Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you're going to feed your kids thawed sandwiches without tomato lettuce or mayo, why not let them eat school lunch?
They can if they want. They can add some sliced tomatoes or lettuce in the morning if they want, or bring a packet of mayonnaise to add at school. Seriously the thawed sandwiches are perfectly fine.
Also you can grab a frozen sandwich and spread a little butter or mayo on the outside and grill it for a quick dinner, like if a kid needs something to eat before heading out to soccer or whatever.
Anonymous wrote:
If you're going to feed your kids thawed sandwiches without tomato lettuce or mayo, why not let them eat school lunch?
Anonymous wrote:What the hell are you kids and DH doing? Why isn’t he doing all the grocery shopping and half the cooking. Also your kids are old enough to do your laundry and also cook simple meals. I was 8 when I started cooking basic stuff like tacos for the whole family. If your kids can operate IPads, cable, Netflix and computer games they can manage laundry. You don’t need to outsource you need to get these lazy folks in your house working. Your DH sounds like an ass if he won’t “let” you get a cleaners more often. Hand him the mop and tel him to have at it. My 6 year has more chores than. Tha this? Why? Because she is part of family and can contribute.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really 55 hours per week is working a lot? In the DMV? I don't think so. Did you imagine this is France?
OP, I don't know how you can make it better, it is hard.
Yes, it's a lot. Plenty of 40 hr/week jobs.
Yes, all the doctors just work no more than 40 hours per week. And earn ton of money to throw money at the problem. You sound like a lazy person.
I don’t know one doctor, including my DH, that works 7:30-3:30, much less 40 hours a week. Try 50-60 hours.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really 55 hours per week is working a lot? In the DMV? I don't think so. Did you imagine this is France?
OP, I don't know how you can make it better, it is hard.
Yes, it's a lot. Plenty of 40 hr/week jobs.
Yes, all the doctors just work no more than 40 hours per week. And earn ton of money to throw money at the problem. You sound like a lazy person.
Anonymous wrote:You’re not paying for before or aftercare. That’s 1000 per month for two kids. I have kids the exact same ages. Use that money for another housecleaning visit.
Anonymous wrote:My DH does all the pick-up the house, dishes, laundry in the evenings. We do FastLane for groceries and I haven’t been inside a store in months. I use Fresh20 for meal planning. I bring school forms and stuff like that to work and I fill them out or call and make appointments in the 5-10 minutes when someone is running late to a meeting. I buy birthday presents in bulk on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day and make my kids “Shop” from the box in the basement for friends’ parties and Toys for Tots type activities. We have our cleaners come every 2 weeks.
But the biggest things are -
1. I hired a professional organizer to help me re-do my kitchen and closets. I am no longer drowning in clutter because things have a place to go.
2. I have my parents pick up the kids and stay for dinner one night a week. It’s usually a night one kid has an activity. So I take the kid to the activity and they stay with the other one. While I’m out, they put dinner in the oven or sign for delivery. That’s my husband’s night to work late or go to happy hour because I have help.