I truly can say... I hate housework!

i used to be like that when i was sahm. you have to make it fun for yourself. listen to a book on tape while you do it, or watch tv. if your kids are older, enlist their help with you. reward yourself after you get a weeks work done, there are a lot of ideas!

I am also a SAHM. I hear ya!! I hate to do it somedays to. I jusk keep teling myself its not really that bad and it has to be done. I found if I do alittle everyday its not so over welming. I have two boys 3 and 5 and I watch 4 kids 9 months to 5 years old. So I wait till they go home to clean. I do dishes and vacuum. Then maybe a load of laundry. Dont stress over it. It will be ok. We all have days like that.

Well I have a couple of tips that might help to motivate you. They help me a bit. First of all make yourself a list of music or a cd with music that you find energizing to listen to while you are cleaning, if you like to sing choose songs that you like to sing along with, this can make housework less boreing. Another thing I find helps is to set up a reward system for yourself, once you have finished a task, do something that you enjoy, have a coffee, take a bath, watch some tv, eat some chocolate, whatever makes you feel good, before going on to the nest task. And lastly I find that it helps alot if you buy things to work with, like cleaners, and oven mitts, that are personalized to your style and preference, instead of just buying whatever, for example, I have pink printed over mitts, and potpourri scented all purpose cleaner, which is just more enjoyable to use than plain oven mitts, and regular scented cleaner, for me anyhow. I hope this helps.

If you figure out how to get past it, let me know. I go through this periodically. It is part of being a SAHM, I guess. We never get a break from it. My husband and I split the housework before our son was born, but now I do most of it. It gets old after a while, washing the same clothes, dusting the same shelves, scrubbing the same toilet-- over and over. When I need a break from it, I suffer through the absolute necessities, like washing dishes, and I slack off on the rest. Then I beg my husband to help arguing that it will go so much faster if he helps, and I offer him incentive, like I won't complain at all if you just want to watch football all day tomorrow, if you'll just help me with this now. Pleeeeeease!!! That usually works, and he is good at it when he wants to be.