Do you think you are a good housewife?
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Topic: Do you think you are a good housewife?
Posted By: SMoody
Subject: Do you think you are a good housewife?
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:22pm
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Okay I dont mean being a wife or mother. But do you think you are good in all the other stuff around the house.
yeah yeah I know really sexist of me here but me being bored again. My answer: I am so so. I clean the house each week and do the laundry once a week. I vacuum the lounge every day and then once a week the whole house. I such at ironing and let it pile up first. But if you get into my house it is always in chaos.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:26pm
No  . I am compulsive about vacuuming and tidying up 'stuff'. My kitchen is usually pretty clean, but I am pretty lazy about things like laundry and folding and anything outside of my normal cleaning routine.------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:30pm
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to be honest, heck no.
Mike is the housewife in this house. lol Nah, He likes to vacum the lounge etc, usually every other day unless it needs it, whereas i tend to do the whole house, the ceilings the skirting boards, use the attachments to do the dusting all around the house etc.. so we even out. I do it about once a week, he does it in between if he feels it needs to be done... but only in the lounge and kitchen. he does the dishes,, because i suck at them, i hate the dishes. HATE them. i do all the cleaning of the bathroom and toilet.. all of it. he does the lawns and outsidey stuff. i guess it all evens out. but no, am not a great housewife, mike definately is more motivated than me at present. I have a fewloads of washing to do. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:35pm
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I am if I may say so the best housewife in the world. I let the clean washing pile up until the pile is too big it starts to topple off the spare bed, and even then I only fold enough so that the pile doesn't topple. I don't believe in ironing, the clothes will iron themselves out over the course that you are wearing them. The meals I cook for myself and DP only borderline on healthy. But I must say my kitchen is always spotless, can't cook in a messy and dirty kitchen.
I love vaccumming though so that is always done, I would vaccum all day if I could. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: tashzmum
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:36pm
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nope i suck.
i am ok at keeping the lounge cleanish although there always seems to be toys everywhere. there os a reason why our bedroom door is usually shut.i keep the bathroom clean. and df keeps the kitchen tidyish and does the washing. i fold it though when the pile gets so big its falling off the chair. and the rest gets done on needs to be done basis ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:37pm
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I think I'm pretty good, but I used to be terrible!
I make sure I do the dishes, the washing (if I need to do any), pick anything up that's been left around, make the bed, wipe the coffee table, change the rubbish bag and anything else that I can find to do. This is everyday. I also cook every night as I don't really like DP doing it. He makes a big mess. I make his lunch every day too otherwise he won't eat. Twice a week I vacuum everywhere and mop the kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Oh and clean the toilet, but I seem to do that more than twice a week. Once a week I clean the bath, the shower, do the dusting and wash all the sheets and things like that. Once every few weeks I clean the windows, the window sills and weed the gardens. Some of these things are pretty hard to do at the moment, so I just half-arsed do the ones that require bending down. DPs ONLY job is to take the rubbish and recycling out to the road once a week and he NEVER remembers. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:38pm
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lol hell no!
I hate cleaning and washing. We clean the house once a week together. I hate cleaning the kitchen with a passion. Sucky thing is DH is just as bad, he will only clean if he sees me cleaning otherwise he would leave it for months. When I first moved in with him he admitted to not having vaccumed his house in a few months - he actually couldn't tell me when he last did it! At least I'm not quite THAT bad. |
Posted By: jamesmum
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:43pm
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I'm getting better sloooowly
I try to keep the lounge kitchen area clean and tidy, especially the kitchen, it stresses me out otherwise and I cant cook in a messy kitchen. I never can seem to get on top of the washing, there is always clothes waiting to get washed in the laundry, although I do fold them as soon as they are dry. I HATE ironing, there is always a pile waiting on the ironing board. I do keep the bedrooms tidy - I find I cant sleep very well if our bedroom is messy.
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:47pm
Oh god I'm a freak. 
I get it off my mother and I'm not even as bad as her. She is up at the crack of dawn jiffing the bath, pulling weeds, vacuuming, tidying, washing, anything and everything, all while smiling. She loves to clean and I'm turning out like her. |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:55pm
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Well I do about 2 lots of both dishes and laundry (hardly any bench space, and I still wash the baby stuff separately for some reason) a day, and cook nutricious dinners, dust every few days (we have unsealed gib & plaster walls in the lounge - friggin dusty), and clean the whole house once a week, so I think that's pretty good going, especially since I do ALL the indoor housework here. But there's some stuff I'm terrible about - the showerbox gets scrubbed out when DH has had enough of it and lifts a finger (hey - why would I mess with the one chore he does?!?), the windows never get cleaned (it's a saftey feature - no birds have tried to fly through them yet!), the hard floors usually just get vacuumed rather than mopped, and there's no point cleaning out the inside of the cupboards because they're quite literally falling apart. A half-renovated house is never going to look that clean compared to the amount of effort that goes into cleaning it, so I keep telling myself that our new house years down the road will reflect my housewifely efforts much better. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:59pm
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I go through bouts of needing to clean (I'm in the throes of one at the moment) and then I leave stuff for ages so then I have to clean....horrible cycle really.
