Anthea Turner is OS!!

Sarahsaver

Flippin woman.
Printed out her daily routine.
Right. If I spend 10 minutes in each room that is...90 minutes not including the hallway which is laaaaaarge.
So...if I thoroughly clean one room a day then each room will only be cleaned once every 9 days. Just think how minging the kitchen and bathroom will get.
And then theres the garden. She must have a cleaner!
ANthea, honestly! :rolleyes:
I need a lie down now! (taking my shoes off first, linen spray has been zhoozhed over the bed, she zhoozhes, not squirts surely;))

wishingonastar_3

GeDink wrote:

I'm addicted to this programme, gets me motivated & my house does look better as a result. I saw the tip for getting grout white again using white vinegar & bicarb - does anyone know the mix for this though - I can't remember!

2 parts of bicarb to one part of vinegar (i wrote it down cos i'd forget too, and it seems like a good idea)

hth

woas.

JenIttels

Hee hee. I know most of the comments are light hearted but some of you are quite cruel about AT. If another MSEr had suggested the bread/glass technique then I'm sure they would not have received all the berating!

I would love a house as neat as hers (and as big!) but like others, I just don't have time or the will to continually tidy up (and i don't even have children). We all manage our lives in different ways and the programme is geared to be interesting and watched (and if she has a cleaner/gardener then it's hardly going to be admitted to!).

I agree with others - no need to watch it if you hate it. Certainly no need to be so cruel about her!

Raffles_3

I am getting a bit fed up with the celebrity-as-expert thing. I remember some years back, Floella Benjamin has a baby, and suddenly she became an expert on childcare. OK, so Lowri Turner's dated a few guys. So what? Suddenly every magazine starts consulting her as an expert on LOVE. Now Anthea Turner has flicked her feather duster over her mantlepiece, and suddenly she has become Mrs Mopp. So David Dimbleby has putthe rubbish out a few times, does that make him an expert on recycling waste?

aimeelister

GeDink wrote:

I'm addicted to this programme, gets me motivated & my house does look better as a result. I saw the tip for getting grout white again using white vinegar & bicarb - does anyone know the mix for this though - I can't remember!

Doh thanked instead of quoting.

Anyway what i was going to say was.....

I use bleach on a toothbrush for getting my grouting clean. Neat bleach in a little tub then dip in and scrub! Will have to give this a try too and see which one works best for the minimum effort!

Sarahsaver

I would not use bread because it can be eaten! And I missed something on my routine as well. another 10 minutes a day for the utility room, and 10 for the stairs( 4 flights and landings, counts as a room in my book), so that makes a total of 110 mins a day if I do 10 in each room, plus the full clean of one room, so that means every room would only get done fully once every 11 days. Yes we berate anth but we also have baskets baskets baskets everywhere, she does spur me on to declutter, and I have even slung on some moc croc boots today in her honour:)
It's the same for what not to wear, we laugh at the clothes but most of us would love to have the 2k wardrobe revamp...

GeDink

Thanks Wishingonastar....I would of written it down but couldn't find a pen! (If I'd of been as organised as anthea they should all be in my decluttered kitchen drawer with an elastic band round them - but I'm not!)

Aimee - I have tried the bleach with a toothbrush but had to sit down for half hour afterwards - think I chloroformed myself with all the bleach!

Penny-Wise_4

Sarahsaver wrote:

Flippin woman.
Printed out her daily routine.
Right. If I spend 10 minutes in each room that is...90 minutes not including the hallway which is laaaaaarge.
So...if I thoroughly clean one room a day then each room will only be cleaned once every 9 days. Just think how minging the kitchen and bathroom will get.
And then theres the garden. She must have a cleaner!
ANthea, honestly! :rolleyes:
I need a lie down now! (taking my shoes off first, linen spray has been zhoozhed over the bed, she zhoozhes, not squirts surely;))

where did you find her daily routine? I tried googling for it but couldn't find it.

GeDink

Antheas Daily Domestic Workout is on the right-hand side of this page:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/perfect_housewife/series2/abouttheshow.shtml


Hope the link works!

Penny-Wise_4

thank you - it worked - oooh i just noticed i just got my second star!! :j