My husband is honestly an amazing man, but he has this ONE thing that drives me crazy… he constantly complains about the house being dirty and says I don’t clean enough, and he has said it being too lazy a few times before. So here’s my typical daily schedule, and y’all can help me out because I feel like I clean a LOT and he’s perhaps just OCD about things 🤔 I’ll note that he helps me with a lot of stuff but I’m not going to list them here because this is already going to be long lol.

-6:30am wake with baby, work out

-7am son gets up, make breakfast

-7:30 kids eat, I sip a smoothie while I clean the kitchen, put away/stack dirty dishes, scrub the sink, stove, and counters.

-8am- we get dressed, brush hair and teeth, let 3 dogs outside, refill food/ water for dogs, cats, chickens, and horses, let the chickens and horses into turn out.

-9am- kids play while I check planner for errands, prep dinner, plan my day, start laundry, bring the dogs back in, make all the beds, and re-build up our fire (wood stove).

-9:45 baby nurses to nap, and I do an hour of homeschool with my son.

-10:45- baby wakes, school break, clean dog poop in backyard, bring in firewood and kindling, wipe bathroom counters & mirrors, sweep floors throughout the house

- 12pm- lunchtime, storytime, then a quick tidy of kitchen/food, plus a wipe down on the table. I set my son up to draw or work on writing letters, move laundry, fold and put away dry laundry, baby plays next to me, let dogs out again

-1:15pm- quiet time. son gets screen time, daughter takes second nap, I take out the trash (has to be trekked all the way up to the front of our long country driveway), and then I use this time to figure out what else I need to do that day, sometimes I do something “for me” such as paint my nails, read a book, etc. usually I just end up folding more laundry.

-2:45 baby wakes, we do some constructive independent play with both of them, I finish up whatever stuff remaining I need to do, sweep the house again, mop the floor, and choose one thing to work on from my monthly cleaning list (baseboard, windows, walls, doors, cabinets, etc) bring dogs back inside

-4pm- start dinner, rinse dirty dishes, set up for dinner, move laundry again, fold and put away stuff

-5pm - hubby gets home, we eat dinner, I clean the kitchen, get rest of dishes in washer, put away food mess, and relax on the couch for a bit while kids play, let dogs out for the last time

-7pm- bedtime routines, baths, teeth brushed, Jammies on, storytime, turn on white noise machines, and then they’re usually in bed by 8:30 at the latest.

-8:30pm- i go take a shower and get ready for bed, then let the dogs in, finish up anything else I haven’t done, try to relax and decompress before bed.

-My baby is a year old and she typically still nurses every hour or two all night so I’m doing all of this running on fumes… I’m tired y’all.

So tell me, am I being lazy?? Is he right?? How can I fit more into my day??