Menopause Support Group
Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age. It normally occurs in women between the ages of 45 and 55, when the body begins to slow and stop the production of eggs, estrogen and progesterone production decreases, and menstruation diminishes, eventually stopping altogether.
Thankfully my son is home for the summer and he's been helping me or the house would remain a mess!
This is how we started: I made my bed, put laundry in the washer and was going to do dishes when son asked if I wanted to walk the dogs with him. Oh yeah, forgot. Have to do that before it gets too hot.
Once we returned I remembered that I had forgotten to eat breakfast so did that really quick. Then hung laundry (yeah, one thing done!) and son said he'd vacuum so I told him that's great because I wanted to wash down another wall or two (it's summer so I try and wash down the walls in the house)
Well, I pulled away our mammoth couch and vacuumed behind there really quick and vacuumed the mammoth couch and then washed down that wall. Then I pulled the couch back and washed down the second wall. So far so good. But then I noticed someone walk by and saw that the windows are all smudged. OK, quickly get some windex and paper towel and clean windows. That required taking out the window screen so once I had done that I noticed that the sill is a bit dirty where the dog always looks out the window. OK, cleaned the sill. Then I saw that the window screen that I had leaning up against the cat tree and I noticed that the cat trees needed brushing down again (when was the last time I did that?) so I started doing that. MId way through that I saw a stain on the carpet where one of my cats had thrown up a hair ball. So I got the stuff for that out and cleaned it up. Then son comes in the room, sees the paper towel, several bottles of stuff, screw driver, plastic bag for cat hair, and me sitting on the ground with scissors cutting some strings off the one cat tree and he asks me what I'm doing. So I tell him I'm cutting the strings off the cat tree. He then wonders how I went from washing down the one wall to strings on the cat tree. LOL
I dunno.
All I know is that I am hot and tired, my arm hurts (bursitis in the one arm) and I want to sit down with some cold water for a minute.
Now I'm sitting here, all tired, feeling like I never get anything done around here.
Can anyone relate,lol lol
This is how we started: I made my bed, put laundry in the washer and was going to do dishes when son asked if I wanted to walk the dogs with him. Oh yeah, forgot. Have to do that before it gets too hot.
Once we returned I remembered that I had forgotten to eat breakfast so did that really quick. Then hung laundry (yeah, one thing done!) and son said he'd vacuum so I told him that's great because I wanted to wash down another wall or two (it's summer so I try and wash down the walls in the house)
Well, I pulled away our mammoth couch and vacuumed behind there really quick and vacuumed the mammoth couch and then washed down that wall. Then I pulled the couch back and washed down the second wall. So far so good. But then I noticed someone walk by and saw that the windows are all smudged. OK, quickly get some windex and paper towel and clean windows. That required taking out the window screen so once I had done that I noticed that the sill is a bit dirty where the dog always looks out the window. OK, cleaned the sill. Then I saw that the window screen that I had leaning up against the cat tree and I noticed that the cat trees needed brushing down again (when was the last time I did that?) so I started doing that. MId way through that I saw a stain on the carpet where one of my cats had thrown up a hair ball. So I got the stuff for that out and cleaned it up. Then son comes in the room, sees the paper towel, several bottles of stuff, screw driver, plastic bag for cat hair, and me sitting on the ground with scissors cutting some strings off the one cat tree and he asks me what I'm doing. So I tell him I'm cutting the strings off the cat tree. He then wonders how I went from washing down the one wall to strings on the cat tree. LOL
I dunno.
All I know is that I am hot and tired, my arm hurts (bursitis in the one arm) and I want to sit down with some cold water for a minute.
Now I'm sitting here, all tired, feeling like I never get anything done around here.
Can anyone relate,lol lol
Today I was washing out the outdoor trash containers so I locked the puppy in the room with the doggy door.( otherwise she will be a wet curly poodle mess ). I went to let her out... looked around at all the leaves & stuff she tracks in.. vacuumed that all up.. went outside to put away the hose.... hubby had already done it.. yea! sometimes my scattered ways pay off!
I am pretty new to this site and when I seen your post I just had to read. That is so familiar. I started cleaning my house Saturday morning and was going to clean the entire house by late Saturday evening I had not finished the first room I started with. I just can't seem to get it all together anymore to clean up the house. I found myself doing at least 5 projects at one time and never got any of them completed.
And brain fog, I just wonder if after menopause you ever come out of it. Ha!
Linda
My intentions are always good, but my house keeping is always a partially done project as I do tend to get very distracted these days.
Now, if I forget to shave my legs, I can blame it on hormones! : )