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Can you grocery shop at lunch? That’s what I do. It’s cold enough outside that I can leave some perishable goods in my car and we also have a fridge at work I can put a bag of groceries into after the lunch rush and everyone removes their lunch bags.

I try to do as much shopping as I can at lunch.

Also, I get anything I can shipped from Amazon. 2 days, free shipping; can’t beat that!

@yoursilverlining: oh yes Amazon!! I get all the things I used to get at Babies R Us from Amazon Subscribe and Save. Diapers, baby wash, baby food, etc. It knocks one shopping destination off of our list and we don't have to lug it all home!

I grocery shop on Mondays (my day at home alone w/ my son). Otherwise, it's weekends, or evenings after he goes to bed. We are home from daycare at 6 and he goes to bed by 7:30 so I don't do chores then. But, I have no energy to run errands after he goes to bed....so night time chores are limited to laundry, pick up around the house ,and dishes.

Lately, we've been using Peapod for our groceries. I usually order groceries to be delivered on my work from home day, Wednesdays. On most Wednesdays, I try to do a couple loads of laundry and clean a bit if I can.

@mediagirl: it's not bad... we do Earth's Best and the prices are comparable to finding it on sale in grocery stores or target. The priceless thing, though, is not having to lug it all home... jars are so heavy!

I did the first batch thru Amazon but since I'm thinking LMW is having a sensitivity to squash, I picked some up at Target because I could pick and choose there. Sometimes the best deals on Amazon are for veggie packs and those include Squash.

at risk of getting scornful looks - I have a cleaning person come 2x a month. My single neighbor who used to own a resturant made a deal with us that if we buy the food, he will cook it and keep a portion for himself as payment. I also have the nanny work on all things baby. That leaves in between cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry and misc. My husband does the shopping in the mornings as long as I leave a list and I try to do one room each day of the week once the kids are in bed. I have no good laundry plan because I hate it. I try to keep hiding it.

@Ms.SK: We have a cleaning service for once a month. It's nice to have things cleaned up a bit for stuff that we don't have time for.

@Ms.SK: We have a cleaning person come every other week, too. My husband has crazy work hours and can rarely pitch in and I just can't do it all.

I predict that I will switch to grocery shopping primarily online from fresh direct and taking full advantage of my amazon prime account.

I don't know if i will ever be able to cook again, something I currently love to do!

@yoursilverlining: I grocery shop at lunch sometimes too!

I tend to grocery shop after bedtime when it's an emergency. Earlier this week I went to Michael's (for school fair items that I was delinquent on) and the supermarket after DD's bedtime (8:30). I was standing in line at Michael's at 9pm closing, haha. I didn't get home until close to 10 and I cooked the next night' s dinner after that. The rest of the errands we do on the weekend.
I agree with Mrs. Wagon .. it doesn't all get done. My house looks like a tornado hit it. I only get done what has to be done by tomorrow, usually.

@littlek: I work at 6 so it isn't too crazy and I only wake up that early 1-2 times a week when I'm too tired at night to be productive!

Grocery shopping is our weekly family Sunday morning outing- we head to Wegmans, have breakfast there together, do all our shopping for the week, and then head home. If I need other random stuff during the week, usually either DH will pick it up on his way home or I'll stop on my way in to work at a little organic market down the street from my office. DH and I split drop off and pickup, so only one of us is racing to daycare at any particular time of day.
Chores: We have a cleaning service come once every two weeks, and I wouldn't give it up for the WORLD. I don't know how we'd do it otherwise- unless we have to do a quick brush-up of the downstairs area for having guests over, we essentially don't clean our house ever. We eat out or do takeout a fair bit (at least twice a week), and we have zero home projects- we outsource anything like fixing things that are broken, or the like. With two incomes and two long commutes, we have slightly more disposable income than disposable time, so we try to outsource lots of things.
We shop almost exclusively online, and we run laundry after LO goes to bed, and have phased out almost all clothing that requires special care (like handwashing or drycleaning or ironing).
If there's yardwork to be done, DH takes LO with him and LO plays outside or "helps."
I also work from home on Fridays, and can kind of flex my time that day (i.e. if I plan a doctor's appointment for 11 AM, I'll get up and be online working at 5 AM, or I'll get back online after LO is in bed), so I have more time (since I'm not commuting for 90 minutes or more) and I can also schedule appointments or workmen for that day since I'm home. Having Fridays at home has made a big difference.

DH works mornings mostly (5am-2pm), and I work (8-5). DS spends a lot of time with my mom while we work (I might add she loves it). Normally we do any errands on days off, or one of us will fun after DS goes down for the night. Just recently DS has gotten on a schedule, so we are trying to keep to it for the most part.

I feel some of you other ladies about the Laundry....I just wish it would do itself..... I am hoping since DH is off today that it will be done when I get home but I doubt it...

I feel like I never have time. I try make it to the grocery on Sundays, but I hate grocery shopping and it ticks me off that I have to use family time to do chores like that. I can sometimes squeeze in a tiny bit of grocery shopping during lunch, but most errands happen on the weekend. It stinks. Thank god we have someone who cleans every other week.