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Ok, I Know I Won't Get Much Sympathy, but Here Goes...
Water/Trash pickup: What else?: I bet all of those things add up to at least $5600 per month. First and foremost, start changing your thinking. ...
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- Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University! Those small expenses add up! For example: Eating out 1x/week $15-20/meal/wk x4wks/mo =$60-80 x12 months =$720-960/year...
- I completely understand where you are coming from. I used to have a corporate job making 56,000 and my husband made about the same but we were still paycheck to payche...
- Totally understand. My husband and I both have good jobs; however, still concerned about finances and were tight every month with paying bills. Last year, we put ourse...
Im a Mess
He loads the dishwasher, he takes out the trash, that sort of thing. .... It's amazing when you do a 10 min pickup and everyone is helping. ...
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- The best advice I got on this was to -simplify-. It was hard for me to do but I went through my entire house and got rid of so much. All those hand me down unmatched...
- I'm not any good at keeping the house clean, But my husband and I came to the agrement that since I work less hours I would do the most around the house. I try to keep...
- Please tell me you are kidding when he says that housework is you responsibility because he makes more money and you're the woman. If that is truly his attitude, I wo...
Seeking Info on Composting
Check with your garbage company, and see if it offers curbside bins for compost pickup. EnviroCycle Composter - 5-gal composter for your garage or yard; ...
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- I was just sent this site by a friend about composting. I am also going to try my hat at composting. I do not have much space, so these sound good. I hope this helps ...
- I also want to start composting...as soon as I have a space cleared for it. Composting is very easy. Partially fill your compost bin/composting area with grass or le...
- http://www.compostguide.com/ A friend sent this link to me when I wanted to start composting...it was helpful.
Chore Charts and Rules
They take turns loading and unloading the dishwasher, taking out the trash , plus putting it on curb for pickup. There is yard duty for the dogs and since ...
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- Hello. I have a 9 year old daughter who has weekly chores and allowance, and this is what we do. She cleans the bathroom one day a week(which consists of cleaning the ...
- Ok I'm somewhat of a slave driver in some peoples eyes but I see my role as preparer for the future. My 4 children are 11-15. Boys at each end girls in the middle. The...
- Hi B.. We were told to get a book called The Incredible Years. It is a book on discipline from 2-10ish... There are charts in it and it talks about charting. We we...
This Is Not What I Signed up For...
They do the trash, pick up after themselves. Until we started this schedule, I was like you. Overwhelmed and missing quality time with my babies. ...
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- I had three and especially during the summer, I forgot about a lot of the housework, only washed the necessities (sheets can stay on the bed 2 weeks), and made sure th...
- you sound like a clean clean machine...With 4 babies...I'd say that you'd have to be mighty organized to keep the clean in order. I have 8...happens that we trained th...
- Although I am not a stay-at-home mom with 4 kids, I am a full-time working mother of twin 6 year old girls. I did stay home the first 3 years. The best thing I learned...
Keeping up the House
This may seem severe but I no longer have to pickup as frequently once I .... dont leave start collecting their stuff and put it in the trash this way they ...
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- thats rediculous! i live with my inlaws too and i do my part in picking up after myself and baby... yes i do have my lazy days but not like that. they can help to keep...
- Hi T., I think every housewife/mother has felt what you are feeling right now. I don't mind picking up after my husband, for the most part, cause he does help some, an...
- Hi T., You have alot of patience to be putting up with such behavior. By, letting it go, obviously is not the answer ,as you know. You need to set healthy boundaries f...
Too Much to Do Not Enough Time to Do It.
For those same 3 days, my 14 year old has the livingroom, family room, and loft to maintain (toys, trash, clothes, etc.). They do not have to pick up the ...
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- Sounds like something needs to go. The biggest is your job. I know with 5 kids, you need an income, but it's obvious that everybody's suffering, not to mention the lac...
- Wow... you are super busy. First of all you have to many things going on which may affect you if you put too much thought into it. Take one day at a time and live the...
- Hi, D.S., I can sympathize to some degree as I am a grad student, mother of two babies and wife of a touring musician who is gone most of the year (touring the worl...
Can Not Get Anything Done
... or take the trash out, etc...and ask him what he would like to help with or if ... I started my son out just before he was 2 getting him to pick up and ...
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- Welcome to the reality that is the life of the SAHM. There just aren't enough hours in the day. I've been at home for a long time - 17 years... My house is still a dis...
- I did not have a chance to read the other responses, but I think I can assure you that we ALL feel that way. (At least when the kids are that little. I still have ho...
- V.: Hello and good morning!! Okay - my personal opinion is that it's a combination of things. 1. depression and 2. lack of orgnaziation. Please don't take that a...
Helping Around the House
You could even try "I give away to poor children the toys that I pick up. ... called "Avoiding Power Struggles" or "How do I get them to take out the trash. ...
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- I used to run a preschool program and what worked really well for the 2-4 year olds was to assign everyone a "magic number" of items that they needed to pick up that ...
- Taniell, My advice: Forget the job chart, they are too young and being part of the family unit, which includes cleaning up, in my opinion should not involve bribes ei...
- Dear T. (you have a great name! :) ) here is what I responded about 2 months ago, to one mommy: (it comes from my experience of raising two sons): Actively engag...
Cloth Diapers Convenience and Cost Effectiveness
It's so much nicer to change a diaper and put it in the trash never to see .... left in diaper pail for pickup and you get them back spotless and hygienic. ...
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- Hey J.! Congrats. We'll have kids 2 years apart. My dd was born Sept 30, 2006. :) Great time to have a baby. Cloth is wonderful. It is a much cheaper way of do...
- Cloth diapers are always best as they breathe. Disposibles are a convience thing that breed diaper rash. Cloth can be rinsed in a clean toilet, squeezed and left in di...
- I am having my first baby in September too and want to use cloth diapers but don't know much about them. I am probably too late in getting this info to you, but I am ...
