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Why is it that when dh is home, I could care less how well the house is picked up (he is anal about having things picked up). Yet when I think of him leaving, all I can think of is stripping the house bare and somehow with a clean house, my sanity will be alright for the next 4 1/2 months. Like all of a sudden, any hint of clutter will ruin my peace of mind. Is that weird or what?
Also, what do you all do during the summer to occupy your family? Im dreading the thought of entertaining my high maintence dd for the whole summer. Anybody got any clever ideas that don't involve clean up or clutter?? ROFL!!
Summercamp! Love that idea!!
Im not even mad at you anymore for stealing my username! ROFL!! ;)
First off, get over this clean house thing sweetie...and if it really will help your sanity, tell your dh you are going to get a maid one day a week while he is gone.
Also, start now and find you a good teenager who can drive preferably that you can hire one other day (or two afternoons) of the week to come in and be a mother's helper and have her take your kids on some outings or babysit so you can go to the grocery store in peace.
and Why do you think my kids do swim team cause I want them to swim?? Heck no..gets them out of the house!!!! LOL
Hang in there sweetie, you can do this.
Diane
03-16-2001, 09:58 PM
I find that the older the kids get, the harder it is to keep them busy/happy. When I use to let my dc kids go swimming in my pool, they'd practically live in it all day. Now with my new insurance I can no longer allow them to do that so... I'll be busy trying to find things to keep them going this year too. I no longer have a lot of older kids, so somehow I'm thinking that I won't have too hard of a time, but not something that i'm really not looking forward to too much either. I'm sure we'll all live though it though. LOL
KarlaB
03-17-2001, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by Amy/CO
Why is it that when dh is home, I could care less how well the house is picked up (he is anal about having things picked up). Yet when I think of him leaving, all I can think of is stripping the house bare and somehow with a clean house, my sanity will be alright for the next 4 1/2 months. Like all of a sudden, any hint of clutter will ruin my peace of mind. Is that weird or what?
Also, what do you all do during the summer to occupy your family? Im dreading the thought of entertaining my high maintence dd for the whole summer. Anybody got any clever ideas that don't involve clean up or clutter?? ROFL!!
No clever ideas, but I am the same way about cleaning. When dh was still coaching and the dks were sleeping I would clean when I should have been just enjoying that time to myself! Aargh! How old are your dks? Are there any summer park programs they could go to each week so you could have some time alone? And really, don't become anal about keeping your house totally clean all of the time or you'll drive yourself crazy! :) Good luck!
Leigh
03-17-2001, 04:57 PM
I don't have any ideas, but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone. When I was reading your post, I was thinking this could be me and my dh. He is also anal about the house, and while he is there I don't have the urge to clean, but as soon as he leaves, I get a cleaning bug. LOL!! Hang in there. It will be over with soon. :)
Diane
03-17-2001, 07:06 PM
I usually get the cleaning bug while dh is gone only because that's the only time I don't have to work AROUND him... LOL If THEY'RE all so anal about the house being so clean, don't you think they'd get up and help a little bit instead of just sitting there watching us do all of it? LOL Actually I can't stand working while somebody else is doing nothing. Makes me feel like doing nothing too. :)
KarlaB
03-18-2001, 06:21 PM
Originally posted by Diane P.
I usually get the cleaning bug while dh is gone only because that's the only time I don't have to work AROUND him... LOL If THEY'RE all so anal about the house being so clean, don't you think they'd get up and help a little bit instead of just sitting there watching us do all of it? LOL Actually I can't stand working while somebody else is doing nothing. Makes me feel like doing nothing too. :)
Good point, Diane! :)
Dh does pick up a lot, but half of the stuff is HIS! LOL He is one of those people who will start a project, forget about it and then blame me for not cleaning. For example, he will start a load of wash, forget about it and than blames me for not doing laundry if it sits in the washing machine for a couple of days. I can't mentally know what he starts and what needs to be finished. I keep telling him to stay away from my chores because I can keep track of things better.
I think I need some sort of order when he is gone because his absence will be felt immediately and the house can get out of control (messy wise) very quickly if I let it.
If I just set up some sort of schedule, than I won't feel like I will be flapping in the wind for the next 4 months. LOL Thanks for the replies!!:)
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