Project Home-maker!

I know i'm so happy about it,anything is an improvement from where I was.I am so glad all you other girls are doing so great as well

Ok,so here's how today went.I was up at 7 am (yawn) and cooked twice.cleaned the kitchen twice.After dinner I fed the baby,put out the trash,made a small crystal bouquet that took me 2 hours.Left the dishes/pans in the kitchen sink....sigh.Not liking this schedual thing.I know why now.because keeping on top of your house and taking care of kids is EXAUSTING when done properly :cry: I am not good at this.Please give me some encouragement girls.

I am so tired,going to bed now.I don't feel too bad but I feel like I spent all day in the frekin kitchen and didn't get any of my other chores done :S oh well,tommorow is another day right.

night night!xxx

Awww Holi! you are such a hunni. What you are doing is absolutly fantastic chick! I credit you for what you have achieved already!! It would be tiring but if you stick with it you will find wee short cuts.
I hate house work so i do it as i see it and i can have my whole house done within an hour. (my hubbys family are clean freaks if they see a few toys on the floor and 2 coffee mugs on the bench then its a pigsty and i get the dirty looks lol)

My tips are, As soon as you wake, pull the covers up on your bed on each side, smooth it over with your hand, bed made in less than a minute. Depending on what you have for lunch, i always make jesse and dh lunch the night before so i only have to get it out of the fridge. Load dishwasher as you go then use it at end of night, so if you have a coffee, instead of putting mug on bench, put strait into dishwasher. When you do bathrooms, i have a spray in the shower which is used everytime the shower is used, so as soon as we turn shower off, we spray walls and door and it self cleans, shower has to be clean when you start using it, its just to stop soap buiulding up etc. as for the bath, when jesse has been in there, i give him a little soap on a sponge and he goes round the water edge to see how many bubbles he can make but really he is just cleaning it, lol.
I Like to keep my arvos free to do whatever i want, i hate being restricted, so when kiers goes down for his nap, i settle jess infront of tv or with some pens and paper just to give me 30mins free and i prepare tea, i peel potatoes get everything organised so all i have to do is turn it on at 4.30 or whenever. my dinner is almost always ready by 11.30am so if im out, i dont have to rush home as i know all i have to do is turn it on.
Laundry in my house goes on as soon as i have made my bed, its all got to be put out by each bedroom door the night before, then i hang it out when i find the time. i dont usually get up out of bed until 8-8.30 but usually can be out of the house with everything done by 10.30. there are so much more shortcuts its just trying to remeber them, I like to sort everything out the night before, so kids go down by 8pm and i will then sort out lunches, what clothes they are going to wear and pack Kierans daybag with clean nappies wipes and a change of clothes. I use to be absolutly tragic with my housekeeping but now am kinda on top of it but i tell ya if i ever win a heap of money the first thing i will do is hire a cook and a cleaner! lol

Hope you dont wear yourself out too much holi.
xxxx You are doing fab hun

Thanks so much for the tips T.I just have trouble organising everything in my mind.Yesterday it felt like i SPENT ALL day in the kitchen,either cleaning it or cooking (I ran the dishwasher twice coz I ran out of stuff and I didnt want to leave it in the sink ),I have an appointment at the school today to check it out for Teo so I wont stick to my schedual exactly but when I get back I am going to attack my bathrooms!

There is a book my mom used when I was a kid. It has been updated and I have been planning on getting it together that way it can be used by the entire family. It is called Sidetracked Home Executives. I like it because it helps with the long term stuff that you don't always think about until you see the cobwebs in the corner.

