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Ron Cliiborn <Roncliborn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am a new Mr. Mom
Congrats; go rent the movie, it's a fun brain-drain.
> and finding it difficult to go from being in charge
> of several dozen people to being in charge of just a home
> with no one to boss around.
How'd you pull that gig?!
==> Laundry woes <==
Take it as you make it; that's the only way I have been able to handle
the Laundry Monster of Apathy. All three of my daughter-units will
happily keep clean clothes strewn about their rooms' floors (often
trampling it under foot for days), rather than put it away in the
correct drawers or shelves. Gahdz ferbid actually hanging anything
up!
I tried to outlast them but they proved that going to school looking
like they were one giant wad-wrinkle wasn't a strong enough
deterent. I have chosen to fold the clothes as they come out of the
dryer and put them away.
Toys are much easier to control. I bring out a 44-gal
janitorial-strength neon orange garbage bag. That single snapping
noise as the bag opens is enough to bring even the most-entrance
girl running to clean her room of toys.
You do not mention how old your kidlets are but since you're at home
alone, I will assume they're older. Perhaps off-loading some of the
more-regular chores-domestique (dishes, table setting, vacuuming, or
even folding that clean laundry) would allow you to focus on that
clutter problem (said another packrat). Caveat: The kids probably
won't do any chores like you. (Just like you do not do chores like
your wife.) Allow the different methods of cleaning as long as the
job gets done to your satisfaction.
Finally, doing an entire house in one day is overwhelming. Take a
room at a time and then take a break (coffee shop, run at the local
park, volunteer at your local school) to come back and take on
another area. Pretty soon the clutter will have disappeared and
you'll be setting up a routine of your own.
Lastly, find some other SAHP in your area. You'll find that becoming
a hermit is VERY EASY. Nothing tanks a SAH experience like
isolation.
The Ranger
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