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Topic: How tidy is your...
Posted By: busymum
Subject: How tidy is your...
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 4:40pm
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 4:42pm
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At the moment very. We tidied it up last night and this morning as we got a new TV cabinet so we needed to change a few things around. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 4:48pm
| im the morning (before 6) amd in the evening (after 7) very. in between....hmmmmmm, parts of it are. |
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:05pm
Is this a question just for those with kids??? Ummm, pretty tidy at the moment. I generally use school holidays to have a big clean though. Even my garage is clean and organised at the moment!! 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:24pm
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Right now it is spotless! Spent the hole day cleaning with Caitlin in the sling on my back. Don't know why I never thought of it before, she loved it, even with the vacumm going (she's terrified of it usually)
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Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:33pm
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Well, not very at the moment, as the twins are back home, Harlan as just had his tea, so the mat and chair are still out, and guess what??? We had NO WATER this morning as it was frozen, so I am trying to get washing, dishes etc done. Boy o boy do we rely on water toooooo much!!! BUSYMUM - What about you??? ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:38pm
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Right now, very.. Sunday is the big cleanup day
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:53pm
The house is ok.. but the lounge is a bombsite!! Toys are spread everywhere.... arrgghhhh.. drives me crazy, but then again we only have a very small lounge and one child at the mo... bring on number 2!!  Will do a clean up tonight!------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 6:36pm
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Well, we do a family cleanup between 4.45 and 5.15 roughly, before dinner (after 5.30). But then the girls play again between dinner and bedtime (6.45) so it's already messy in the lounge!
Aside from that we have about 4 places in the house where stuff collects until I find a place for it to go. And they have been piling up a bit lately. But the downstairs living room, the laundy and the bedrooms are tidy! ------------- |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 6:42pm
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Our house is really clean at the moment. Except for the garage that I have to do tomorrow and then bubs room which is the study right now as well. So lots of paperwork. Should be all sorted next week when our houseguest move into his own place and the study can move again.
Did springcleaning. Want to do the oven and the lounge windows tomorrow. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 6:59pm
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Ours isn't too bad at the moment....though the kitchen could look better! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:02pm
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Yeh all the housework is done, and OMG, the house is finally clean and today...... until the kids get up tomorrow (hehehe) ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:09pm
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not at the moment and we are cleaners by trade lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:08pm
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My house is generally always tidy and vauumed. Not always clean (bathrooms, dusting etc) but I always like things neat and tidy. At the moment, there are 2 clothes racks out which annoy me and the dishes need to go in the dishwasher, but otherwise tidy. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:16pm
Tidy? What's that? Apparently ours is not tidy enough according to DH... 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:21pm
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Same as Aimee, I'm pretty much always cleaning.. on weekends when we're all home, it turns into a bombsite with Ella and DP's messes
At the moment it's not so tidy.. just had 3 kids over so there are some toys here and there.. and everywhere lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:49pm
| Our house is always a mess, no matter how much I clean its always messy |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 8:39am
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Well it looks messy as ever now. Just throw a few toys around. Hubby throws clothes around. Towel on the floor dishes all over the place and we are back where we started. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 8:44am
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I just have washing to fold tidy up the lounge, vacuum and make the bed then the house will be tidy again ready for James to mess up again ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 9:17am
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Not very right now. Just little things like bits and pieces needed to be put away. Nothing major. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 9:24am
Does he know where you keep the cleaning stuff? If not, time for a tour!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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ErinsMama wrote:Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 9:29am
Its clean - but what is tidy?? A 2yr old & a chronic hoarder of a Mother makes for lots of clutter ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 9:50am
We could always arrange a tour of different people's homes for our men so they know what other ones look like usually.... oh plus a little extra since those mothers will be let in on the secret  ------------- |
Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 11:01am
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Clean - Yes
Tidy - I can only dream! DH used to comment on the state of the house when he comes home, until the other day he came home and it was spotless (like I might add it is every morning). Then after a few hours of three children playing etc it looked like a dump site. AHHH he says now I see what you mean. I can't wait until the kids go back to school and then at least I am guaranteed 6 hours of a tidy house. ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 11:42am
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Depends on the time of the day and if its holiday etc.. More untidy when we are all home as more stuff is out eg books, dvds, stationary, clothes etc However my 11yr old is a tidy freak so she constantly tiding the lounge, kitchen, bedroom etc. I clean the house top to toe once a week apart from dishes, washing and vaccuming which Iis done daily. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 11:46am
| Very tidy at the moment we had an open home yesterday so we had to clean for that but before then it looked like a bomb went off |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 12:13pm
I'm really anal about clean (anyone else polish their toaster?  ), but DH is the complete opposite, so we've had to find a happy medium. I've managed to get him down to 1 pair of muddy walking boots on the carpet in my lounge instead of 6 
Having 2 inside/outside dogs in winter is a bit of a disaster, but we rub them down with towels etc to try and keep dirt down, and DH vacuums every day/every other day. If things go out the window for a few weeks, it's usually just things like cleaning the windows ... though I can't stand dirty windows so that was probably a bad example ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 2:07pm
Yep sure do & my sink & jug etc. I have a nightly ritual where i have to polish the sink to get all the water marks out before i go to bed. I dont do the toaster/jug daily tho ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 2:28pm
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My toaster/jug thing is a once a weeker (usually) too ... but the sink thing is every day as well
It's one of those little things around the house that I can control, which vaguely offsets DH's shoes! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 2:40pm
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Sink and taps for me! I have gone without it being done for a while now because I could never bring myself to ask my home help to "oh and please make sure the sink and taps are tidy when you have finished in the kitchen" LMAO! ------------- |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 4:19pm
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um, washing is done, but am trying to be more conscientious when it comes to using the dryer, so living room is festooned with sheets, towels etc hanging off clothes horses.
Apart from that, place is tidy and is cleanish. Usually pick a room each day and clean/tidy that. Pick a chore each day and do that. Not fetishist about implement/utensil polishing and think garages are places to store junk. |
Posted By: jamesmum
Date Posted: 09 July 2007 at 4:25pm
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Our house is very tidy at the moment, have had real estate agents here so we can list it. It was really messy and dirty tho, been doing a few renovations to get it ready to sell.
Usually it pretty clean and tidy except for when James pulls out ALL his toys.
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