So long as nappies and bottles are done I figure everything is under control! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 2:20pm
I have a housekeeper! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 2:24pm
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I'm responsible for the day to day housework but when I was pg with Krystiana it really got on top of me, especially once we moved to an almost double sized house! So I pay for a cleaner once a week to clean the toilets and bathrooms, mop, vacuum, make (and change) beds, and clean the mats under the girls' table seating. Most of that is week-about and it costs me $25 for 1 1/2 hours
And I'm responsible for the rest (except for putting DH's clothes away) - unless I ask DH specifically for help, which is usually clearing the table and putting a load of dishes in the dishwasher at night, and taking the rubbish and recycling out weekly. And I think I'm pretty good at it really, nothing piles up too much cause I can't handle being a SAHM looking at piles too much lol. But I almost haven't needed to do any washing or dishes for the last 6 weeks thanks to ACC -------------  |
Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 2:30pm
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Housework????? what is that?
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 2:39pm
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a big fat NO...
i dont iron...but wish i could do laundry once a day, let alone once a week...vacuuming gets done sometimes and i can prob count the number of times on one hand that i have mopped the floor since living here. |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 2:39pm
Oh don't worry too much, soon you'll have a baby and you won't care about housework as much  Well, you will care.. but the you won't have as much time.. and as the child grows older, and they can make more mess.. you'll give up lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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eomachine wrote:Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:02pm
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Ironing????? I thought that thing on the laundry shelf that my MIL kept calling an iron was just for ornamental purposes!! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:03pm
| Oh yes. if you come to my house before and after the kidsa re in bed the house is immaculate - but don't go in the sapre room...or the bathroom, or look in the cupboards.... |
Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:13pm
I am such a house freek! I do housework everyday. I wish I could just relax and not worry about these things ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:26pm
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Oh my gosh, I have a real problem in this territory. I have just started back at work full time this week and have noticed how much I am taken for granted!!!!! (I was working 30 hours but now am working 40) I wash DP & my clothes 3 times a week, Tyrells clothes are washed every other day. I think that covers it.....this is a huge problem with DP & I as I do the whole lot really! |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:31pm
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Okay I think pretty much all you guys better not come to my house then. McKayla literally throw everything out of my drawers.
House is at least messy not diry. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:53pm
| Housework....YUK!!!!! I decided a few months ago that my time was to precious to be spent scrubbing the bottom of showers (or I'm way to lazy) We got a lady in to clean and once a week for $30 (2 hours) she does all the vacuuming, mopping, toilet, bathroom etc and it is fantastic! I hope we can still afford her when I stop working.....I'm just not that good at cleaning. Neither was my m other and although DF thinks he is good...he's not really |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:55pm
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Hehehe this is a funny thread! I have to admit - we have a wonderful cleaner that comes in once a week and does the majority of it! All I have to do on a day to day basis is keep the kitchen clean, any washing that needs to be done, and make our bed. I do the periodic jobs like cleaning out the pantry and sorting out the hot water cupboard (next on my list!!) I dont iron - but our cleaner does DHs work shirts for him! I struggle as DH tends to leave stuff around the place, and I like to be organised and have a home for everything. The only time I get the cleaning bug is when I know we are having people over (especially members of DHs family!!!) ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Spudling
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 3:57pm
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I try, I love a tidy house and just love it when I do clean it up but to be honest, I am bloody useless.
I need to have vistors coming on a regular basis so I keep it sort of tidy. My DH is the messiest person alive so he doesn't care (which is a good thing). But our DD is very tidy, you can hardly make her leave the lounge without her wanting to tidy up behind herself...don't know where she gets that from! ------------- http://tickers.families.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:19pm
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Short answer: No. I have a brilliant cleaner who does all the yucky stuff like vacuuming, mopping and cleaning the bathroom, and in between I do nothing. Oh I do a load of baby washing every day to keep on top of the nappies, and our stuff whenever the basket is full or I run out of clothes (whichever happens first) and towels and sheets on weekends. Dishes go in the dishwasher throughout the day.
