Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 sounds like your house probably looks the same as a lot of our houses. sometimes it's just not what is most important. you aren't expecting a photo crew from better homes and gardens are you?? ;o) take care of yourself! michelle mg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 sounds like your house probably looks the same as a lot of our houses. sometimes it's just not what is most important. you aren't expecting a photo crew from better homes and gardens are you?? ;o) take care of yourself! michelle mg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 sounds like your house probably looks the same as a lot of our houses. sometimes it's just not what is most important. you aren't expecting a photo crew from better homes and gardens are you?? ;o) take care of yourself! michelle mg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Vent away. I'm not employed and I STILL can't keep a clean house. Flylady helps, but you have to get up and DO it... > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just I know the feeling. :/ {{{hugs}}} -Sara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Vent away. I'm not employed and I STILL can't keep a clean house. Flylady helps, but you have to get up and DO it... > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just I know the feeling. :/ {{{hugs}}} -Sara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Vent away. I'm not employed and I STILL can't keep a clean house. Flylady helps, but you have to get up and DO it... > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just I know the feeling. :/ {{{hugs}}} -Sara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Both parents are home and yet the ironing STILL growls at ME when I walk past. I got rid of the back log last week and up until now I have stuck to it! Hubby and I are a team and always have been, his jobs always get done so that means clean kitchen *always* and he vacuums and dusts. Is there anyone around who could lighten the load for you? It's so hard to juggle with what you have got on - you are not super woman so don't beat yourself up about it Louisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Both parents are home and yet the ironing STILL growls at ME when I walk past. I got rid of the back log last week and up until now I have stuck to it! Hubby and I are a team and always have been, his jobs always get done so that means clean kitchen *always* and he vacuums and dusts. Is there anyone around who could lighten the load for you? It's so hard to juggle with what you have got on - you are not super woman so don't beat yourself up about it Louisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Both parents are home and yet the ironing STILL growls at ME when I walk past. I got rid of the back log last week and up until now I have stuck to it! Hubby and I are a team and always have been, his jobs always get done so that means clean kitchen *always* and he vacuums and dusts. Is there anyone around who could lighten the load for you? It's so hard to juggle with what you have got on - you are not super woman so don't beat yourself up about it Louisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job, AND > clean house? I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. Vent away! And as far as my experience has been I do not seem to be able to keep the house toghether with three ASD boys, and two teenage girls with issues also. I barely have time to make dinners, keep underwear and jeans available and dishes clean with taking various kids to various therapies, appointments, and so forth. If I am not doing that I am tending an immenent crisis at home, being a referee, a homework tutor or a chauffer. In between I try to sleep in my spare time. To date I have yet to find an employer that can fit my schedule in. I would like to work, but it isn't going to happen because one of us must always be available to supervise the children, even the older ones. They can be left to their own recognisance for a few minutes (<30) on a good day, and not at all on a bad day. The young ones go with us. You are not alone, you are in good company here. The reality is that resources have finite limits, and that includes your time and energy also. Don't be so hard on yourself. This too shall pass...eventually. Besides, will a few dust bunnies, or unfolded laundry really make a difference twenty years from now? If not, then it isn't worth making yourself that upset over. ((hugs)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Wow! I can't image doing all that and working fulltime! But I can tell you that the only thing that keeps my life from spinning into chaos is making lists. Sounds simple, but makes a big difference. I always have this list with me and everytime I think of a chore that needs to get done, someone I need to call, paperwork I have to deal with, projects around the house - - I put it on the list with a time estimation of how long I think it will take to finish. Then I try to put stars next to the items that have higher priority. Then I try to knock them out, and cross them off the list is very satisfying. It is easy to get overwhelmed, this is why I really like making a time estimate, so I can easily see what I can do in a chunck of time and what simply isn't possible. With errands outside the house, I simply try to schedule which day I want to tackle them. With kids in tow, I find it isn't possible to drag them out for four errands in a row. So I have to split them up, one a day, or every other day. This really helps me stay on task, cuz if I'm feeling lazy and don't want to go for groceries tonight, I can readily see that it will screw up my week ... it helps keep me motivated. Speaking of the store, the best thing I ever did was make a commitment to plan a week of dinners, make a shopping list and go to the store *once*. I hate the store, I hate dragging my kids there. It takes a little discipline to make a weekly menu, but it's worth it (will also save you money). Also when I make that menu, I try to pick one or two dinners that can easily be doubled and frozen (soup/casseroles), then when I am feeling lazy, or a crisis comes up, I can always grab something from the freezer. It works for me ... Feeling overwhelmed > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job, AND > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me tips? > At this time I am looking around my house and I see two HUGE laundry > baskets full of clean clothes that are probably NOT going to fold > themselves. I have a sink of dinner dishes, both kids rooms and mine > that I have to wade through, Christmas crap that are finally in bins > but have not made it to the attic, and more laundry to be done. I > feel so guilty because I don't have enough time to do " cool " stuff > with the twins. (ie crafts, coloring....) I feel like I am robbing > them of quality time on my days off because I have so much to do. > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just > flipped out on Kylin and yelled for her to GET TO SLEEP!. Every night > it is a battle at bedtime. She has a bad habit of getting up a few > minutes after I tuck her in and growl and yell under her door. > Haven't figured out how to get her to stop doing that. Drives me nuts > and is stressful to boot! I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Wow! I can't image doing all that and working fulltime! But I can tell you that the only thing that keeps my life from spinning into chaos is making lists. Sounds simple, but makes a big difference. I always have this list with me and everytime I think of a chore that needs to get done, someone I need to call, paperwork I have to deal with, projects around the house - - I put it on the list with a time estimation of how long I think it will take to finish. Then I try to put stars next to the items that have higher priority. Then I try to knock them out, and cross them off the list is very satisfying. It is easy to get overwhelmed, this is why I really like making a time estimate, so I can easily see what I can do in a chunck of time and what simply isn't possible. With errands outside the house, I simply try to schedule which day I want to tackle them. With kids in tow, I find it isn't possible to drag them out for four errands in a row. So I have to split