Does Anyone Else Feel This Way? - San Antonio,TX

Oh, my gosh. Okay, I feel a little bit better now! Yes, I feel this way all the time, and although frustrating for me sometimes, it's good to hear others feel the same way too!

EVERYDAY! I get one thing picked up and my ds has pulled something else out. Sometimes when I am in the middle of doing something, I find something else that needs to be done so nothing seems to get completed. I can sometimes see why my husband thinks we just play all day. Not true though. I try to get as much done when my ds goes to bed but by the end of the day I am EXHAUSTED!

Yep, I feel that way more days than not. It is worse in the summer when the kids are home and underfoot.

All the time. Usually it's the days I have been the busiest and the kids have done the most. I try to remember that poem called "Babies Don't Keep", because the mess will be there tomorrow. Hang in there mama. You're definitely not alone in this one!

I hope my children will look back on today
And see a mother who had time to play.
There will be years for cleaning and cooking
But children grow up while we're not looking.
Dusting and scrubbing can wait 'till tomorrow
For babies grow fast we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs and dust go to sleep
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

YES! I'm pretty sure I feel like this most of the time! ;) It sounds like you had a full day and should be proud of yourself for still standing. And I bet that ice cream will be frozen just in time to give yourself a treat AFTER the kids are in bed! ;)

Um, yes!! I feel like that everyday! I'm going to blame the 15 month old who has molars and incisors coming in at the same time.

Every day.

It makes me weary.

tehehe, sounds like a job app for a SAHM, congrats, you're hired!

:)

Here is the thing...GET A HOUSEKEEPER! I know that it seems extreme and expensive...but I am not just speaking from experience, there was actually a report that I read once put out by the Harvard Review about the Happiest People in the World...and they found the happiest people...in like Belgium or somewhere...I didn't really pay attention to that part. What I DID pay attention to was the part of the study that explained what consistently makes the least happy people (World-wide) so unhappy....it was 2 things.. #1 House Cleaning! #2 A Long Commute! I read that I realized that I needed to get a job within 20 minutes of my house (instead of an hour away) and I needed a maid! So I got a trustworthy and very affordable maid (I asked friends and did my research)....and now, I really am so freaking happy!! I used to have her come in once every 2 weeks...now it's once per week and the job I got within 20 minutes from my home...pays a lot more, making up the cost of the extra housecleaning by saving gas and extra income. Now, I know that even though family, pets, and kids will mess up the house and I still have to do daily maintenance, I know that when friday comes, I will come home to a sparkly clean home ready for the weekend...oh, and she even does our laundry!

Yes. Im about to get off work and go home to a house thats trashed but Im pretty sure I cleaned it up last night.... But yet you would never know that if you walked in the door

Every single day...

Absolutely honey. You are not alone! Ha ha :)
Every day.
Try and finish one thing at a time before moving onto another project.
Having said that, I throw in a load of laundry and start dinner.
Sometimes I forget the clothes in the washer (ugh I hate that).

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Oh my gosh, yes! I'll work on one area while the kids destroy another. Then I'll have them work on cleaning that area while I try to get another done. But it's an endless cycle that is HARD to keep caught up with! I think having four kids at home all day long creates a bigger mess than if they were at school (they are homeschooled) and it's constant work. But, it's good. It's my workout:-) Lately, by the end of the day, I have been caught up on most things (so bizarre for me!). But that's me being up almost all day working on stuff - including spending time with the kids.

Yeah, I clean everything top to bottom but feel like nothing is really done because there is a pile of clean laundry to be folded... I HATE folding laundry.

Oooh don't say that Angela S lol, my college commute will be 45 mins in the fall.

And yeah sometimes I just get tired of picking up all the toys in one room to walk into another that has toys on the floor (while she is picking up toys in her room) lol.