Didn't even know I owned an iron till we moved house and I found one in the back of the cupboard. The cleaner is my one luxury for being a working mum. i figured I'd rather spend my spare time with my kids than cleaning the house. I pay her so Willie has no say (and it's not as if he'd do the cleaning otherwise). ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:21pm
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Oh and don't even get me started on toys. Everyone who visits comments on how many toys my kids have. It was a fatal error on my part buying so many (or allowing my Dad to buy so many) because I spend my entire life picking up after messy little toads that don't pick up after themselves. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:31pm
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Cleaners are sounding more and more common, makes me feel a bit better
Emma, the girls have one basket of toys and the rest are in boxes. That way there's not too much extra tidying going on around here and the girls don't get bored of their toys but having them all at once. I probably swap toy sets once a month. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:35pm
| Oh my gosh don't even get me started on toys....between my DS & DP I spent every evening picking up after them....oh and add to that Dp's washing! |
Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:37pm
No! I'm terrible! I'm at school studying and I don't get home til 5:30, and then have all my assignments to do! I try but to no avail! Everythings kept rather up to date, but it's never 100% clean. I even found a mouldy pillowcase in the wash house hidden behind some of df's things  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 5:16pm
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I'm an average housewife, I hate vacuuming - I hate fighting with the stupid thing, we have wooden floors and with that lots of dust bunny's (wish they'd find somewhere else to live). So we need to do it nearly every 2nd day
I do washing prolly 3 times a week, but hate folding it and putting it away - that's hubbies job ('cept he doesn't put the clothes away in the draws, just drops them off to their owners). 
As the for the bathroom, I do the toilet every 2nd day and the vanity and shower when I feel like it. Can't do the bath, as I'm scared I'll fall in there!! (very deep). Hate doing the kids rooms - so do they
Wish there was a cleaning fairy....  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 5:47pm
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Housewife?Hmmmm. SHort answer - no.
At the moment my sister does a clean every couple of weeks for us, but generally: DH -does dishes -puts out rubbish -cleans toilet -does vacuuming -does general tidying -cooks some meals (but not many) -shares shopping at least equally Me - cooks some meals - does some clothes washing - does some shopping - cleans shower and sink in bathroom - looks beautiful -------------  
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 5:53pm
| Havent read threw all the posts yet (trying to get tea ready etc...) but in general I suck at housekeeping to the point where my friend (who spends quite a bit of time here) does my housework for me! I never have clean clothes for my husband or when I do try to get them ready i do all the wrong shirts. I hate doing the dishes and folding washing so its all over my house. I dread people turning up out of the blue but at the same time always love company. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 7:02pm
yup this is pretty much exactly what i do! lol except my DH does all the cooking and if he had the chance he would do the cleaning but i generally do it. Plus....*WARNING...IM ABOUT TO ADMIT ONE OF MY FREAKISH TENDENCIES* ... well before i hang the washing out i have to fold the wet stuff making sure it is all in the right way and then put it all in order and then hang it out on the line in order   ...i know - stupid ay!! but it drives me nutts if i dont do it!!
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:12pm
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Ha ha Emma. I am sure most people that visit THINK the same thing about the kids toys.. the only one who actually says it is my mum.
That is the one thing i am mad about.. the kids toys are always in their sets, back where they go. At the end of the day, nothing is left out apart from the 1 toy of the week. (sounds nazi but it's not!!) - which tends to be.. if i get out something at set it up in the lounge, whenever the kids are actually home.. some weeks they're home more than others, they just tend to carry on where they left off and play with that one thing.. and i don't mind leaving it out, sometimes its blocks, or little people, or barbie houses or polly pockets.. they get cleaned up to some degree, pushed over near the mantelpiece so no-one stands on them, and left out. The first thing i usually do when i clean up the house, is go around and put all thelittle bits and pieces that might be hanging about.. back with the toys they belong with. hence why if i am running short on time.. that might be all that gets done. you can say it... OCD ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 10:46pm
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Oh I do that kind of thing! The teaset all goes back together, puzzles are put away done, shapes are all in the shape sorter container, handbags all packed into the biggest handbag...... only prob is that home help and DH don't even notice. So either I do it or I'm gonna have to specifically point it out lol ------------- |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 10:58pm
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The house is hardly ever tidy but every day, I greet DH with a smiley, happy face holding a happy baby, and then we all get fed so as far as I'm concerned, I'm a good housewife
That said, I could probably do washing more often, do the dishes more often, and actually make the bed. It does take either DH or I to jolt us both into a cleaning frenzy. As long as there's one room in the house that's tidy for us to sit in. You know it's really bad when your best friend comes to visit and says 'can I do your dishes?'  hmmmm bad? Maybe I should invite her over more often LOL!
