tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post6719703372894875841..comments2023-07-22T10:53:29.401-05:00Comments on MissAdaptation: This is the day...MissAdaptationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10740237383462240905noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post-33992084608461195692010-01-26T22:54:41.795-06:002010-01-26T22:54:41.795-06:00Love your blog. You have a great way of describin...Love your blog. You have a great way of describing life with kids. I have a husband out of work and his job is the laundry. He job searches and washes.... not glamorous or fulfilling. You have 3 kids under the age of 5 and a husband who travels. The fact that you get anything done seems like a miracle to me. If I travel a couple of days then it takes us a week to catch up. You are doing great.lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post-10062292477638914382010-01-15T14:21:40.307-06:002010-01-15T14:21:40.307-06:00Love the Bachelor's to Ph.D. level analogy. V...Love the Bachelor's to Ph.D. level analogy. Very vivid. And I love the way you put things...this is the job I wanted, too...but sometimes it's really hard (not to mention thankless). Sounds like you are doing an awesome job of trying. And to me, that's what matters most.<br /><br />I try to put in a load of laundry in the morning...before or after breakfast. That way, I have the rest of the day to get it dried, folded, and put away. Sometimes the putting away doesn't happen until the kids are in bed at night, but if I do a load or two a day, I don't get too far behind. As for the house, I try to make the kids clean up a little before nap time and before bed time. They do what (little) they can and then it doesn't seem like a mountain to be climbed after 8 pm. Cuz we need our sleep, too!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />RobinRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797156338799943543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post-47081216249490125882010-01-14T11:57:51.504-06:002010-01-14T11:57:51.504-06:00I think you are doing a fantastic job, Christie! I...I think you are doing a fantastic job, Christie! I have one less kid than you and I still have a hard time balancing everything. I do laundry every day. I usually do the boys clothes together. I "clean" (dust, mop, vaccum, etc.) on Fridays. I get a lot of household things done on Tuesdays and Thursdays while both boys are in school. I realize you do not have that luxury yet. What about during their nap-time?wilsonfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033281288937856498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post-18118384840773027082010-01-14T09:01:15.398-06:002010-01-14T09:01:15.398-06:00I do laundry a lot like Mama Bear... 1 load a day ...I do laundry a lot like Mama Bear... 1 load a day of "light" laundry. I have a seperate laundry hamper specifically for "heavy" laundry that I do on the weekends (jeans, slacks, sweaters, shirts). During the week I do kids' clothes and under garments. I invested in a heavy-duty rolling clothes line from Target. As laundry comes out of the dryer, I hang it up and put it on the clothes line. Then I wheel that thing all over my house, taking the laundry to the appropriate closets. On a cleaning note, I tackle cleaning my house in the same way as laundry, because I simply can't get it done all at once. I clean 1 room at a time and save the big cleaning jobs for the weekends. Cooking... I cook a lot on the weekends, doubling up on my recipes, then freeze it and wait to use it later in the week so that I'm not having to cook dinner every night.Pattyhttp://www.the5aces.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20489866.post-54626864387432245252010-01-13T21:15:54.420-06:002010-01-13T21:15:54.420-06:00I FINALLY admitted defeat on the "do laundry ...I FINALLY admitted defeat on the "do laundry all in one day" idea. What I do now (and it works MUCH better). I created a chart (go figure) and have a laundry load for each day (Monday: kid 1, Tuesday kid 2, etc.). Each day, I only do one (maybe 2) loads - that's it. Then it has to be folded and put away by the end of the day. I usually end up forcing myself to fold it during rest time. Watching taped crap tv while i fold helps tons.... This makes me feel a little less like i'm not BURIED in laundry.Mama Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051962597516660418noreply@blogger.com