This week has been pretty busy and I haven't been home too much during the day. A casualty of that has been the laundry starting to really pile up. I figured I would get around to it this weekend. The hubby took a look at the big pile of laundry a few days ago and asked me if I was "on strike." Sometimes my husband is a real comedian :) When we got married, doing the laundry become one of my household "chores." I wash all the dirty laundry, fold it and sort it, but my family members are responsible for putting their own clothes away. It's a system that for the most part has worked well all these years. A few weeks ago, I happened to have the television on in the early afternoon and caught a little of Katie Couric's new talk show. She had a mom on her show that did go "on strike" from her household chores. The mom stopped doing everything like making meals, etc. for a set amount of time. I guess the mom was frustrated from picking up after her family and didn't feel appreciated. Going on strike is a bit extreme, but maybe the mom felt she had no other choice. Personally, I think it's better to talk to your family before it gets to that point. When you make meals, clean the house, wash dishes, etc., you might not always get a thank you from your family. That's when it's good to give them a "gentle" reminder about all that you do, so they don't take you for granted :) One of the things I do almost daily is to sweep our kitchen floor and the hallways near our front door, closet and mudroom. It's one of those "chores" that if I didn't do, the dust bunnies would be bigger than Dominic!! Some moms have set days they clean, wash laundry, etc. I would get too stressed out having to follow some kind of schedule like that. But, everyone is different. I say, if it works for you and your family, go for it!! Yesterday, I did finally tackle that huge pile of laundry. The hubby didn't say anything, but I think secretly he was happy I finally did it!!
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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