Prepping for the week ruins my Sundays.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we need three-day weekends. The two day weekend is arbitrary and we are more productive than ever.

Stop fighting each other and fight The Man.

Yes! You should run for President on this campaign.

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Posters have impassioned opinions on homemade muffins!!

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Anonymous wrote:Posters have impassioned opinions on homemade muffins!!

Haha seriously. And also very strong opinions on specific brands of store-bought muffins.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is repulsive to many but we don't change the sheets weekly. Maybe monthly. Maybe. So far nothing awful has happened.

Also we really only do the bathrooms when company is coming over, or when it actually looks dirty. If there's that pinkish scum, it's time for a wipe. If it still looks ok, it's ok.

Hi, friend! You and I would get along in real life. Adding to your list, in our house we rarely mop. Vacuum weekly but only because of the dog hair (we should have a Roomba, but that's for another thread).

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished making three dinners and two kinds of healthy muffin snacks for my 3 yr old and 1.5 year old. And did all their laundry and bed linens. I cleaned their rooms, organized their drawers, and cleaned their bathroom. I’ve moved on to getting myself ready for the week.

And I’m exhausted! DH had the kids outside and played all morning. Now the little one is napping and the older one is squealing with laughter playing Candyland with DH.

WTF am I doing wrong?

You and DH need to split up the weekly chores!

OP here. We do split up the weekly chores! And I still have exhausting Sundays!

Dude. You’re the only one doing chores. Your husband was playing with the kids and you’re the only one doing chores.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is repulsive to many but we don't change the sheets weekly. Maybe monthly. Maybe. So far nothing awful has happened.

Also we really only do the bathrooms when company is coming over, or when it actually looks dirty. If there's that pinkish scum, it's time for a wipe. If it still looks ok, it's ok.

Hi, friend! You and I would get along in real life. Adding to your list, in our house we rarely mop. Vacuum weekly but only because of the dog hair (we should have a Roomba, but that's for another thread).

Same for us, I do sheets maybe every other week for DH and I, and will do the kids 1-2x per month. Clean bathroom if company or if gross, but otherwise, nobody is seeing it but us.

We do have a dog that sheds and floors can get gross which mostly bothers me when I either exercise and I'm on the floor doing situps, etc. (because I'd rather use a bit of time to exercise than have a spotless house), or when I'm on the floor with the kids.

Sometimes I do a frenzied pickup because I can't take the mess anymore. However, if 3y/o DD sees me cleaning the magnatiles or blocks she's dumped all over the floor, she'll have them back on the floor and after I spent 15 minutes picking them up and hunting them under the furniture. Live and let live, and watch a TV show and drink some wine.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is repulsive to many but we don't change the sheets weekly. Maybe monthly. Maybe. So far nothing awful has happened.

Also we really only do the bathrooms when company is coming over, or when it actually looks dirty. If there's that pinkish scum, it's time for a wipe. If it still looks ok, it's ok.

Same, we have done this for years. My kids shower plenty, wear clean clothes, and don't stink. I know when they do stink, so I'm not just immune to their smell. If you shower daily, sheets don't get that dirty.

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-dirty-sheets-skin-problems



Dead skin cells, sweat, saliva, and more can turn your comfy bed into a petri dish for germs to grow. For instance, lab tests found that swabs from pillowcases unwashed for a week harbored 17,000 times more colonies of bacteria than samples taken from a toilet seat.


You shed 500 million skin cells a day. Many slough off while you roll around in bed. All those dead cells pile up on your sheets in between washings. Tiny dust mites love to feed on the shed cells. The critters and their droppings can trigger allergies, asthma, and cause your itchy eczema to flare. If you’re allergic to dust mites, wash bedding every week in hot water.

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I’m a nanny so I’m a dcum poor and spend all Sunday meal prepping and batch cooking because food is expensive and I can’t afford premade food. Yes I make muffins and my own granola. What I do to make it more fun, is I save a my favourite shows for Sunday and then I put an old kindle on the wall, like those fancy iPads in expensive homes. I watch my shows on the kindle fire and Google recipes. It makes it a really fun day for me, and it feels good using up every single ingredient and knowing I’m saving money and not wasting. I also make myself a special Sunday dinner, just because. Now I look forward to my Sunday prep days.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished making three dinners and two kinds of healthy muffin snacks for my 3 yr old and 1.5 year old. And did all their laundry and bed linens. I cleaned their rooms, organized their drawers, and cleaned their bathroom. I’ve moved on to getting myself ready for the week.

And I’m exhausted! DH had the kids outside and played all morning. Now the little one is napping and the older one is squealing with laughter playing Candyland with DH.

WTF am I doing wrong?

You and DH need to split up the weekly chores!

OP here. We do split up the weekly chores! And I still have exhausting Sundays!

Dude. You’re the only one doing chores. Your husband was playing with the kids and you’re the only one doing chores.

But he's with the child. How is this unfair? Especially if he is OUTSIDE with the children? They're not just in the house watching tv.

OP if possible do a little bit every day. Some people on here suggest skipping cleaning but they never seem to think that some people cannot stand a filthy home. I know I cannot. It would actually make me even more stressed and upset. I do not like seeing excess dust, feeling grime on my floors, seeing hair on my floors and smelling unclean bathrooms etc but I also like being with my family. So I clean a little thing every day ands spread it out. Nothing gets out of hand and nothing is too time consuming. If I let it pile up, I get overwhelmed, don't start and then it's just a bad cycle.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished making three dinners and two kinds of healthy muffin snacks for my 3 yr old and 1.5 year old. And did all their laundry and bed linens. I cleaned their rooms, organized their drawers, and cleaned their bathroom. I’ve moved on to getting myself ready for the week.

And I’m exhausted! DH had the kids outside and played all morning. Now the little one is napping and the older one is squealing with laughter playing Candyland with DH.

WTF am I doing wrong?

You and DH need to split up the weekly chores!

OP here. We do split up the weekly chores! And I still have exhausting Sundays!

Dude. You’re the only one doing chores. Your husband was playing with the kids and you’re the only one doing chores.

Hmmm... I assume someone is vacuuming, cleaning the kitchen, polishing furniture, getting the cars washed, grocery shopping, running household errands, etc. We can assume her DH is doing some of that since she said they split weekly chores.

Do you really never clean your bathroom, PP?