UGH! As we all know by now, I hate housework and try my hardest to avoid it. We also know it stems from doing it when I was younger for a 9 person household with one to help me. Sorry Jenny, at that time, you were really too little to be of help. Besides you were busy walking miles and miles from bus problems. You was an active 6-8 year old. I am also a procrastinator. I will use any excuse to avoid it. Some are valid, some are not.
I need to quit moping and get off my ass and just do it. Today is that day. I have put this crap behind me. The letter and whatnot would have been sent, but hubby didn't wake me up this morning before he left. It's still next to the tv. I am going to send it, and damn the consequences. I feel better now. I don't like it when people try to give me guilt trips. This is how I've reacted to this one.
Kids helped me sort the laundry today. I have several big piles. I let it get out of hand. This is why I hate doing it. I don't see any good reason to do half a load, so I wait. Then sometimes I get distracted and forget. Then there's just too much and it intimidates me. Not today. Hubby has been so sweet, I really should do his laundry. He has enough shirts for 4 weeks. He's almost out. Enough socks for 2-3 weeks. You get the idea. Sometimes that's why I let laundry go. I know he has clothes to wear. It's kind of like, why make the bed when it's going to get messed up again. I only make it when I wash the bedstuff. Yeah, you know it's not as often as I should. Today, I will attempt to do a lot of the laundry without getting discouraged.
The dishwasher is running. I got my dishwasher on the premise of promising to do dishes more often. Well, I run it when I run out of them. Part of it is, I hate to waste the water and soap running it half full. Really, until all the plates and silverware are dirty, the dishwasher won't be full. Depending on when the kids' daddy is home for meals is how often it needs to be done. Usually every 2 days. The last couple days, I was too down in the dumps to bother. I was desperately trying to distract myself. Books, blogs, tv. Yep, anything that will allow my imagination to take me somewhere else. That's denial and avoidance. One can only do that for so long. The pots and pans...well I try to keep up with them. I rationalize a lot. Well there's only a couple from dinner...that would be a waste of soap and water. Not that you need a lot of soap for hand washing. I really need to get better at that. I go through cycles. I will keep up, then rationalize and before I know it, I have counters full and get a wee bit intimidated again. It's really not a big deal as I use the soak and don't have to scrub method. I think I may do some of the big, non-dishwasher items today. But really, my main obstacle...I hate putting the dishes away. Doing too many heavy-ish dishes make my hands swell up. So I use that as an excuse not to put them away, because I won't be able to wash any. Well, it is true however, it's also an excuse. Maybe I'll work out a system and have hubby put them away. Only problem is I hate the way he puts them away. I can never find them. Like most women, my dishes have certain places in my cupboards. They also get stacked a certain way. Men do not understand this. If you stack properly, more will fit in the cupboard. Trying to fit things in their cupboards can be daunting too.
I know, bad girl, using big words. I swear I'm not showing off. I like to use big words. It's fun trying to find different words to say the same thing. I guess it's a little game I play. If you don't know what they mean, ask me or look it up in the dictionary. I do believe you could also google it.
Who knows how long the cleaning thing will last. Maybe this time I'll get it all done before I get discouraged again. I hate the cycle but have yet to figure out how to get myself to break it.
Have a fun day. Cleaning sucks. I don't recommend it. LMAO! |