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Sally_A
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I hate housework, cleaning, tidying.
It is slightly more bearable with a game element applied.
So here is my Sloblady tip to get started (Do these flylady people go to work, have kids, have lives???
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Rainbow tidying
Monday - red, orange, yellows - clear away clutter of this colour, and wash this colour too.
Method in my madness there - the above colours are the ones your eyes immediately get drawn to, so clearing them has immediate impact.
Tuesday - green - again clear all greens and wash all greens (should be a lazy day - not a lot of green here)
Wednesday - blues and purples - again clear and wash.
Thursday - Blacks/browns
Friday - metallic and see-through.
Saturday - whites (creams and beiges can go here or with the browns).
Random Dice Generator
There are websites for this, you can customise your own dice, eg put the room on one, and put the chore on another die.
Don't kill yourself, a quick rendition of the A Team tune or the Benny Hill theme - 3 minute chunks are more than ample.
Have a big argument
No-one cleans a bath like a seething woman!
Drawer organising
Impossible to do without involving 6 other drawers and cupboards - do this gradually and not as a main task.
Ironing the laundry
!!!!!!??? I just karate chop the garments before folding, hang damp shirts on a hanger, or over the shower rail to get rid of creases.
Time yourself
Might sound daft, but I can get a washing load out, up the garden and on the line in under 6 minutes - it sounds like a chore, but hey 6 mins is naff all really (sing Benny Hill tune, so you do as fast as poss).
Other top tips I have gleaned over the years.
When visitors arrive, look flustered, hold a duster and squirt eau de Pledge around.
Dump washing up in th sink covered in big bubbly suds.
Shine taps.
Plump cushions.
If any other Slobladies can add to this with your top tips of maximum effect for minimum effort, with maybe a bit of a game/challenge involved - please share!!
It is slightly more bearable with a game element applied.
So here is my Sloblady tip to get started (Do these flylady people go to work, have kids, have lives???

Rainbow tidying
Monday - red, orange, yellows - clear away clutter of this colour, and wash this colour too.
Method in my madness there - the above colours are the ones your eyes immediately get drawn to, so clearing them has immediate impact.
Tuesday - green - again clear all greens and wash all greens (should be a lazy day - not a lot of green here)
Wednesday - blues and purples - again clear and wash.
Thursday - Blacks/browns
Friday - metallic and see-through.
Saturday - whites (creams and beiges can go here or with the browns).
Random Dice Generator
There are websites for this, you can customise your own dice, eg put the room on one, and put the chore on another die.
Don't kill yourself, a quick rendition of the A Team tune or the Benny Hill theme - 3 minute chunks are more than ample.
Have a big argument
No-one cleans a bath like a seething woman!

Drawer organising
Impossible to do without involving 6 other drawers and cupboards - do this gradually and not as a main task.
Ironing the laundry
!!!!!!??? I just karate chop the garments before folding, hang damp shirts on a hanger, or over the shower rail to get rid of creases.
Time yourself
Might sound daft, but I can get a washing load out, up the garden and on the line in under 6 minutes - it sounds like a chore, but hey 6 mins is naff all really (sing Benny Hill tune, so you do as fast as poss).
Other top tips I have gleaned over the years.
When visitors arrive, look flustered, hold a duster and squirt eau de Pledge around.
Dump washing up in th sink covered in big bubbly suds.
Shine taps.
Plump cushions.
If any other Slobladies can add to this with your top tips of maximum effect for minimum effort, with maybe a bit of a game/challenge involved - please share!!

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Fantastic thread! I shall definitely be reading this one.
My tip is to keep a coat and an empty Tesco bag by the front door. If a visitor turns up unexpectedly, reach for the coat & bag and say "I'm sorry, I was just going out. Can we meet later?":heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remoteProud Parents to an Aut-some son
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Almost forgot...
Declutter paper by weight
Don't knacker yourself with clearing a whole load in one go, especially old magazines (rip out irrelevant pages), rubbish mail that might be useful one day. Scan and keep what may be useful (it won't be), and aim for 1kg at a time - get the kitchen scales out - it adds a real competitive edge to do it this way. Shelves and drawers may not look immediately clearer, but you know you've got rid of a good 9 inches :cool:
Re magazines - rip off the top right corner of pages that are full of ads as you read, then you know the only pages worth re-reading or keeping are the whole pages. Much easier to sort.
Knickers and old socks
Odd socks and unravelling/holey pants make great one off use and bin cloths, if you have a manky t-shirt - rip it up in a moment of anger so it's unwearable and has to go into the cleaning cloth heap.
PS. Re rainbow decluttering - polished off the chocolate brazils from Christmas last Thursday - well they were brown0 -
Love it.
No pet, sorry. I can't possibly wash your work stuff today, it's not metallic or see through. :rotfl:Herman - MP for all!0 -
Love it
Always keep a tin of spray polish by the door, if anyone comes spray before answering the door for added effect answer door with a duster in your handwhoever said laughter was the best medicine has clearly never tasted wine
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I have found my house is soooo much clean and tidier when I DONT wear my glasses! I dont put them on at home now, I just keep them in my handbag for going out!
katie0 -
:rotfl: Brilliant!
Anyone else guilty of the shoving the dishes in the sink under a giant pile of bubbles when visitors come?:DIf women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?0 -
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kitschkitty wrote: »In the bath hidden by the shower curtain - the kitchen sinks not big enough! :rotfl:
Just put things in the drainer backwards,the backs tend to be pretty clean..nobody would know:DIf women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?0 -
*shamefaced* On one or two occasions I would buy cheap and nasty dinner services and throw the old out rather than wash them up.
Also the oven is a great place to hide washing upPlease note I have a cognitive disability - as such my wording can be a bit off, muddled, misspelt or in some cases i can miss out some words totally...0
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