http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/ The deranged ramblings of a suburban soccer mom on the edge. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-54 Renee Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:06:53 +0000 http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-54 I left a list for the little maids this AM with 2 items. Change the dog's water and empty the dishwasher. We'll see if it happened when I get home this evening. I left a list for the little maids this AM with 2 items. Change the dog’s water and empty the dishwasher. We’ll see if it happened when I get home this evening.

]]> http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-53 Kiki Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:44:46 +0000 http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-53 Nagging is a way of life at my household! I tell my girls to spend just 5 minutes every day straightening up their room and it wouldn't turn into an hour long cry-fest once a week! Do they listen? NO! And i do most of everything around here. They aren't scrubbing the toilet, or any gross jobs like that! Nagging is a way of life at my household! I tell my girls to spend just 5 minutes every day straightening up their room and it wouldn’t turn into an hour long cry-fest once a week! Do they listen? NO! And i do most of everything around here. They aren’t scrubbing the toilet, or any gross jobs like that!

]]> http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-51 Nancy S Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:41:21 +0000 http://dailydiatribes.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/house-cleaning-for-dummies/#comment-51 Jen, you know I work full time and am a single mom. I have put an excel spreadsheet on the refrigerator with chores on it - I only do this during the summer when they are home and I am working. The chores are assigned by day, and consist of - clean the kitchen (takes 5 minutes because I've already done most of it the night before), let the dog out and give her food and water (3 minutes tops), vaccuum the house - 20 minutes every other day, fold laundry (I have washed and dried it), dust, and take the garbage and recycling out. EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SUMMER, I get home, and at least one of the chores is not done. If they would just do them, the chores would take up a maximum of one hour per day, and that's if they take their time! There's no way to win, working mom or stay-at-home mom, we can't catch a break. Jen, you know I work full time and am a single mom. I have put an excel spreadsheet on the refrigerator with chores on it – I only do this during the summer when they are home and I am working. The chores are assigned by day, and consist of – clean the kitchen (takes 5 minutes because I’ve already done most of it the night before), let the dog out and give her food and water (3 minutes tops), vaccuum the house – 20 minutes every other day, fold laundry (I have washed and dried it), dust, and take the garbage and recycling out. EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SUMMER, I get home, and at least one of the chores is not done. If they would just do them, the chores would take up a maximum of one hour per day, and that’s if they take their time! There’s no way to win, working mom or stay-at-home mom, we can’t catch a break.

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