How is she doing it??!!!!

hi twink thanks for the list ,going thru one of the post about managing time i came thru the site flylady.net ....i have just read thru the site havent implemented it yet but i feel it will be helpful for keeping the house clean ......hope this helps

 

after reading this thread I feel most of us are sailing in the same boat...
wherever I go I have a feel that their house is cleaner and my house is always messy.. sometimes I wonder how are the managing both work and house work.
friends infact these thoughts have been making me feel so low in confidence... what shall we do about it? hmmm we need to come up with a plan dear IL 's

 

Girls,

Believe me, it is super easy. Mine is one such spotless home that people wonder whether we just moved in.
2 simple rules:
- Keep only bare minimum things at reach. stock the rest in a place that will be hard for you to get to.
You can take them down when you have more people at home.
- Practice a habit of putting things in their place every single time after their use. Not all ur family members will (want to) be as organized as you, so do it on their behalf too with a smile.

 

This i started practising recently. Actually its easier said than done with non-cooperative DH and DS. I feel like taking a 20 Km marathon race around the house. Read somewhere 'Pick and Move'. It means pick all the items that need to be placed at the same location/room and move. My DS keeps on filling the sofas and the living room floor.

 

hi narmada , thanks for sharing ur ideas. started neatly spreading the blanket on our bed. what u said is right. now the room looks very nice.

 

Sravanthi,

Have you tried involving your DS when you clean up? If you instill the habit of cleaning up his toys after his play time, he will learn it and over time, his toys will become his responsibility to keep them organized.

 

My secret is that I have cleaning ladies come in every 15 days Other times, we keep stuff where we took it from. This surely helps to have tidy house !!

For now it's me who keeps the toys once done, hopefully she will take that task few years down the line?!?!?! who knows !!

 

Hmm, I too have a hard time keeping the house clean.. I feel I am spending my entire day cleaning the home.. My dh drops his unwashed clothes right in the bathroom.. Kids bring toys from everywhere and spread it throughout the house.. (2 Kids at home).. I have to make the bed every day.. Cook twice (morning and evening).. Clean the kitchen..Husband drops all the postal mails from outside right on the living room.. Can't throw anything, because he will claim most of them to be important (including his pay stubs).. Kids help in laundry sorting but refuse to put their scattered toys away..I feel I am doing soo much throughout the day.. Here, my husband takes care of feeding the kid (dinner time), changing diapers and night dress, vacumming the house, playing puzzles with the kids (to keep them occupied so that I can cook).. Can some one suggest me a schedule that could ease my day and keep my home clean without much hardwork? Its clean but i put so much of hard work throughout the day to do it.. Is there any easy way to keep home clean..

 

I belong very much here, however I try I cannot keep a tidy home. Hubby is choas personified and will not hear anything on cleanliness. He will keep things wherever he feels like everyday and will expect them to be in his hand when he needs them. Son is better because of my nagging. I myself am to be blamed because I should be finishing my work and should be sitting in front of the computer/tv. But that will not be possible and so I get lazy and so house is in mess. Otherwise, I will have my migrane attack and will be indisposed for a day and things will pile up. I dont know how to solve this problem. One thing is sure-less things in home makes a clean home.

 

Grrr..... most of the times, it looks like the husband is the culprit for an untidy home!!!!

Like Nandhu, I have a cleaning lady come every 3 weeks and she does a great job, but is very slow, and likes to take her time. My husband, after 2 hours will start saying she is "paavam" (poor thing) and keep giving me accusing looks like I am abusing her or something by making her work a lot!! And add a 2 yr old to the mix, the house gets messy even before the cleaning finishes!!

But even for someone that pays to get the house cleaned every 3 weeks, it's still not as tidy as I would like it to be!!!