Chores and cleaning are no fun, but that is life! Yeah that sucks but we don’t get anywhere in life not knowing how to do things and the responsibility of doing chores. I think all parents should initiate children learning to do chores and then NOT PAYING them to do it. My philosophy is that is a part of life and it should be taught to kids so they appreciate what they have and respect for things and how to take care of stuff; that is the way I grew up and that’s the way my husband grew up. I want my children to learn how to do things for themselves and not just expect everything to be given to them. Kids can’t wait to grow up and they think that everything is fun. Well I got news, it basically sucks being an adult and dealing with chores, cleaning, bills, and basically providing for yourself and your family! That’s no fun!! We all should adopt Peter Pan’s Theory and just never grow up! 😂😂😂 Not going to happen, that is just fiction.
When I was growing up I was a very messy child and then I hit High School and I totally changed. I became very organized and whenever my parents would go somewhere for the night I would go in the very messiest room in my house, the laundry room, and I would stay there for hours organizing and straightening up. So of course when I lived on my own the places I lived in stayed a clean and tidy. Now when I moved into my husband’s trailer before we were married, it was a disaster. It took me like two or three weeks to get the place clean and organized but it finally happened. When we got the girls, I made them a chore chart. Our tiny house that was busting at the seams with people was run like a well-oiled machine. I did things during the day like laundry and kept the kitchen cleaned & dinner cooked and things picked up. The thing was Mark worked and worked and worked, he was never home so we kept things running at home. I mowed the lawn on the weekend with the riding lawn mower because I couldn’t walk without the walker but I absolutely loved cutting the grass. It was kind of like therapy because it would get me outside and contributing to the household. After moving to Loranger in 2005 things were still going pretty well and we were down one kid because the oldest moved out by then. Mark still worked like crazy but things were great in the new house. On March 13th 2008 I fell and broke my hip, yes the disease was progressing and I had gotten worse. Which I knew was going to happen, so I needed more help around the house. By then we were down to two kids at home but Stephanie the second oldest was there all the time, we were very close and still are. I’m going to jump to 2019 and I now have two children of my own and my disease has progressed to where I don’t walk at all and Mark worked from home until 2013 and I couldn’t do near as much as I used to. Mark became a licensed realtor with Keller Williams in 2018 and worked from home. The dynamics of how chores were done and cleaning had changed so when he was home and he had to do more for me because we had two small kids and I had gotten much worse. It sounds like so much to keep up with by his self so I had made it my job to take care of his real estate page, the bills, appointments and now I also have my blog. So I throw that in along with still helping with laundry and sometimes it still doesn’t seem like enough. Let me end this by saying that my husband, Mark Cheramie Jr is one of a kind with a heart of gold💛💛! There’s no one like him, he normally does not complain when he has to shave my legs, help wash my hair, clean the kitchen, help with laundry, and be everybodys chauffeur! I never would have imagined having a husband, PERIOD much less having one who shows me and everyone that he loves how much they mean to him!