Housework woes
How does anyone who does not have a stay-at-home person in the household manage to keep up? Seriously!
Not working Fridays has helped immensely--I now keep up with laundry and dishes. Today I vacuumed the living room and dining room, paid bills, did dishes, did litterboxes and trash, started extra laundry in addition to the weekly amount so that I can clear out some of the infinite piles of clothing-that-no-longer-fits, did some decluttering, did the kitchen counters, cleaned and put away a couple vases that had had flowers in them 3 weeks ago, practiced vihuela and recorder, ordered some music that I need....
And it's all good that it's done, I know I've accomplished a bunch. BUT.....kitchen, bathrooms (2), upstairs hallway floors all desperately need serious mopping, bathrooms both need cleaning of all uh, things (what do you call toilets, sinks, and showers? not appliances,) other room carpets need vacuuming, bedrooms all need sweeping, music room is a disaster, sewing room is a disaster, library is borderline, I haven't tuned Emily's harpsichord in a year (much less actually, you know, *played* it!),...
And what is going to happen is I will do music and life stuff for the weekend, work M-Th next week, and next Friday which is my next big cleaning day, I will repeat the same stuff I did today (because that's the immediate important stuff) and the same stuff I didn't get done today will not get done next week...and the next etc.
Gah.
OK, I'll stop whining. I *know* so many people don't have the luxury I have of a lovely house and food on the table and so forth, and I can't really claim hardship. But it's frustrating.
Not working Fridays has helped immensely--I now keep up with laundry and dishes. Today I vacuumed the living room and dining room, paid bills, did dishes, did litterboxes and trash, started extra laundry in addition to the weekly amount so that I can clear out some of the infinite piles of clothing-that-no-longer-fits, did some decluttering, did the kitchen counters, cleaned and put away a couple vases that had had flowers in them 3 weeks ago, practiced vihuela and recorder, ordered some music that I need....
And it's all good that it's done, I know I've accomplished a bunch. BUT.....kitchen, bathrooms (2), upstairs hallway floors all desperately need serious mopping, bathrooms both need cleaning of all uh, things (what do you call toilets, sinks, and showers? not appliances,) other room carpets need vacuuming, bedrooms all need sweeping, music room is a disaster, sewing room is a disaster, library is borderline, I haven't tuned Emily's harpsichord in a year (much less actually, you know, *played* it!),...
And what is going to happen is I will do music and life stuff for the weekend, work M-Th next week, and next Friday which is my next big cleaning day, I will repeat the same stuff I did today (because that's the immediate important stuff) and the same stuff I didn't get done today will not get done next week...and the next etc.
Gah.
OK, I'll stop whining. I *know* so many people don't have the luxury I have of a lovely house and food on the table and so forth, and I can't really claim hardship. But it's frustrating.