Hello, I'm the worlds worst housekeeper...

[babetteq]

Okay, there maaaaybe a few more out there who are worse. But I tell ya, there are a million other things I can find to do aside from housekeeping. Also, I'm a tornado by nature. Everywhere I go, there is a little trail left behind me, like Pigpen from Charlie Brown. Then it's such a chore to clean it all up! If I think about it and make a concerted effort I can 'clean as I go" but that only lasts for so long then I'm back to my slovenly habits. I'll go look for undies and think "has it really been two weeks since I did laundry?!? Where *does* the time go? I wasn't raised in a tidy house, but I'm bound and determined to become a tidy person - or at least a reasonably tidy person.

i can cook, sew, spin, can, paint, build, grow, knit, crochet, nurture, create, decorate..... but the tidying alludes me.

I've created a chore chart for myself. I'm hoping this will keep things done in an orderly fashion.

I am hoping it helps me get organized about cleaning chores.

Chore List m t w th f s su m t w th f s su
Kitchen

Bathroom

Living Room

Bedroom

Spinning Room

Mud Room

Landing

Floors

Laundry



OMC 1 2 3 4
Entrée

Vegetables

Condiment

Stock

Bread


Other



It's done on a table so i can check off what I do. I'm starting my new regime on Monday (I am working a million jobs until then and will be lucky if I get a sandwich in until then).

Are there any other messy people on this site? What do you do to keep the house liveable?

babs

[homemaker carol]

I'm not at all organized. I've tried a million times I think and it doesn't work for me. I get what needs to be done done, kwim. At times my house looks like a cyclone hit it, other times its spic and span.

I've worked on decluttering more than anything. I find if I can get rid of things, I can get more things in order. One thing I wish is that there would be no flat furniture or appliances. It seems things always get put on a flat surface (dresser, fridge, microwave). I am getting better at it though.

My kids also take care of their own rooms. I will go through their bedrooms every couple months and pick up papers, go through their clothes, etc. Otherwise its their domain.

Right now my kitchen is a disaster. Then again I've been doing tons of preserving over the past month. It will probably look that way until I'm finished. Also I find summer is hard to keep up with everything as I have a huge garden. It takes precident over having a spotless home.

My kids also come before a spotless house. They'll be gone in a few years and its more important to me to be nuturing them that it is to have every nook and cranny spotless.

[CANDY]

I'm sure there are worse housekeepers than you are out there. As for myself, I am not the best, but I'm not the worst either. I deal with my house the best I know how. I get aggravated at times, and wonder just how did we get all this stuff, and I feel mad about it all, but I just do the best I can.

[debbiepittman]

I'm terrible at housework also. Plus my 5 year old is in a really messy stage. She destroys the house in a few minutes when she goes into a room and gets into all kinds of things. Right now, I can't wear makeup because she gets it and rubs it everywhere. I have to hide it and she still finds it. My girls are also in a fighting stage and it is stressful here.

I did clean my stove top and countertops last evening. I need to clean my ice box inside.

Debbie

[babetteq]

I'm pretty much a tornado. I leave a little trail.... However, my partner is out of town for 4 days and I think I'm going to scrub the place down while I have the place to myself.

I'm using 'declutter strategies" from frugal village. Wish me luck.

babs

[candax4]

My house is either heaven or hell, no in-between bits. I can have a blitz when the kids are at school and the baby is sleeping, then they all come in and I think .... WHY!!!!

Trying to do bit at a time now, de-cluttering & cleaning as I go. Finding all sorts of things I didn't even know I had so using e-bay quite a bit just now.

I need some good motivation cos there is nearly always something I would prefer to be doing.