My kitchen counter caused me to lose it yesterday.Well, it was kinda like "the straw that broke the camel's back."
I started getting everyone ready at 10am. We were going to the mall to return/exchange a few Christmas items. I begged Manga Dork out of bed, laid out clothes for the 2 littles to put on, took my shower and got dressed, woke Dr. Hubby, ironed Dr. Hubby's shirt, woke Dr. Hubby, fixed 2 littles' hair, woke Dr. Hubby, prepared the returns, woke Dr. Hubby....I think you see the pattern.
I wanted to leave at noon. The mall is a little over an hour drive and everything closes at 6pm on Sunday.
He waited til 12:15pm to get up. I lost it.
"LOOK AT THIS HOUSE. I CLEANED ALL DAY YESTERDAY. I WAS SO TIRED LAST NIGHT AND LOOK AROUND. IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE I DID ANYTHING. THIS KITCHEN COUNTER IS A DISASTER. NO ONE WILL THROW AWAY THEIR TRASH. THEY JUST SIT IT ON THE COUNTER EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A 30 GALLON TRASH BAG RIGHT BELOW WHERE THEY SAT IT. IT IS SO HARD TO LIVE LIKE THIS. IT IS SO STRESSFUL. I FEEL LIKE I REALLY TRY AND IT IS POINTLESS. I AM CALLED GROUCHY AND HATEFUL BECAUSE I "NAG" ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE DOING STUFF. I AM BUTTING MY HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL. and so on and so forth....
He went to get ready and I made lunch. We went to town, returned the stuff, bought some other stuff, grocery shopped, and I juggled Burger King in the car for dinner so we could make it home in time for bedtimes on a school night.
This is an example of why I am on a mission to be a better housewife. But I have a warning for the other 4 people living in our home...IT'S GONNA GET UGLY. I have some retraining to do.
Happy Monday!
Tomorrow I will share how I have changed my bad attitude toward ironing!
Good Luck, btw, ironing is my favorite, I'd rather iron than anything else. I hate washing dishes even though I now have a dishwasher, I still hate the dishes.
ReplyDeleteGigi...dishes are my second least fave thing! Thank God for dishwashers!
ReplyDeleteI've gotten to the point where I don't actually hate doing the dishes. I would rather do the dishes than empty the dishwasher, actually.
ReplyDeleteI see your point and feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son moved back home and I am pretty sick of seeing the same site.
I sorta had a meltdown too. I felt a little better and it's worked so far too.
My hubs is a total clean freak. I'm lucky that way.
Go for it mom..you have the role and the will to do so and they need to be taught! I read about a mom once that was in the kitchen fixing dinner, no help, looked in the joining room to see all her kids lounging around. She went in there with a broom, calling the lazy, lounging lizards! Swatted away their toys and stuff. They went right into help her, laughing but they helped. It was a soft lesson and it worked! LOL
ReplyDeleteWhy do we get called the nag just for telling them to pick up after themselves?? I don't get it! I routinely lose it, usually after telling them for the third or fourth time to clean up. And then they wonder why I am yelling!
ReplyDeleteI get called a nag. We nags should hang out when you come to SA!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! I would love to have lunch or something. We will have to set it up when the trip gets closer!
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel! Then "they" say... gee why are you grumpy, grouchy, bitchy, moody, etc. when all I really feel is overwhelmed which makes me grumpy, moody, crabby, grouchy, bithchy etc.!
ReplyDeleteI started leaving lists of things for Countrychick to do for me and that really helps out and hubby has started to run the vacuum on the weekends, so I give him kuddos for that, but there is room for improvement!!
Hang in there and give'em some tough love!
(((HUGS)))
Yeah it happens at my house too!
ReplyDeleteI tell you something though I would have gone to town and done the shopping by myself - time alone = less frustration. I would have also left a list of stuff for the kids and the hubs to do while I was gone! You gotta learn the tricks baby :-D
the never ending struggle!!!!
ReplyDeletei sympathize :D
looks like my house and I am the only one home all day?
ReplyDeleteI feel ya. I hate when the house is immaculate and everyone gets home from school/work and just dump their crap everywhere. It's worse in the winter w/coats and boots.
ReplyDeleteI lost it the other day. I think it was because I had a cold. And when mom is sick, no one takes care of her. I let my husband have it. Poor guy.