What makes your life easier?

litzo27

Just looking to get ideas I may not have considered before. Any item/gadget/process/activity is fair game. 

So what makes your life easier in terms of 

1. Cleaning

2. Cooking

3. Shopping

4. Kids

5. Anything else

litzo27

1. Robotic floor cleaner (used to have Roomba, now have Mint).

2. Cartons of organic chicken and vegetable broth

3. Subscribe and Save option on amazon

4. Showering them together

5. Laser hair removal - can't wait to do more p

litzo27

EllaHella:

Or I do Harris Teeter's Express Lane and simply have to pick my groceries up from the curbside. 

seahorse102410

So what makes your life easier in terms of 

1. Cleaning  I don't, I only do laundry.

2. Cooking  I only cook if I want to.  If I don't they can eat peanut butter and jelly.

3. Shopping 

Maybride2

1 Cleaning - adjusting my expectations, doing one or two chores every night so that there is never a ton of stuff to do at once.

2. Cooking - again, adjusting my expectations.  Buy as much pre-cooked/pre-sliced/pre-prepped as possible.&nbs

Mustardseed2007

1. Cleaning - my maid and my husband. My maid does the hard work and my husband and I share the rest. Pet stain woolite with oxy trigger is amazing too. It works on more than just pet stains

2. Cooking - casseroles and one dish meals and meal

gingerfamily

1. Cleaning - we have a cleaning schedule.  One thing gets done every night and we alternate who does it.  Also, I don't leave the house with dishes in the sink.  Who wants to come home to do a sink full of dishes? 

2. Cook

aeh72

 

1. Cleaning - I believe it will be the cleaning service that I just hired. I've spent far too long feeling guilty about not cleaning and living in a house that is "clean enough."  We're biting the bullet and budgeting in a clea

danieliza1127

1. Cleaning - nothing, I'm a slacker.  My H cleans the kitchen a lot and I do the laundry.  Everything else just gets done when it gets done.

2. Cooking - my husband.  He cooks dinner while I feed and watch LO and I love him for it

Brit's Luna154

1. Cleaning: Cleaning ladies. Worth every penny.

2. Cooking: Freezer meals, mason jar salads, overnight oats. Basically I cook for about 5 hours straight early Sunday morning, but I never spend more than

litzo27

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AnnecyDream

1. Cleaning - Having a cleaning service biweekly. Couldn't live without it.

2. Cooking - Foodgawker app. I browse it when I'm bored then reference

3. Shopping - Amazon Prime

dizzycooks

litzo27:

Just looking to get ideas I may not have considered before. Any item/gadget/process/activity is fair game. 

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Netty_3

1. Cleaning: DH and I do Power Half Hour once during the work week...where we just bust out as much as we can in an hour.  You'd be amazed at how much can get done. It helps during the weekend so things don't pile up.  I have heard the Shark

Strunella

1. Cleaning - Our cleaning woman.  Couldn't live without her.

2. Cooking - DH and I share the cooking.  We're big on giant bags of frozen fish & veggies that we can cook quickly.

3. Shopping - DH shops on Sunday night

jf198400

1. Cleaning

We got a cleaning service after Baby#2, but before that I would sometimes clean on a Friday night (super lame I know but DD would be in bed around 8 so I could get a lot done before the weekend really started).  Now I just do bar

bearfootz

1. Cleaning - I pay the sitter an extra $50/week to do some light cleaning and laundry.  I try to do a little each night and quite honestly I've learned not to freak out if the house is not perfect. 

2. Cooking - We use the crockpot

ThreeBoyCircus

seahorse102410:

So what makes your life easier in terms of 

1. Cleaning  I don't, I only do laundry.<

mexicolombiana

 

1. Cleaning: I clean all the freaking time.  This make it easier I guess because the house isn't ever disgusting.  I clean the hell out of the house weekends OR we have a cleaning lady come. <

itsmevkb

1. A cleaning lady every other week

2. Meal planning, crockpot and we sometimes order from Dinner by Design which sells frozen meals.

3. I do a lot of shopping online and have automatic delivery of things I use all the time like diapers

LoCarb

1. Cleaning-weekly housecleaner we pay for

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pitterpatter129

 Cleaning - I use a vinegar/soap cleaner to clean literally everything except wood and an all purpose pledge for wood/glass/electronics.  Those swifer type mops are great because you can use a wascloth as a cleaning pad and toss it in the was

rachboston60

I switched jobs last year and took a bit of a pay cut - but went from an hour-long commute to a 5-minute commute. Life = easier. 

KL777

litzo27:

Just looking to get ideas I may not have considered before. Any item/gadget/process/activity is fair game.nbsp;So wha

ridesbuttons

litzo27:

1. Cleaning we never get too far behind; house is tidied generally daily (kids rooms weekly or so) laundry ge

WhitWed

1. Cleaning - Giving DD a mini swiffer I now get so much done while she "helps"

2. Cooking - I could not live without my slow cooker as a WM!  At least two-three times a week I'll slow cook a roast all day or stew or soup.&

Jenny952

1. Cleaning - having a cleaning lady come once a month is huge.  I also pick up the house each evening and spend an hour on the weekends to wipe down bathroom counters and vacuum as needed.  DH is in charge of th

aelhunt

1 cleaning- do it all in one morning on weekend

2- cooking- shop for 3-4 meals for the week (can do from memory) and plan on eating leftovers the other days and going out. Meal planning seems daunting.

3-shopping- shop online for most i

iluvmylab

For a good chuckle this morning....Please don't get offended....it's meant to be a Bump JOKE!  If we can't laugh at ourselves a little....

1.  Cleaning- I'm a perfect mom, so I clean every single day.  I make sure I never use any c

jennyelf

1. Cleaning: DH does most of it, we're looking into getting a monthly cleaning service to take care of the more annoying parts (bathroom).

2. Cooking: I meal plan and cook as much as I can on Sunday. We eat a lot of reheate

shakinros

Late to the party but this is such a helpful thread! Thanks everyone.