OS temporarily gone out of the window

Tondella

when my mum had postnatal depression we survived on "winter soup". Which was the euphemistic term for a tin of heinz vegetable soup with boiled potatoes in it, for extra carbohydrate loading. Dead easy to make!

black-saturn

I think everyone feels under the weather at the moment. I've had flu for 11 days now and today was the first day that I have felt half human for all that time. Weve eaten packet food and frozen pies etc etc for most of that time except on sunday I cooked a roast and on another day I made a casserole in the slow cooker. We even went to McDonalds one of the days :eek: Were not miracle workers who can be domestic godesses even when we feel ill.

Chipps

Hi Sarah, hope you feel better soon. Don't worry too much if you are "off the wagon" for a while - the whole point of the OS lifestyle is that you can get back on again any time you are up to it. And knowing that you can do things for less cost enables you to be able to survive when things do wrong, much better than if you didn't have those skills. What's wrong with using the 'convenience' stuff once in a while? It's meant for convenience!
As for the house - well, what's more important; an immaculate house or getting yourself better? The dust will wait for you!!!!! ;-)

Curry_Queen

I'm sorry you're not feeling well Sarah *hugs* ... but as everyone else has said, do only what you can manage, but most of all don't feel guilty! I think it might help you to read MrsB's thread too

elona

Sarah

Just take care of yourself - everything else can wait till you feel up to it.

Big Hug

MrsB_2

Hi Sarah,

Sorry, I've only just seen this

Hope you're having a better day after reading everything everyone's posted.

Please dont feel bad about what you havent done - remember to be proud of what you have done - even if it's only something daft.

You need to look after yourself and you need to do it properly. What use will you be to your beautiful babies if you dont??

How about a bubble bath tonight when the kids are in bed? Something you can pamper yourself with and which might help you feel a little more human too.

Obviously I dont know your circumstances, but would it be possible to get the kids dad to have them over night for one night to help out? or even to pick them up from school and have them until bed time?

MrsMW

Hope you feel better soon, and like everyone says just ignore the housework. I discovered years ago that your health and your children's happiness is much more important than a dust-free home. Hugs.

angelatgraceland

My way of coping in this situation is to fall back on the bulk cooked dishes I have in my freezer. When Im feeling good, I cook lots-freezer is always full to the brim.
I rotate it-I dont ever run it down.
When I need to clean it, defrost it, I take everything out, put it in black sacks and get on with it-all done in less than an hour. I never do it on a hot day though-if I defrost in summer, I pick a cool evening.
This way I never run out of good home cooked food.
As far as the housework goes-its realy not important. Just take care of yourselves, feed yourselves, and when you get better you will catch up.

competitionscafe

I usually have tinned sardines (sardines on toast), tuna (for pasta) tinned tomato soup, etc just in case - might not be the most appetising or elaborate food in the world but still fairly tasty and when you have flu or a bad cold you can't taste much anyway! Ideally some homemade chicken soup / stock in the freezer too (does wonders) but I am rarely that organized (or I just eat the soup anyway when I can't be bothered cooking) Which is what I did with my emergency stash of frozen chicken noodle soup on Friday (not ill - just lazy!)

Spendless

Hope you feel better soon Sarah. I'll also sugggest stocking up on tinned items, like tuna,soup,spaghetti. Tins have a long shelf life. You won't be caught out like you can when defrosting a freezer and if you're feeling ill and not up to cooking, the contents can be put in a saucepan or microwave served with bread/toast