish the kitchen, I will chill on the computer for a while, until LM wakes up from her nap. Then I devote an hour to playing with her, reading to her, over-seeing her tummy time, ect. She usually has some formula around noon, and I feed her baby food anywhere between 12:20 and 1 pm. She goes down for an afternoon nap anywhere between 1 and 2:30 pm, it depends on when she woke up from her 1st nap of the day. While she sleeps, I fold clothes for a while, wipe down or deep clean our bathrooms if they need it. I tidy up DH and I's room, or whatever. If I finish with this, I talk to friends on the computer, catch up on facebook, Parent Paradise, ect. When When the baby wakes up, I play with her for a bit. I will also do the vacuuming if I feel the carpet needs it

I start dinner around 4:30 or 5 pm. LM goes down for a short cat nap around this time as well. DH gets home about 5:15-5:45 p.m. We eat, and when LM wakes up, we all hang out as a family. LM gets her bath from DH around 7:20 p.m. She has her last bottle and solids for the night, then she goes to bed around 8 p.m. I stay up and hang out with DH for about 30 minutes to an hour. We usually watch part of a movie, or one of the many sitcoms we have on dvd.

We don't have cable or satellite, and I love it. I spend way less time wasting time watching rubbish.

I don't have exact times that I do certain things, but I keep it within a time frame, which works alongside my daughter's schedule

Holi, what sort of things do you like to eat? I could post you some recipes that are easy so you are not spending too much time chopping and peeling. What do you give Teo? Maybe fresh fruit and veg every day and regular meals would help his behaviour. I am in no way assuming you don't give him that already. I felt my house was getting pretty similar recently so I have just employed a cleaner now that I have a decent job and more money coming in. She is doing 2 hours a weeks for me and does the bathroom, kitchen and if there is any time left she can do ironing. I only have to worry about the living room, dining room, bedrooms and sun lounge then. I know you might not be able to afford it every week but what about getting someone in to help you blitz the place and then it will be easier to get on top of. You will get there hun. Do you think you may be depressed? I know I start to neglect everything like that when I am low, I stop looking after myself too, like washing and eating and then when I am starving I binge. If you think you are, see someone, maybe some meds could help. Another idea is SADS, maybe light therapy could help. Let us know how things are going!

galaxy wrote:Holi, what sort of things do you like to eat? I could post you some recipes that are easy so you are not spending too much time chopping and peeling. What do you give Teo? Maybe fresh fruit and veg every day and regular meals would help his behaviour. I am in no way assuming you don't give him that already. I felt my house was getting pretty similar recently so I have just employed a cleaner now that I have a decent job and more money coming in. She is doing 2 hours a weeks for me and does the bathroom, kitchen and if there is any time left she can do ironing. I only have to worry about the living room, dining room, bedrooms and sun lounge then. I know you might not be able to afford it every week but what about getting someone in to help you blitz the place and then it will be easier to get on top of. You will get there hun. Do you think you may be depressed? I know I start to neglect everything like that when I am low, I stop looking after myself too, like washing and eating and then when I am starving I binge. If you think you are, see someone, maybe some meds could help. Another idea is SADS, maybe light therapy could help. Let us know how things are going!

THanks Emma n everyone else who Is offering to send me recipies.I do actually know quite a few but,I could always use A few more so yes please everyone who has offered,

Also..I am not depressed Em,thanks for worrying,I have ALWAYS been messy,disorganised and scatty,its the way I've always been.I have ADD n just dont deal well with motivating myself.Thats why I fely I need to make the schedual public so all of you (*my cyber sisters:) ) will perhaps help when you see me online too much in the week,or my time on here is not during my free time perhaps you guys can shout at me n help me do my thing.

I ALWAYS tell myself 'later' but later never comes or is a few days later lol!

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