Housework routine

16011996

first week with with my planner at the ready, will let you know i how i get on.
got up half hour early this morning and dusted front room as we are having visitors tonight, and beds wre all made so thats a good start.

Sarahsaver

If you are expecting guests polish the biggest visible surface in your front room then OOPS leave the polish and duster on a shelf, table or mantlepiece. An extra squirt of polish in the air does the trick - voila! Looks (smells!) like you have gone to loads of effort.
Bleach down the loo does the same for bathrooms! ;D

16011996

in the winter when heating is on, squirt of polish rbbed in on radiator makes room smell clean and polishy.

mjk_2

This is what I need!! Tips to make it SEEM like I've been busy cleaning when in fact I've been on this site most of the day.

I seem to do bits of cleaning/tidying constantly without ever finishing anything so as a result the house is a tip.

Making beds!!! I believe I've heard of this...

16011996

get a giant throw for the bed, hides it if you don't make it properly.

Jeryth

I'm utterly awful about housework - I hate it. But I do have some excuse - a bad back, which would play up if I hoovered, ironed, washed up, that sort of thing. I am also like that poster who is un motivated. But I do believe in "a place for everything and everything in its place". That way, I never lose my keys, as long as I've put them in the "key box". Can't train other half tho. My personal hate is people who make a cuppa, stir it, then put the teaspoon (DIRTY) on the side, or the drainer. GRRRRRRR.

I_R_Jaynie

So reassuring to read this thread.
I'm a stay at home mum, my little terror is 3 1/2 and the other is 35!
When chatting to new friends, or meeting up with aquaintances they always ask "so what do with your time if you aren't working?", this also includes people with kids!????
Well, spend my whole day watching TV-What do you think?!
I absolutely hate housework-always have.
Not a lazy person, always worked hard since leaving school. Now I've tried various planners etc but none worked so far.
I used to be a retail manager, and NEXT had a 'To Do' list for just about everything. A,B,C prioritising etc....
Was great and organised at work, but at home things used to get ironed as and when we needed them.

Now the house is going on the market (even though i hate housework, i'm incredibly house proud) I have not only rushed around decorating single handedly, but also cleaned, cleared clutter (some for charity, some to sell on ebay) and entertained my son.

So, if like me you absolutely hate housework, but like the place to look good then either get a camper van or tent for the rest of the family to live in, or regularly invite an estate agent around to value the property!:)
Oh, also found that a good row with your partner works wonders for getting jobs done!

Btw, tried the Flylady site a while back, handy tips but didn't subscribe, this one has few handy hints too:

http://www.practicalparent.org.uk/19_tips_guaranteed_to_give_you_m.htm

Spendless

Did anyone see the programme last night called
'Get your house in order' think it was C4

They were a family of 6 - 4 kids, a girl and triplet boys. They were in chaos but were helped sorting it out. There were some good tips on there,

breakfast was laid out night before and all kids had to get up go to kitchen side and pour whatever cereals they wanted themselves.

The triplets were all given a certain colour coathanger on which to put their clothes - made it easier for mum knowing whose clothes belonged to who.

Also mini pegs were hung in bedroom to hang uniform on for next day.

4 diff coloured storage containers were put in hall - one for each child - and into that went things like schoolbagbs, books etc

16011996

sounds like its worth watching, and the tips are great, i have those sock pairers for kids socks, they put them on them when they take them off, one colour each, so i know whos is whose socks. ;D

MATH

I know the poor souls on the prog need help but the advice he gives is so basic and common sense that it hardly warrents him poncing about in a flash car to give it . Any one of us Ol'Stylers could go in there and get the place organised and still have time to scoff a bag of maltesers before the commercial break. Am I just a hard nosed begger? or does anyone else wonder how these families manage to dress themselves and go to the toilet unaided :-/