Oh why oh why

[Sheherezade]

Well...at least it's just your house! I need to shower. With the blow up here and my sick kids last night, I'm disgusting. TMI?? Then, I'll clean the house.

I'm getting offline now. Let's race and see who can clean their house first. I've got the shower as a handicap, so you should really win.

(Of course, your standards are probably much higher than mine. )

[Sheherezade]

I'm taking a break. For ten minutes. But I've showered and cleaned 1/3.

[Vanquisher]

Your house isn't dirty then. If you can clean 1/3 of it and shower in that amount of time, you are one of those people that lies and says their house is dirty, when it really isn't. Tell, me were your pillows out of place? Dust on the window sill?

[Sheherezade]

Here's what I did. I picked up toys in both kids rooms and put them away. I cleaned the bathroom counters after the shower. I put away the toothbrushes and washed out the drooled toothpaste from the kids. I cleaned up our attic office floor (XBox controllers and old snack wrappers). I vaccuumed attic, kids rooms and our bedroom. Made my son's bed. (He forgot.) Started a load of laundry. Then....when I was downstairs again.....I saw the computer. So, I set a 10 minute timer. After it goes off, I promise to empty the trash cans throughout the house, windex the mirrors and the back door puppy prints and sweep the whole downstairs. That's my next third. Then, if I'm still inspired (doubtful) I'll move the laundry and put it away. Mop the bathrooms and the kitchen. Maybe wipe visible dust off things.

That's "clean". I think my standards are pretty low. But I do always have the bed made and the dishes in the dishwasher. That's just habit.

[Vanquisher]

Yeah, well, all I am saying is it would take me that amount of time to do one room, without dusting. In this room alone I have on the FLOOR (not the desk or anywhere else):

Buzz Lightyear
Mister Potato head and his suitcase of parts, not in the suitcase
A trash bag
School papers.
A hanger
13 kids books
Other various and assorted toys.
Socks
A pencil grip
A pencil eraser
One of my shoes
A measuring tape
One of Chad's shirts
Hand Surgery Update 3
5 Pediatric Ortho books.
A stack of papers that look like trash but might not be.

That's just this room. I don't even want to talk dishes or laundry.

[PrincessFiona]

Heidi,

Sadly...me too. I posted yesterday about having a fellow med spouse show up at my door. You pretty much described the look of things except that I also had breakfast cereal all over the table and on the floor (thanks Aidan).

[PrincessFiona]

Quick clean solution?

Get out your broom and sweep everything on the floor into one spot....that isn't visible by people coming into the house....then put away as you have time.



PS...if you ever visit and I don't let you into the laundry room, you'll know why :>

PS...if you ever visit and I don't let you into the laundry room, you'll know why

Laundry room. Good idea! I was picturing throwing a big blanket over the pile in the middle of the room. A gray blanket -- then it could be the elephant in the room.

[Stella]

PS...if you ever visit and I don't let you into the laundry room, you'll know why :>

HEHE ... right now I SOO wish that the washer and dryer had thier own room, and were not in the kitchen in huge cabinets.....
Kris... can I sweep stuff over to your place?
I have run out of sqft to put things....

Oh, you silly, ungrateful girls. I have to DRIVE my stuff to my SO's house to do laundry because I don't have those fancy washer/dryer contraptions...nor a place to stick the vacuum.

[Sheherezade]

You people are not helping!!! My timer went off 10 minutes ago. i'm the only one I know that needs a snooze button for a FlyLady timer.

Heidi.....believe me, my daughter's room could take that. Luckily we have lots of bins, so it is just grab, throw and stow. She was playing in there last night before she stripped, threw up 6 times and changed pjs 4 times. Laundry was icky.


Now.....I must at least complete part 2. Must! I almost always blow off part three which is why I have a pile of folded laundry on the chair in my bedroom and unmopped kitchen and bathroom floors.

[DCJenn]

Oh not me, my 700 square feet of squalor is spotless. No, there's no fur from the 45 pound dog and the three 10 pounder cats. There's not juice/milk/ice cream/cheerios/raisins or fruitbars permanently sealed to the floor under Nikolai's chair. There aren't ANY wine glasses or beer bottles on the desk, couch arms, kitchen counter or dressers. the cat pan area IN MY CLOSET is neat and tidy and smells fresh as a daisy. The bathroom isn't growing rust and other ick exponentially. and of course my bed is made, all of the clean clothes are put away and Nikolai's bed is pristine. All of his toys are off of the floor in his room and his dirty laundry is of course not tossed in a corner of his room.

I guess you guys are just lazy f-ers.

Jenn

[PrincessFiona]

:> Crack me up!

[Stella]

Oh not me, my 700 square feet of squalor is spotless. No, there's no fur from the 45 pound dog and the three 10 pounder cats. There's not juice/milk/ice cream/cheerios/raisins or fruitbars permanently sealed to the floor under Nikolai's chair. There aren't ANY wine glasses or beer bottles on the desk, couch arms, kitchen counter or dressers. the cat pan area IN MY CLOSET is neat and tidy and smells fresh as a daisy. The bathroom isn't growing rust and other ick exponentially. and of course my bed is made, all of the clean clothes are put away and Nikolai's bed is pristine. All of his toys are off of the floor in his room and his dirty laundry is of course not tossed in a corner of his room.

I guess you guys are just lazy f-ers.

Jenn

Obviously...

[MissCrabette]

Haha! I'm with Heidi on this one. Clearly your house is not dirty or messy enough if you managed to clean so much in less than an hour. You're such an inspiration, I almost feel like getting off my butt and off to reorganizing my filing box. Or maybe not. Oh and I'm surprised to see a FlyLady follower here. I signed up for her program too, but never bought the fancy timer since I already had a functioning one. I need to be out of here.

[Sheherezade]

I used to "Fly" when DH was in fellowship. It was a form of therapy when you are overwhelmed in a tiny space with two little kids. It was very reassuring reading emails from folks that were about to have their children taken away because of they state of their home. Made me realize that things were not that bad. Also, the daily inspirational FlyLady letter was like having a call from my grandmother. You can do it! If only she also sent cookies and milk each day.