I love circuitous, self-defeating household task! Really, I do!

[Colleen]

Ummm, no. I don't. Nope. Not one smidge.

I feel like a nitwit when I hang two loads of clothes and come inside to discover I've forgotten I had milk on the stove to make yogurt. So, okay, I'll just deal with that mess and clean the burnt milk off the (@#&$ electric stovetop element. Except...oops! In the midst of that task, I realize it's dumping rain. Time to bring in those clothes! (We don't want to push the limit by having an entire week of nice weather, after all!) I shouldn't be too surprised when apple juice gets spilled all over a clean kitchen floor while I'm back out at the clothesline...because the 3 yo I spent half an hour getting into nap mode was awakened ten minutes later by an older sibling BANGing, THUMPing, and JUMPing up and down the stairs.

Where do we sign up for a couple of days off from this job?:001_huh: And on another note, given that this is my job, does it seem reasonable that I might have an idea as to what works best in terms of best accomplishing (fill in any number of household tasks here)? Yeah, I thought so, too. Just checkin'.

Oy vey. Onward and upward!

ETA: That subject line should of course read taskS, plural. How fitting that I screwed up my subject line, LOL.

[Kathleen in VA]

This sounds like it has the makings of a great movie or sitcom. Maybe you should try writing a script. Wow, Colleen - what a day you've had. AACCKK!

Tomorrow is another day :).

[Mom2legomaniacs]

When it rains, it pours. No pun intended. Well, okay, of course it was :tongue_smilie:. I seem to recall I invited you for the weekend. Well, I am sitting here od-ing on HGTv, had popcorn for supper, and plan to watch a movie next. That could've been you, baby! :D

[DB in NJ]

Definitely sounds like one of those "If You Give a Mom Some Laundry to Hang" kind of days.

Sorry it's such a mess :(

[Colleen]

I seem to recall I invited you for the weekend. Well, I am sitting here od-ing on HGTv, had popcorn for supper, and plan to watch a movie next. That could've been you, baby! :D

Yeah, if only this country weren't so ding dang big!:tongue_smilie: A couple of days alone sounds so-o-o-o nice, but I can't guarantee I'd put themto good use. I might very well just sit. Sit and stare and not think. Sit and stare and not think and not be interrupted in my mindless state. Ahhhh!

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Yeah, if only this country weren't so ding dang big!:tongue_smilie: A couple of days alone sounds so-o-o-o nice, but I can't guarantee I'd put themto good use. I might very well just sit. Sit and stare and not think. Sit and stare and not think and not be interrupted in my mindless state. Ahhhh!

Hey, if that's what you need to do, you do that! Reviving, in whatever form it takes, is vital. Even if it is being mindless. That's kind of what my weekend has been like, mindless. Just fine by me.

[Colleen]

Hey, if that's what you need to do, you do that! Reviving, in whatever form it takes, is vital. Even if it is being mindless. That's kind of what my weekend has been like, mindless. Just fine by me.

You go, girl ~ or rather, don't go!:D I could use that, yep, but it seems there are these six other people to consider, kwim? (Wait a minute, I just read that and am worried it sounds like I'm implying you aren't considering your dh and sons. That's not what I mean! Hope you understand!)

[Faithr]

See, I get around this aggravation by never making my own yogurt and always using the electric dryer. I keep my standards low on purpose. . . .but I'd just have to deal with the napless 3 year old and the spilled aj (make the older kid clean it up!). So there, only the napless 3 year old.

I should write a book: Motherhood; What's the Least I Can Get Away With?

[Colleen]

I should write a book: Motherhood; What's the Least I Can Get Away With?

:lol: You win the Honest Abe Award.

[Colleen]

Life's a riot if you just view it through the lens of a Seinfeld character, eh?:D

[Colleen]

Definitely sounds like one of those "If You Give a Mom Some Laundry to Hang" kind of days. Sorry it's such a mess :(

When something Really Big goes awry, you can take comfort in the fact that it was, well, something Really Big. And easy as it is to not sweat the small stuff, all the Small Stuff does tend to accumulate, doesn't it? C'est la vie!

[Jami]

I should write a book: Motherhood; What's the Least I Can Get Away With?


:lol: That is an awesome title, I'd buy that book. :D

Jami

[Mom2legomaniacs]

You go, girl ~ or rather, don't go!:D I could use that, yep, but it seems there are these six other people to consider, kwim? (Wait a minute, I just read that and am worried it sounds like I'm implying you aren't considering your dh and sons. That's not what I mean! Hope you understand!)

I Never! Humph!;) I know what you mean, dear! I am fortunate that I am in a place lately that dh is taking the kids off to do things and letting me have some space that I really need. Not everybody can do that. It would be really hard in your situation, I would imagine. I wish I would stop time on your end for a bit so you could have that space, if you needed it.

I spent a long time without any space though. Lately, though, dh will intend to take them to his mom's, but only one will want to go. This is actually really nice too. It gives the boys a break from each other. It gives dh and I each one on one with one ds. But this weekend, they both wanted to go more than they wanted space from each other.

And for us, it is really good for dh to be alone with them. I don't want to say he is not assertive, but he is the more quiet of the 2 of us. I am the one that makes a lot of the decisions about things with our family. He defers to the areas that are my strengths. Laying that on him for time alone with the boys, helps him to learn how to think in that way and to be the sole caretaker for a short time. He's a great dad and it is very good time for them.

I know what you mean. No worries! I still love ya!:grouphug:

[Danestress]

I should write a book: Motherhood; What's the Least I Can Get Away With?

I want that book. The only thing is, I'm not sure a homeschool Mom can get away with writing it, since obviously we are doing slightly more than he technically have to.

But still, it's a compelling idea!

[DB in NJ]

When something Really Big goes awry, you can take comfort in the fact that it was, well, something Really Big. And easy as it is to not sweat the small stuff, all the Small Stuff does tend to accumulate, doesn't it? C'est la vie!


Yes, it is! I tend to do much better with the big deals than the little ones. Because the little ones are, for the most part, avoidable. And they usually only occur because someone's brain isn't engaged. That's irritating. Big deals cannot be avoided, usually, and we all just need to respond.

Yep. C'est la vie!