Yes!! It's a never ending cycle where I am super busy all day but nothing seems to get done. I just make sure I enjoy, listen and spend time with my family and don't sweat the small stuff. It helps me keep things into perspective.

hahaha.....with 3 kids under 5 I ALWAYS feel this way!! I just try not to sweat it. My thinking is that a messy (not *dirty*) house means happy kids live there!! I'll have plenty of time to clean when they're in college....

yes, every day. Sometimes it pretty discouraging!! Here's one tiny, very very tiny laundry tip for you:

If I can fold, hang or otherwise put the laundry away directly from the dryer, it doesnt build up in baskets. I keep kids hangers in the laundry room in reach of the dryer. Big piles for some reason are psychologically paralyzing to me. : ) My hub did laundry for me but he doesnt put any of it away. . . he leaves it for me to do and just puts it in baskets - now I have literally 4 big baskets of clean laundry to handle, sheets, towels and wadded up wrinkled clothes, and it's feels so overwhelming. They've been sitting there for almost 3 days! My older child can put his own laundry away, so I just lay the shirts and pants out flat in the basket so they dont get wrinkled.

You might also consider that you're trying to do too much? I know that feels impossible but just from your post, you've done 3 loads of laundry, cooked 2 out of 3 meals, made strawberry ice cream and facilitated a kids crafting event.

There needs to be 3 of you at that speed!!

Loved your post. It helps us all feel like "we're not alone"! :)

No I have been at work all day and your post just reminded me that not only do I have to clean the house but I have laundry to do. :(

You've really done a whole lot! So start telling yourself that you have accomplished a lot even tho the house is a mess. Focus on what you have done instead of on what is left to do. I'm so much happier since I started doing that.

Every day is this way in my house! Learn to relax and kinda roll with it or it'll drive you crazy!

Oh my goodness, all the time. "Welcome to my nightmare!" LOL
Strawberry ice cream! Yummy!!

I feel that way ALL the time in exactly the way you describe it. Lately, my whole life is following this pattern. My business is the biggest culprit. I keep interviewing with families and for one reason or another they are not ready to start. They don't yet have jobs, they have not yet moved here, they have family doing it now and can't decide when they will need care, they can't pay the bill the way we agreed, and now one of my families I interviewed with was suppose to start on Monday and he got fired yesterday. It's making me feel like a hamster on a wheel. I'm constantly emailing with people, talking on the phone, cleaning up the house, meeting in person and at the end of the day, nothing changes. I start one new family and another one moves away or quits a job or gets fired.

You know what though? All we have is now. Anything can happen at any time. We are not promised tomorrow or next week. So take load off your feet and forget about it. Tomorrow is a new day.

I feel that way too. I have to remind myself that I really would rather my house look lived in, than look like it belongs in a Southern Style magazine, or a Pottery Barn catalog. It is lived in, and I'd rather have the lived in, love in the house, look, than a cold, perfect look any day.Hang in there, and thanks for sharing. Now I know that I'm not the only one who often feels overwhelmed by this.

I feel like that everyday!!!!! The house is a complete disaster even though I am constantly cleaning it. Never ending battle!

thats what its all about! i feel the same way. but i have moved on to a what does it matter if it gets done or not in ten mins you wont be able to tell anyway. so about twenty mins before my hubby gets home i straighten the living room and kitchen. along with cooking all day and laundary but its a never ending cycle.

Every day!! I cook and clean and turn around and the sink is full of dishes again. The way I look at it is hey we live here, it's not going to be perfect. Plus the kids are only young once. When they are older and out of the house we will be in a much better position to keep things clean, but for now don't stress about it. The people who count don't care how messy your house is!

It does get crazy sometimes, but I learned to slow myself down and put boundaries on myself. I would not let myself wash the next load until I had folded the one in the dryer. This way there were never piles of unfolded laundry everywhere. I made the kids help me pick up and make beds before we could go to the park or have lunch, so they would eagerly help me. I tried to treat it like a real job and have it looking pretty good by the end of the day when my husband came home. Not that he would have said anything but I felt more in control and proud. It also was teaching the kids how to be organized.
The mother creates the atmosphere of her home and some days are just crazy and you just have to blow it off, but for the most part you can create a more peaceful life for yourself and your family.

I hate the fact that you do it all and then it can be back to looking like a tornado went through in 30 seconds! I feel your pain!