I'm seriously considering taking a sick day from work and spending it sorting my bombsite of a house out...

[tigana]

without DH or DS around to get in the way distract me.

Work full time and this weekend has just vanished with minimal progess made...ugh.

And it's going to take more than a fifteen minute session.

I couldn't do it in one day.... I'd need to have contracted flu as would definitely need a couple of weeks to sort out our house!

tigana Why not have a Spring Clean Day with the boys. Agree a timetable and what really need to be done. Have done this before we go on holiday and DH was a star as long as you left him to get on with the tasks and he had a choice. DS mucked in with dusting and fetching and passing things to parents. We wre done very quickly and then went out to eat not to muck-up the kitchen.
You really need to think about decluttering before hand and pile things up in a 'Keep' box 'sell' box 'charity' box and rubbish.
remember if you think it looks wore out & can't be cleaned, no one else will want it so throw it away.

paper work can't be done this way and you'll need to fix another time to do this.

Do flylady. Bit by bit you'll regain control. I did.

can you send your dh out to lunch and cinema with boys on the weekend?
or to spend the day out somewhere else?

and then blitz. you'll feel so much better

2nd Flylady but don't get trapped into posting lists and chatting to other flyladies. They are so lovely you can lose 1-2 hours in chat
Right I'm going down to put on the stop watch for 45mins !