tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post3055657522768040058..comments2023-07-04T02:00:12.273-07:00Comments on My circle of life with BP, Cantaloupe and Junior and much more: I am learning to let go ....Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-36747340478186440812009-01-05T02:22:00.000-08:002009-01-05T02:22:00.000-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR CAHAPPY NEW YEAR CAAryan-Arjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055380473042917270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-4859706760819387792008-12-16T01:59:00.000-08:002008-12-16T01:59:00.000-08:00You have an award awiting you! Please pick it up :...You have an award awiting you! Please pick it up :-)Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433156131506216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-5221291319492618262008-12-12T03:06:00.000-08:002008-12-12T03:06:00.000-08:00Very nice post,I can relate to it. Iam reasonably ...Very nice post,I can relate to it. Iam reasonably clean, but learnt not to judge people when I see a house that is not clean or feel guilty when I see a spotless house. I just think it is a matter of priorities.trying2beperfectmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840417373975727786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-34839379212165257532008-12-10T15:13:00.000-08:002008-12-10T15:13:00.000-08:00@M: My BP rises ever so regularly :(@M: My BP rises ever so regularly :(Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-56486192722004066032008-12-10T15:12:00.000-08:002008-12-10T15:12:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-19736029438377902732008-12-10T08:56:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:56:00.000-08:00CA,heh, let the mail pile up for a couple of weeks...CA,<BR/><BR/>heh, let the mail pile up for a couple of weeks...if you're anything like me, the resulting rise in BP will cause it to become a habit, FAST! :-) :-)<BR/><BR/>MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-32496418053128168992008-12-09T16:43:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:43:00.000-08:00@M: The daily sorting certainly helps ... only it ...@M: The daily sorting certainly helps ... only it has to become a habit which is what is not happening in our house :(Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-652868857301925362008-12-09T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-09T09:41:00.000-08:00CA,Oh I hear you....I used to be obsessed with cle...CA,<BR/><BR/>Oh I hear you....I used to be obsessed with cleaning, pre-kids. Now, not so much. I did find that it was worth my sanity to get outside help with cleaning, especially laundry - as otherwise weekends were just getting consumed by chores, leaving no time for winding down. Worth the expense, in my book. <BR/><BR/>As for tidiness, eh...I figure he house will be tidy enough once teh kdis grow up and leave...not that it prevents me from throwing a fit every so often and yelling at people to put things away :-) <BR/><BR/>For the mail clutter, the ONLY thing that works, IMO, is daily sorting - we dump junk mail as soon as we bring it in. We have a shredder by the counter, and promptly shred the credit card offers and such. Bills to be paid are put into a separate container. If this is not done, the mail just piles up - one week's worth of mail is enough to overwhelm me! <BR/><BR/>MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-80292910165156897202008-12-08T09:49:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:49:00.000-08:00@Ruvi: Welcome !!Hmm... so you are opposite of me ...@Ruvi: Welcome !!<BR/>Hmm... so you are opposite of me ??? Ah well ... I bet you don't want your house dirty ... just that you don't want anyone to stress you to do it ... right?Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-49814248454171717262008-12-08T09:48:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:48:00.000-08:00@Noon: Ah the visitor visit and the mega cleaning ...@Noon: Ah the visitor visit and the mega cleaning program I make ... uff ... its really tiring. <BR/> And the joint family system that worked earlier ... just cannot imagine the same in today's world. The adjustments that people made during that time was truly commendable.<BR/><BR/>@ Pixie: Same here Pixie ... add to that 2 kids and No Maid. <BR/><BR/>@nm: Oh nm tell me about those "Keeping house clean arguments" ... its was really stressful. Thankfully I am learning to let go ... though I have to make conscious effort sometimes.Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-57255815329510082032008-12-08T03:03:00.000-08:002008-12-08T03:03:00.000-08:00CA…I am exactly the opposite of you, I guess J. My...CA…I am exactly the opposite of you, I guess J. My mil stays with us and she is obsessed with cleanliness to the core. It freaks me out to the extent that when I go back home after work, I just want to scatter my daughter’s toys all around the house! <BR/><BR/>First time commenting here…and it’s nice to have a peep into your household JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-89463089454308034832008-12-06T06:26:00.000-08:002008-12-06T06:26:00.000-08:00This sounded so much like my story. I was very par...This sounded so much like my story. I was very particular in the initial year of my married life. But slowly over the years I've also learnt to let go. Because I would keep fretting that my house can never be fully clean because for hubby it was not a priority thing. And I would get so stressed out and yell at everyone and it would turn into ugly fights. So slowly over the years I've also learnt to not be finicky about things being in order.<BR/><BR/>And now there are days when my house looks like a tornado hit it! :) So this means you are still doing a better job than me :D<BR/><BR/>Have fun and yes RELAX!!~nmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483363042572158612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-32358495421848923642008-12-06T02:25:00.000-08:002008-12-06T02:25:00.000-08:00I would love to keep a spotlessly clean home... bu...I would love to keep a spotlessly clean home... but, with work and commute and other chores... it gets sidelined... but, I do try to keep the house clean, if not spotless. :)Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433156131506216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235197052313165700.post-372913143107735962008-12-05T17:06:00.000-08:002008-12-05T17:06:00.000-08:00I admire people who can keep it spotlessly clean. ...I admire people who can keep it spotlessly clean. I keep it clean - people often tell me when they visit - wow you keep it so clean - but then they are visitors - so I clean before they come - even otherwise I try to keep it clean but not spotless. I do let go of toys under the stairs etc because every other second I have to clean those. I clean once for all at night - that too not exhaustively. With two kids and husband working long hours there is only so much time to go around to do spotless cleaning. So I let go here and there. If not I clean and clean and get bitter that there is no breathing time at all. Wow 25 people in two bed house - those days it was really something isn't it? We would have no tolerance for such things now. I wish we had that level of tolerance now...noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.com