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Overwhelmed at the homestead

I have really started April off on the wrong foot! I need to take steps to correct it

I am feeling so very overwhelmed with everything lately.

I am not sure what the problem is yet - but I was reading a blog where the gal said you can be physically tired, mentally tired & spritually tired - I think I am all of them.

My house - Is a mess, I have tried to stay on top of it but it seems after each weekend it is back to being a mess. I would take pictures to show you all but it is soooo bad I am embarrased. It seems as if I clean one room, the other rooms become a disaster area....

Meals - I have been doing horrible with that too! I have meat in the freezer, but I seem to forget to take it out the night before... then I just slap together something that fills the family up but that's not what I want. I have decided I need to just cook with my crock pots - It has gotten very warm here in Florida already and for sure I do not want to put the oven on at all!

Animals - The goats keep getting out, no matter what we do they find a way out, their latest escape was by opening the goat house door from the inside which you would have otherwize thought was impossible to do. Chance the horse, I am still feeling so upset that he might have C.O.P.D. ! Our training is going very slow since we weren't sure if we can contiune to train him while he is coughing...

The chickens are okay, the roosters they could find a new home though. We wanted to get a few more chicks but really I have just been feeling so overwhelmed that I can't think of adding another animal.

Husband - He hates his new job again, he just can't seem to find one that he can stand for very long. He is a house painter, he has worked for a number of people and has gone out on his own and things just never work out. I am one of those people who needs to know we have a pay check week to week, so just hearing him speaking of quiting makes me very nervous.

Well there is alot more to add but as you can see I am in a downer mood lately - My mom always used to say, "If you can't say anthing good just don't say anything at all" so I think I will shut up for now and try and find that positive person I know who lives inside this body .

Take care,

Donna

Sorry!

{ 02:08, 2006-Apr-4 } { Posted by matsmom97 }

(((((((((hugs)))))))))))))) Just pray for peace!

Hi

{ 08:18, 2006-Apr-4 } { Posted by MyThreeDaughters }

I didn't take it as negative.

Do you have a microwave to defrost the meat in? We do it every night. When we first started it is seemed like we were still behind, but it doesn't seem to take that long.

There are some pasta dishes and even ones like polenta triangles etc. where you don't need to defrost meat, you can use bacon or something instead, or salami.

When you are tired, I think animals escaping is some kind of torture lol. I have been thinking on the emotional tiredness thing, I am still unsure about it. I still remember when the kids were little having ringing in my ears all the time, and being so tired that I didn't recognise the traffic lady standing in the middle of the school crossing, ie I was too tired to drive. I did stop well before time but it wasn't a good feeling. I just can't work out the differences in the emotional tiredness and physical tiredness, too much for my brain.

My husband usually loves his work. But we went through a restructure situation for 3 years altogether, then another little bit after a one year contract, you can adjust to it a little bit. It is hard for others to understand who have their life all mapped out.

Doing too much

{ 06:24, 2006-Apr-6 } { Posted by maidmyown }

I think the women on HSB are phenomenal...they all seem to be doing, doing, doing, and capable of everything....it can be very intimidating! To stop myself feeling bad about not doing enough I'm going to write four 'to dos' on a blackboard, hang it in the kitchen and write four new ones every day. (pinched this from farmchick!) I guess my point of commenting is that I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!