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07.26.08, 12:09 PM General Topics
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How does everyone with little kids keep their lives together? I feel like everything is a mess, DH took the kids out for the afternoon and all I am doing is trying to get organzied- other than at this very minute when I am posting- I feel like crying it is so overwhelming. I can't seem to get my shit together- everyone I know has full time help that cleans and organizes for them. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.26.08, 12:09 PM Flag
 

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Do you have any help? I can't imagine not having any help at all, but we only have a housekeeper one day a week. Often times our free time is spent organizing. It is a pain. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:13 PM Flag
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I have someone clean once a week but she doesn't organize just clean- so at least I don't have to do floors or toilets but I am always throwing things in closets or boxes so she can clean- I think it actually just causes more of a disaster but at least my house is just messy not dirty. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:17 PM Flag
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seriously. Maybe hire someone to come in for a day or two to set up a system that then you can keep in place. Also, try and throw out a lot of stuff because we are slaves to junk most of the time. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:20 PM Flag
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Buy less toys, throw out the crap, then less stuff to organize. Now I say this, but I don't practice it. Our apt is one big playroom. No adult space. I just let it go and don't sweat the small stuff. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:20 PM Flag
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Also are you sure EVERYONE you know has full time help? You need a more diverse set of friends then. Or maybe you care just exaggerating. But think about it. Don't you know one couple a little more hard up than you? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:22 PM Flag
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Throw things away. Make a weekend date w/ your dh and cull mercilessly. Clothes, books (especially books!!!), toys, unused wedding presents, crappy/old/useless furniture, dishes/pans, the works. Give it all to Salvation Army, and anything good sell on Ebay. Then your brain will be in the mode of looking at things with the attitude of "Do I need it? Want/like it?" and you'll cull automatically. I keep a steady grocery bag full of stuff I drop off at S. A. all the time. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:26 PM Flag
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I don't have help with this, just someone who cleans every two weeks. I just try to do small stuff as it comes up and then on weekends spend one naptime straightening things up room by room, throwing laundry in, making sure the kitchen is clean. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:33 PM Flag
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hah, wait until the nap is gone! the throwing in laundry while kids asleep not an option for us given machines in the basement of the building. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:35 PM Flag
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I went to basement with sleeping dc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:53 PM Flag
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You can't look at the big picture here. OK - you have to start small. Commit. Start small. Ask dh to give you three hours every Saturday. Plan the one place you will deal with in that three hours. The job has to be finished in three hours! I always start at the front door and work my way into the house. Next week, make it your plan to completely organize the foyer. If there is a coat closet - go thru them and get rid of, pack the suitcases in the suitcases etc. That is ALL you have to do. Organize the foyer. Next week - its the kitchen. NO piles, no moving around. If it goes it has to go that day. HAS to. Put it on Craigs list and if not gone by 7:00pm, put it on the street. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:51 PM Flag
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And don't confuse organizing with cleaning. You STILL have to get your cleaning done - but not in the three hours. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:52 PM Flag
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How old are the kids? It mostly gets easier as they get older. I do have help (cleaning 2x a week) but I have to take care of all the stuff. We moved last year and I tried to streamline, but I'm still trying to weed things out. I try not to get them too many things. Try to enforce the one thing out at a time rule and have the kids clean up & put away what they have out. The one thing I haven't tamed is the pile of papers in the kitchen--I just keep ending up w/ odd things that don't have a place. But one thing that helped is at the beginning of the school year (last year) I made two binders--one for DS's elemantary & one for DD's preschool--and put all the papers in there so I could find numbers, dates, easily. And I try to think about where I will use something when I find a place for it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:58 PM Flag
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If you can afford it, hire someone to help organize you just for one day. That way you have two hands and you can keep it up better. When things get a little out of hand after that, it's easier to tackle. That's what I'm planning on doing in August, just to catch up with my chaos. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 01:24 PM Flag
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