Those of you reading this who are able to stay organized and on top of things, would you PLEASE tell me HOW you do it? Because Donna Reed I am NOT. Chris has been in Toronto since last Thursday and gets home this Friday, and it’s going to take a freaking miracle for me to get this house clean enough so he won’t feel like he can’t ever leave town on business again for fear of losing his children under a pile of dirty dishes and coffee-table piles.
Every day I get up and I make a big mug of coffee, and I think about my day. I think about reviews that are due and giveaways to start. I think about dusting and vacuuming and putting in another load of laundry. I think about the fact that my daughter is watching TV all day (that’s right, I’ll admit it. Kaitlyn watches TV for most of the day, when she isn’t jumping off of overturned laundry baskets or drawing on her Aquadoodle mat or dumping out a board game or galloping up and down the hallway). I think about the dishes in the sink and the piles on the end tables and the fact that I haven’t seen the top of my desk in months.
I look at my email inboxes.
I think this image that I found on Google images accurately depicts how I feel:
And then I take a deep breath. All I can do is the best I can do. My kids are safe, loved, have plenty to eat and clean clothes that fit. They have warm beds to sleep in at night. They have toys and books and video games. I might have a lot to do, I might be failing miserably at housekeeping, but stressing out about it doesn’t help anybody. I got behind on my reviews and giveaways because I procrastinated, plain and simple. So now I just need to make a list and write them one at a time until they are done. It might require me to post 3 or 4 or 5 times a day until I’m caught up.
And that isn’t going to include Saturday, because my husband will be home and I intend to give him my undivided attention. He needs to know that he is more important to me than email inboxes and dropping Entrecards. After all, those won’t spoon me at night while I’m sleeping 
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Twitter: blm03
says:
organize. Make yourself a schedule. That is seriously how I do it. write your schedule on paper vs. the computer. I find it is harder to ignore a list instead of something blinking at me.
Good for you in clearing your schedule for your hubby’s homecoming! As for the rest of your obligations, maybe you should look to see if something could be permanently deleted from your list of responsibilities. Sometimes we simply cannot do all that we have taken on. I just wrote a post about this very thing.
Lists/schedule. Prioritize.
Like for me, canning the uber-ripe tomatoes on the dining table should be more important than checking my email/blogs, but I think the girl’d been going through a growth spurt and has been attached to my boob all day. I just can’t safely chop tomatoes while nursing her, so here I am planning menus.
Twitter: debmomof3
says:
This is how I feel most of the time lately too. I’m behind on reviews as well – not to mention contest listings. And trying to balance the blogging with the housework – and the kids… This ‘at home’ thing is way harder than I ever thought it would be.
Good luck…
Twitter: morefunmom
says:
I’m the same way. My little one is occupied by the TV, with me in the same room blogging. Or we’re cleaning something or having a tea party, I get up an hour before everyone else to drop my EC’s and am up 2-3 hours after everyone goesto bed. Just not enough time in a day. man, Hubby has is good!
Twitter: Table4Five
says:
Deb- I hate to admit it, but I’m kind of glad to know I’m not the only one who gets behind on reviews
I’ve got some contests starting here and on MomReviews, I’ll email you the links and any time you can link to them would be greatly appreciated!
GOSH! I feel like this most of the time too. The only thing that ever works for me in my Control Journal, the trick there is actually USING my Control Journal
Twitter: soleflormom
says:
How I understand you…My day never seems to have enough hours and the 8 hours I spend in the office are…a real pain.
I try, I try, but time is never a friend and lately blogging has been punished because it really is the only thing I can (shouldn’t) leave behind.
I’m going to follow Lisa advise and instead of making my to-do-list in the computer i’ll do it on paper. Let’s see it works… I hope it does work for you.
Are the kids old enough to help out? Have you considered giving them some of the chores? You would be surprised how much they enjoy having some resposibilites. Even the very little ones can learn to pick up toys. One way to motivate children is with a chore chart. When they accomplish their chores, then it is nice to reward them. The reward doesn’t even need to be monetary or material. It can be a trip to the park, or extra tv time, etc… a chart can also be used to motivate, when chores are not done, the child loses something, whether it be play time, allowance, or whatever tools you decide to use. You can purchase chore charts, or make a homemade chart for the refrigerator. Good Luck!