Lately I have been slacking in my household duties as a stay at home mom. As in I would be knitting or playing with youngest instead of doing housework.
I keep up on the laundry and dishes (although I don’t always unload the dishwasher and reload in a reasonable amount of time). I keep up on the basics but haven’t really done any deep cleaning.
Sooooo, I am going to go back to the principles I learned from FlyLady. As with everything else I do, I don’t follow the rules exactly. I pretty much follow it but I do adjust it to fit my lifestyle.
I originally started FlyLady when Son #2 was 18 months old. It took me a few months but my house eventually got in tip-top shape. I kept up with the basic principles until I became pregnant with youngest and everything flew out the window.
Since then I have struggled. Since then I have moved into a much smaller home. (Did you know that in a smaller home one piece of paper out of place looks like a huge mound of clutter? It does, trust me.)
The state of our home has bothered me for quite some time but I decided to do something about it during last Sunday’s sermon. I don’t remember what Pastor Craig said but I immediately thought of the kitchen counters and how if I cleaned/decluttered them it would make hubby feel much better.
I did clean the kitchen up and did fine keeping up with the house until Friday. Friday I took off. I did laundry but left the clean clothes in the basket in the middle of the kitchen floor. I did dishes but didn’t unload/reload the dishwasher. I didn’t vacuum the floors or anything else. The house looked like a pit but I was finishing up some knitting/crocheting obligations/wants. (I rarely take a day off and the weekend is pretty the same as the week so I don’t really get a day off.)
The house hasn’t looked great for quite some time and Friday the house looked terrible. Imagine what it looks like from hubby’s point-of-view…he goes to work, his wife stays at home, the house is a mess. Doesn’t look good for me. Now, before you start getting upset with hubby, he knows what my days are like. He completely understands. What I’m saying is I have been slacking off for too long.
I know how to keep up with the house without having to put out a lot of effort. I did it for years when I was following FlyLady’s principles. I just haven’t been at it for a while because…well…because I’m tired. I feel as though I give, give, give. I’m exhausted. I want to relax. I’m tired of doing the same thing every day.
I wonder what would happen to hubby’s job if he had the same attitude at work? What if he started slacking off because he was tired? My point is this is the job I chose. I chose to stay at home with the kids and part of that job is keeping the home clean and I haven’t done a very good job. (Just for the record, my home is not disgustingly dirty. It has clutter. I need to decide what to keep and what to get rid of.)
So, starting tomorrow I will be looking at FlyLady’s web page, seeing what the daily assignment is and doing it. I will also spend 15 minutes doing something else…like for instance, vacuuming.
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