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Posted By: bumblefoot
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 3:06am
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I hear you on the dishes, I cant reach the sink too well from my wheelchair, so that gets delegated to DP. He hates that it is his task, likes a bit of variety! DP does all the cooking, but he enjoys it, and has a natural frair for it. For which Im thankful, Im not a bad cook, but I do lack imagination at times, so if Im tired it wont be a masterpiece. We are getting a house maid person paid for that is great, and they will help with the washing, bed changes, mopping, vacuuming and the such. I do really enjoy cleaning (hereditary, get it from my Mum) but find its not possible for me to do some things in this house. The laundry isnt accessible to me, and DP's office is full of boxes so no cleaning in there. I clean the lo and handbasin/vanity top EVERY day, but thats due to infection risk for me, and as for the shower/bath, I find that a quick whip round with a spnge/cloth and some jif while waiting for the conditioner to do its thing to my hair does the trick. DP takes out the rubbish and recycling, but forgets every damn week, so needs constant reminders. Our house is usually pretty messy, but its clean. No food going bad in a corner or anything, just most things arent where they should be, like alot of things in my life actually...! But as far as Im concerned, as long as our visitors feel welcomed and accepted Im sure they will forgive me my messiness. And on another note, has anyone noticed that they wiull clean up other peoples rooms and areas but your own always looks like a bombs hit it? When we had the kids staying with us their room and play room looked awesome, I was all over it, but our room was still a tip... Glad to heat that Im not the only one with cleaning problems! Wish we had a dishwasher....Sigh... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 7:28am
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I think i am.
I take care of the outside and inside of the house. ummm vaccum every other day, washing every other day, toilet as it needs it during the week. whole house clean every week. BUT my house always looks messy, well i am not going to constantly go around after the kids and pick up their toys. Im so not one of those mums. So at night after the kids are in bed or if we havent been home all day our house looks immaculate, lol. edited to add, lawns once a fortnight (its a double section and takes me just under 1.5 hours) But because im scared of spiders i do get a lady in to do the garden for $20 a month. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 8:24am
| Maybe this post should be re-titled "do other people think you are a good housewife?". might get some whole new answers then!!! |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 8:31am
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Hell I will get LOUSY then. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 9:53am
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Well before Zaara I was really good. Every room was tidy and clean. All the cupboards were neatly organised and well I was on to it!!
Since Zaara it has all gone crazy at my place. At the moment this is our schedule: Morning: DH Prepares our lunch and leaves for work (leaves all the dishes) I wake up, get ready, get Zaara ready (Including doing her hair) , feed her breakfast, do the dishes, tidy all her toys on the floor, try and tidy around the house and go to work. Put any laundry out (done the night before)
DH comes home (most days early) and picks Zaara from Daycare, comes home and cooks dinner and does all the new dishes. brings in any laundry and put a new lot out (Or I do when I get home). I come home (6pm most days), feed Zaara, bath her and play with her, read with her, and then bed time. Then I again try and tidy or iron. Or do any paper work needed eg. Writing letters, sending people cards, do Southern cross returns etc (Hubby sucks at that) DH Vacumes nearly every day. I vacume on the weekends. DH Does the Toilets and Bathroom (but I do them every now and then). DH Cuts the grass and Garage tidy. I cook on the weekends. We also dust taking turns on the weekends. I have to agree that he does more than I do....but I keep Zaara entertained and occupied!! I think that evens it out. LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:03am
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ha ha, yeah i know our hosue is messy but it's not dirty so that's fine.
And i don't go and pick up after my kids. they darn well do it themselves. I just go around every once in a while and get the little 1 bit here and 1 bit there and put it away. Everyone knows we have dishes there usually. and washing on the sofa. but the dishes are well rinsed and stacked, and the washing is clean and mostly folded, just waiting to be put away. the stuff tha tgoes int he hot water cupoboard is always done.. so all the daycare clothes and everything else, but the girls good stuff, is a mission to hang it all up in my unrealisticly high standard, so mike doesn't touch it and it takes a long time for me to hang. lol and yes. our rom is always the one that gets missed. I make all the beds on my way down the hallway in the mornings, open the curtains and windows as i go, but our room, is the one that gets forgotten in terms of cleaning up, my clean folded clothes are still on the end of our bed, has anyone figured out that ihate hanging stuff up. .. just takes too darn long, We have farrr too many clothes in this house i feel. as i said to mike, i think we NEED to have washing hanging around.. cos there's no room for it all to go, on the few times ihave tried to do it all and hang and put away.. it just doesn't fit! haha, this post is fun.. should print it all out in a week or so and sell it - "EXPOSAY - The real housewife's secrets!" lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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