Comments for Cleaning the House and Other Post-Parent Chores http://matthew-chamberlain.com Getting through the chores, one story at a time. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on We Need Help. by Golu http://matthew-chamberlain.com/2012/01/02/we-need-help/#comment-13 Golu Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:11:39 +0000 http://matthew-chamberlain.com/?p=12#comment-13 Our system is such that I make sure the house is pikced up everyday (that includes every room pikced up not necessarily spic and span. But everything is put away.) The sink is always empty before I go to bed, I sweep at the end of the day lots of hardwood and a hairy dog, yuck)- and the kids help with the chores eg cleaning bathrooms, dusting, windows etc. I vacuum and dust on Friday that way I can enjoy the clean all weekend long. I deep clean the frig, tops of shelves, under couches and beds, etc once a month. basically keep it reasonable. you want your house to be lived in and comfortable not sterile and unwelcoming. Plus a little smudge on the window when company comes, means your normal not Martha! Which is a good thing! Especially with kids- spend more time with them than cleaning. You can clean the rest of your life and have a perfect home once they leave for college you soon realize its not so important when their little. Our system is such that I make sure the house is pikced up everyday (that includes every room pikced up not necessarily spic and span. But everything is put away.) The sink is always empty before I go to bed, I sweep at the end of the day lots of hardwood and a hairy dog, yuck)- and the kids help with the chores eg cleaning bathrooms, dusting, windows etc. I vacuum and dust on Friday that way I can enjoy the clean all weekend long. I deep clean the frig, tops of shelves, under couches and beds, etc once a month. basically keep it reasonable. you want your house to be lived in and comfortable not sterile and unwelcoming. Plus a little smudge on the window when company comes, means your normal not Martha! Which is a good thing! Especially with kids- spend more time with them than cleaning. You can clean the rest of your life and have a perfect home once they leave for college you soon realize its not so important when their little.

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