Well, I've come to accept that a couple of my weaknesses are keeping my house clean and keeping nutritious meals on the table. It's not that I don't want to do these things and it's not that they aren't priorities. It's just that after a decade of marriage and continued failure in these areas I finally accepted reality.
I needed help! So...I got some!
So here are my four things...
- On Tuesday afternoons my wonderful friend Sheralyn comes over and helps me clean for 2 solid hours.
- On Wednesday afternoon my wonderful friend Jenny comes over and helps me fold the laundry I've been washing all day in anticipation of her visit.
- On Saturday mornings my amazing sister is going to start coming over to help me clean for an hour. (She'll start this tomorrow.)
- And...After a bit of discussion Hubby and I have decided to try once a month freezer cooking.
So there you have it. My 4 things! No more dirty house. No more dirty laundry. No more eating out all the time. No more feeling defeated. No more arguments over housework.
I know you wrote this a long time ago, but I wanted to ask you how you posed the proposition to these friends to help you and how long did it last -- are they still helping you? I had a bone marrow transplant and had lots of helps after coming home, but the recovery process is so long - now 2 yrs out, that people dropped off and it seems hard to ask for that kind of help when everyone around me (other homeschooling moms) are tired, or just busy, too.
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