them up, one a day, or every other day. This really helps me stay on task, cuz if I'm feeling lazy and don't want to go for groceries tonight, I can readily see that it will screw up my week ... it helps keep me motivated. Speaking of the store, the best thing I ever did was make a commitment to plan a week of dinners, make a shopping list and go to the store *once*. I hate the store, I hate dragging my kids there. It takes a little discipline to make a weekly menu, but it's worth it (will also save you money). Also when I make that menu, I try to pick one or two dinners that can easily be doubled and frozen (soup/casseroles), then when I am feeling lazy, or a crisis comes up, I can always grab something from the freezer. It works for me ... Feeling overwhelmed > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job, AND > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me tips? > At this time I am looking around my house and I see two HUGE laundry > baskets full of clean clothes that are probably NOT going to fold > themselves. I have a sink of dinner dishes, both kids rooms and mine > that I have to wade through, Christmas crap that are finally in bins > but have not made it to the attic, and more laundry to be done. I > feel so guilty because I don't have enough time to do " cool " stuff > with the twins. (ie crafts, coloring....) I feel like I am robbing > them of quality time on my days off because I have so much to do. > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just > flipped out on Kylin and yelled for her to GET TO SLEEP!. Every night > it is a battle at bedtime. She has a bad habit of getting up a few > minutes after I tuck her in and growl and yell under her door. > Haven't figured out how to get her to stop doing that. Drives me nuts > and is stressful to boot! I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Wow! I can't image doing all that and working fulltime! But I can tell you that the only thing that keeps my life from spinning into chaos is making lists. Sounds simple, but makes a big difference. I always have this list with me and everytime I think of a chore that needs to get done, someone I need to call, paperwork I have to deal with, projects around the house - - I put it on the list with a time estimation of how long I think it will take to finish. Then I try to put stars next to the items that have higher priority. Then I try to knock them out, and cross them off the list is very satisfying. It is easy to get overwhelmed, this is why I really like making a time estimate, so I can easily see what I can do in a chunck of time and what simply isn't possible. With errands outside the house, I simply try to schedule which day I want to tackle them. With kids in tow, I find it isn't possible to drag them out for four errands in a row. So I have to split them up, one a day, or every other day. This really helps me stay on task, cuz if I'm feeling lazy and don't want to go for groceries tonight, I can readily see that it will screw up my week ... it helps keep me motivated. Speaking of the store, the best thing I ever did was make a commitment to plan a week of dinners, make a shopping list and go to the store *once*. I hate the store, I hate dragging my kids there. It takes a little discipline to make a weekly menu, but it's worth it (will also save you money). Also when I make that menu, I try to pick one or two dinners that can easily be doubled and frozen (soup/casseroles), then when I am feeling lazy, or a crisis comes up, I can always grab something from the freezer. It works for me ... Feeling overwhelmed > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job, AND > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me tips? > At this time I am looking around my house and I see two HUGE laundry > baskets full of clean clothes that are probably NOT going to fold > themselves. I have a sink of dinner dishes, both kids rooms and mine > that I have to wade through, Christmas crap that are finally in bins > but have not made it to the attic, and more laundry to be done. I > feel so guilty because I don't have enough time to do " cool " stuff > with the twins. (ie crafts, coloring....) I feel like I am robbing > them of quality time on my days off because I have so much to do. > They only seem to get a small portion of what they have coming to > them. I just feel sooooo depressed when I look around. Okay, I just > flipped out on Kylin and yelled for her to GET TO SLEEP!. Every night > it is a battle at bedtime. She has a bad habit of getting up a few > minutes after I tuck her in and growl and yell under her door. > Haven't figured out how to get her to stop doing that. Drives me nuts > and is stressful to boot! I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. No advice. Wish I had some, well, you could try Flylady but I have trouble doing it sometimes and I do not work outside the home. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I do know all about the laundry and stuff. When Lou and I first separated, I had a six month old, a severely autistic three year old, a five year old, a ten year old and a twelve year old who was RAPIDLY going down the tubes... It was the black hole of my life. But, thank God, I did not have to get a job as well. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. No advice. Wish I had some, well, you could try Flylady but I have trouble doing it sometimes and I do not work outside the home. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I do know all about the laundry and stuff. When Lou and I first separated, I had a six month old, a severely autistic three year old, a five year old, a ten year old and a twelve year old who was RAPIDLY going down the tubes... It was the black hole of my life. But, thank God, I did not have to get a job as well. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I just feel so damned alone. Really > hating her MIA dad. I guess I just needed to vent. No advice. Wish I had some, well, you could try Flylady but I have trouble doing it sometimes and I do not work outside the home. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I do know all about the laundry and stuff. When Lou and I first separated, I had a six month old, a severely autistic three year old, a five year old, a ten year old and a twelve year old who was RAPIDLY going down the tubes... It was the black hole of my life. But, thank God, I did not have to get a job as well. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi, I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this! I am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all falls apart again! Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I learned how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room or even one task done. On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there. Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as it comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it. I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in each bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be folded into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming. I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the living room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids can help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear about it all day long!) Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too much to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her webpage now. Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful crafts and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a time! a " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside the tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " Aguilera- " Beautiful " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they wrinkle in the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run the dryer a bit longer. Presto!! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they wrinkle in the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run the dryer a bit longer. Presto!! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they wrinkle in the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run the dryer a bit longer. Presto!! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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