Clean Sweep

I spent most of Monday cleaning Christopher's room - top to bottom. WOW - what a difference! I'm on day 2 of cleaning Kayla's room. Tomorrow I should be finished. I did this in hopes of getting them to keep their rooms clean and hopefully we can start off the school year with organized rooms. With a month to go before school starts, I hope these next few weeks we can actually PLAY with our toys that have been buried and just relax and have some FUN!!

Next week we start going through all of last year's school work and this summer's school work, and then I guess I really should start on our bedroom. :-/ We'll see how long this cleaning bug lasts. I hope long enough to get through the whole house - but that's doubtful!!

Need some ME time!

I swear I wish Chris could be home more, that we didn't need the money from his part-time gig. I'm exhausted. I've helped w/ workbook pages, listened to reading, made dinner, helped Kayla shower, yelled at the kids b/c it's taken 4 times to get their teeth brushed properly, helped Kayla do part of a girl scout activity. I still need to clean up the dinner mess, load the dishwasher and throw in a load of laundry.

Just for one day I'd like outside help. Someone to come clean and cook for me, do my laundry for me and put it away, take my kids to all their activities or just take them away for a day or two so I could breathe.

I love my husband and my children, my house and my life. But everyone needs a break now and then and I just feel like my husband and I NEVER get one. And that's my pity party for today.