MY life is such a mess and I don't know what to do!

It takes time honey. It won't just go away. I'm so sorry you're hurting. I can't do much but offer a cyber hug. But I'm right there with you, my heart has been ripped to pieces too and there's nothing I can do but hurt until it stops.

I live with my husband, my 18 month old daughter and my brother. Normally I keep the house pretty tidy and feel comfortable when I know that the house is clean, but for the last few years we have always had people staying with us and the house just gets so messy and disgusting that I almost can't even bare to be here anymore.

First we had my husband's sister in law come and live with us for, then she moved out and my husband's brother moved in. He then moved out and we had a neighbor live with us for a month

7 Tips to Tame the Clutter

When our home became a multigeneration family household, I found that the clutter factor exploded. I did want my mom to move in with us-I was glad to have her-but I didn't realize that she wanted to keep every wadded up ball of aluminum foil and every plastic bowl or plate she had saved from a frozen meal! Along with the family photographs and heirloom came ten pounds of crap. Pardon my language, but what else do you call it? Standing in my kitchen and surrounded by more boxes than

I used to really freak out about our house, thinking that everyone else in the world had a clean house. I was talking to my mom about this, and she made 3 points. (One), when I was 3 years old, our house stayed clean because we didn't have much to clean. (Two), different people have different priorities, if having fun and living life are a priority, sometimes a clean house is just going to have to wait. (Three) She said, remember, you have a 3 year old! 3 year olds are messy. Children are messy. Do your best to teach them to pitch in, do your best to do

My husband's messiness is driving me insane. I have been married for 17 years and known him for 23. We have three children from 11 to 16 and live abroad, both working in demanding jobs. My husband travels a lot; I hardly travel at all. I went back to full-time work six years ago, having done some consultancy work while bringing up our children. Between jobs, chores and children there is little quality time for each other, but we accept this and share tasks as much as possible. However, the bulk of the organising, the running of daily family life and

What I'm Learning From My Messy Office

My office is a virtual pigsty at the moment. It's totally and in all other ways trashed. I have 3 guitars hanging on my wall…they'd look really nice if there wasn't a tripod sitting in front of them and a pile of cords sitting on the floor below. I have a bookshelf that holds some of my Grandfather's books…items that are very precious to me. They'd look much nicer if the shelves weren't also filled with A/V gear (some of which actually works), music binders and more cords. Oh, and don't forget the 10'

Lately the fact that my wife is messy and somewhat lazy is really wearing on me. We have been married 2 years and our room has been over run by her clothes for all but maybe a week of that time total. It gets to be up to a foot deep on her side of the bed and eventually she has stuff all over my side and in the closet, laundry room and garage.

When she gets mail she just opens it all up and leaves it on the table so we can never use it because its full of mail. She doesn't like me

We messies love our pets. But pets can make our houses messier and dirtier. There are few things worse than walking into a house that a dog or cat has "marked." Here are some tips for keeping your house smelling fresh when you have pets.

The first, most important thing is good housebreaking. It's much easier to deal with pet odors when pets never learn to use the house as their toilet. (Of course, there will be accidents. We'll deal with that in a minute.) With puppies and dogs, your best friend will be a pet taxi or home kennel.

My husband and I have been together for over 8 years. The funny thing is he gets messier and messier. In the beginning he would help out with laundry,put his clothes away, and occasionally cook dinner. But times have certainly changed. He often forgets that we have a hamper ,leaves his dirty clothes on the floor by his side of the bed,and leaves swirl marks in the toilet. Gross huh? He also takes his shoes off in the middle of the hallway and leaves them there.I have tripped over them countless times.

When parents consider the work they do around the house, it can be fairly easy to construct lists of chores for kids. A good tip is to make sure that chores are age appropriate because overly difficult chores will turn kids off housework quickly. In contrast, chores that are too simple may be considered too juvenile by older kids, and they may prefer work that shows they're growing up and are more mature.

Chores for kids who are very young should probably be supervised by parents. Kids aged two to four may be eager to help because they