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Chanel

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i finally had a day off when i was actually in chicago so here i am on ST trying to catch up (long time no posting for me) , but i feel guilty.  I see spiderwebs in the corner of the 20 ft. ceiling and i feel like i should be cleaning....but the thought of getting the huge ladder from storage to clean spiderwebs doesn't thrill me at all. 


so, needless to say, i was much delighted to read in the "confessions post" that i'm not the only one who feels the need to just veg. and not clean and be the manager of the household (i can't imagine throwing kids into the mix so kudos to all you mommies). 


for example, last night after working 12 hours, getting home from 90 minutes at the gym, i came home made dinner, went on a walk for some quality time with the SO, and tackled some cleaning just so i wouldn't have to do it today on my day off, but there's still so much to be done! 


what do you ladies do when you feel like this?  take a day to veg?  do a bit (it's hard for me to just do a bit because i am forced to see other things that need to be cleaned so it turns into this huge project), or should i start researching a cleaning service (i'm not sure i'm ready to give control to a cleaning lady though). 


bleh.  i guess i needed to vent, but i would love advice from anyone else...


btw, it's good to catch up i've missed you all!!!



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I was just wondering about you - hadn't seen you on here in a while and i missed you!


Girl, take a day and veg out.  It sounds like you really need it.  Whatever needs to be done, will still be there tomorrow.


Glad you're back



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What I do to make myself not feel so much like a maid when I get home from work everyday at 5:30 is - every Saturday if I don't have plans in the morning or afternoon I rent a movie (Friday night), wake up around 9 and stay in bed in my pj's, eat cereal, and watch my movie. It's nice because DH usually works Saturdays so this is total ME time and I don't feel like my weekends totally fly by because I am taking some vegging time for me. Also, when I have to do work around the house, I try to surround myself with things that will keep me pre-occupied. If I am in our room hanging up clothes and putting away laundry, I will do it on the bed and watch tv or a movie while I am doing it. If I am doing anything else around the house I put on music or again a movie or tv, so I can zone in on that while I am doing my maid work!! lol

I just find it so frustrating that when I come home from work to a dirty house the first thing I do is start dinner and start cleaning. If DH comes home he sits down, turns on ESPN and asks me whats for dinner. Why has he not been thinking about our dirty house and dinner all day like I have??? And on the rare occasion he cooks (if you call throwing meat on a grill and watching it cook while I prepare the rest of the food cooking) I have to clean up the dishes after to make it EVEN. EVEN???? EVEN my ass!!!!! HOW can he just sit on his ass and watch me clean and not think anything of it. The ONLY thing he does is take out the garbage and I have to ASK him to do it every time!!! And I have tried the not so clever experiment of letting the garbages get totally full to the point of overflowing. Want to know what that accomplishes, making your house smell like garbage. GRRRRRR!!!!

I just don't get why women are punished because men have absolutely NO homemaking genes in their bodies!!!!! I want kids so bad but I know I am in for a butload of work when they arrive and I am scared!! I am tired enough as it is!

-- Edited by Luv2Shop at 17:18, 2006-08-15

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Down with cleaning!  Take this time to relax, girl.  The cleaning will still be around tomorrow.


 



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Read here until your eyes cross! I tend to do cleaning in 15 minute intervals- it's amazing how much you can do in that short time span, but do it another day - my absolute favorite days are days that I just do absolutely nothing except what I want to do (watch tv, read, knit, lay my butt on the couch). So I grant you one of those days!

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thanks for letting me vent.  i sound so petty, but i think from traveling and working crazy hours,  the place just seemed so overwhelming, and i just wanted to be lazy.  i did a bit today (four loads of clothes and general cleaning) and i'm leaving the clothes for my SO to put away and everything else will be done when i get to it.  i did have a good day of ST catching up! 



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I'm always in a state of denial. If I plan on hanging out in my living room, I'll take about 5 minutes and pick up in there so it looks fairly clean. Then I'll veg in that room only for the day. If I'm going to hang out in my bedroom, I'll fix up the bed and at least pile up the clothes in a chair (so they're not everywhere!). Then I feel like the room I'm in is clean and I can ignore the rest.

As a result there's never a period in time where my entire house is clean. Only bits and pieces. Hee!

-- Edited by blubirde at 23:59, 2006-08-15

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I hate cleaning.  I can't imagine having an entire house to clean instead of an apartment! Thankfully, hubby splits the cleaning chores 50/50 with me.  But we both hate it so much that we require motivation.  On Monday, I bought a pair of pants and a sweater vest.  I felt guilty about it, so I cleaned the living room and kitchen. 

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