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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it takes 5 minutes to load a dishwasher! I load everything and there are 5 of us!

It takes about 5 minutes to fold laundry - I do it daily for 5 of us. It's one load! EASY

10 minutes in the evening!!!
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It takes 2 minutes, if even, to load a washer

Yes, it takes about 5 minutes to unload my dishwasher in the AM. 5 minutes!!!

Total time is 7 minutes in the AM!!!

I think u have 17 minutes a day to make y our life easier. It's not a big deal. Just do it EVERY day so stuff doesn't pile up!

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I'm a SAHM with a preschooler and elementary school aged child. Our cleaning lady comes every other week. I'm a SAHM and still my dishes and laundry pile up. It does not take 2 minutes to load the dishwasher. It takes me longer to clear the table, wipe table down, wipe down counters, get pots and pans into the sink. This does not include time to rinse and load the dishwasher.[/quote]

Your kids are preschool / elementary and your dishes pile up?  Have them help!  Or is work as foreign to them as it is to you?[/quote]

I admit I am a lousy housekeeper and cook. We had a PT housekeeper but she recently moved. We need to hire a new one. I am newly pregnant too so we need to fine more help anyways.[/quote]

It is so hard to find good help these days, isn't it?

Are you newly rich? [/quote]

No, I'm a new SAHM though. We had the PT housekeeper before I quit my job. I am one of those moms who quit after older child started elementary school. It was much more difficult for our family to juggle all the time off school and afternoon activities, which is exactly what this thread is about.

When I was a working mom, we outsourced most of our housework. I was a lousy housekeeper when I was a working mom and still am a lousy housekeeper now that I am a SAHM. I plan to hire a FT housekeeper/mother's helper when our new baby is born. This will allow me to spend time with the baby during the day and spend quality time with my older kids in the afternoon and take them to their activities, do homework, etc.[/quote]

Still in the honeymoon phase. Check back in when you've been home for a year or two.[/quote]

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