A Mom’s Life Made Simple

As a work at home mom I find that instead of having a lot of time on my hands I am more limited for time now then what I was when I worked out of the home. I find myself going back and forth with my hours as clients and needs at work change and that really ends up throwing my whole schedule off track. I just began working nights again after working days for the past few months/year. I’m not sure which is causing more problems in my home… working days and not having enough time to clean or working nights and waking with the kids after only two hours of sleep and being to tired to clean! Either way my house has completely gotten out of control but hopefully by posting my most difficult and embarrassing problem areas online I will be able to regain control here soon.

I’ve decided to join the many folks out there that do Tackle It Tuesday so that I can feel that there is some type of support there for me! At least by reading everyone else’s Tackle It Tuesday posts I can find the encouragement I need to get going on my disasters!

I decided to start on something small but something that becomes a HUGE problem in my home… LAUNDRY! Now I don’t mind washing, I don’t mind drying, and to be completely honest I absolutely love hanging the clothes out on the clothes line to dry but I hate to fold and put it away! I find myself leaving clean clothes waiting in totes until they have all be used and are ready to be washed again. Now I don’t do this because I’m lazy nor do I only do it because I don’t like to fold the clothes I really just can’t find anywhere to put them once they are folded. It takes forever trying to find somewhere to put them plus when you have kids, especially girls you end up washing not only their clothes but also their dollbaby clothes, dressup clothes, and as you see in the pictures below even stuffed animals. I’d rather just leave them in the totes! Of course I know this can not go on so I am not only tackling the clothes today but today starts the beginning of always folding and putting away clothes after they are dry!

Now I’m off to do the next three loads, yes there is tons of laundry!  I hope everyone has a happy Tackle It Tuesday and if you want to join in on the fun just click on the link and add your name!