Angel, let me know what type of foods you like. I have recipes for real easy and healthy meals like chicken and red lentil curry, turkey enchiladas, chicken and chorizo casserole, avocado pesto linguine, roasted vegetable couscous, lasagne, chicken and pumpkin canneloni, butternut squash risotto, herby shepherds pie, sausage pasta.
So proud of you hun, sounds like you have really made progress and have the motivation to do it. I really don't at the moment, I had my house all organised for friends to come over for a meal and then I had a crap day at work, really depressing day on top on builders in the house and it looks like a pig sty again! I am off now for 6 days so I am going to spend tomorrow getting on top of things again and then I can enjoy the rest of my days of with Molly. Well done though, I know how hard it can be, especially when you have a baby around the house.

ahhhhhhhh,I am so sorry girls.I feel like I have let everyone down.I only managed one day in full.It has beena downhill slope since then.Today,I woke up with a pounding headache and no energy so I poured the big munchkin a bowel of cereal and crawled back into bed with the baby...I got up,made me some thraflu,egg n bacon sarnies for the boys.Didnt clean it up and have been sitting arounf ever since.

To top it all off,this weekend I cleaned y carpet with my bissel,little green steam cleaner.I got it all looking nice,then,today my son bought in (from outside)A filthy truch and there are black tire marks EVERYWHERE on MY CREAM (i didnt pick the colour its rented house) carpet :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: The kitchen is filthy and I feel like everything I have done is worthless,I'm sorry,I am just really dissapointed and feel bad coz you are all so nice and encouraging...just not feeling so great today...

I :cry: would love those recipies though please galaxy,all but the coucous one! sorry to let u all and myself down

Awwwhh Honey!
Don't be so hard on yourself! With kids in the house and a husband to care for, there are going to be days that things don't go as smoothly! That's why having a plan HELPS - because I guarantee your house is still cleaner than it was before you started getting organized so when you feel better it won't be as difficult to get back on track!
I think a schedule should be more of a guideline and not something that discourages you if you get a little off track!
You hang in there! Tomorrow is a new day!

Love you!
Lou Lou

PS - I'm writing this while practically sitting on two loads of clothes that I said I was going to fold this morning! See - it's not just you!!! haha!

Aww thanks loulou,you're the best!You always make me feel better!Today is a new day.I havn't had the best week,but I am about to get on with my house and clean the mess from the last few days now.I have got the kids coming and they will be here for about 5 hours but I can clean while there here ,downstairs anyway.hope you got your laundry put away.It does feel so great when it's done.My room is still fairly clean from me doing it last time.

Ok,so I know I whined last night.I feel much more positive today.I have not followed any sort of schedual,I have however cleaned the kitchen and a doing laundry.My goal for today is to at least clean my sons bathroom which he trashed.The kitchen looks way better and i feel better myself!Thanks for being supportive everyone!

Momma Bear - I will have to check into that book! I need all the help I can get!

I have been really busy the last few days and my house is a wreck!
My brother is getting married Saturday and I am giving them a party Friday night so I've spent the last few days running errands for that. My husband's birthday was Thursday and we went to a fish fry last night so I haven't been home much.

I have got to get up in the morning and gets this place in order! I have so many family members that will be in town this weekend and I know they are going to want to come and see my house!

Agh!!!!!!!!!! It never ends, does it?!!!!

Well,a little update.As of the 'failed' week.I had abandoned my schedual completely.It just doesnt work for me.I feel forced into a time frame and it irritates me.So I am wondering weather I just follow the task lists as much as doing a different house task everyday as it is on the list.Also I can follow the meal plans along with the cleaning the kitchen plans on time but as for the rest....I just don't think I can do that right now! :S

ANyway,this weekend we really cleaned the house for the 'avon' party and it's still nice and clean.I am gonna try to stay on top of it rather than just doing one huge clean!

OK,I have officially had ENOUGH.baby is lying next to me whining.Teo is upstiars after being sent to his room.I just want to swtich off and be by myself.The kitchen floor is SO fucking sticky and I dont see the point in cleaning it because EVERY FUCKING meal,he spills SOMETHING on the floor or chair and it's like "WHY clean it?" I cant walk bare footed in there.The carpet that I spent 3 hours steam celaning gets SHIT all over it because people dont take off their shoes and walk crap through from the kitchem or outside.I feel like WHY the hell bother.The kitchen surfaces are stakced with nasty dirty dishes pizza boxes and stuff from the last few days where I 've not felt well.I just want to cry!sorry for the rant