Comments on: Friendly Spring Cleaning Encouragement

By: HeatherSolos

HeatherSolos — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:23:33 +0000

I believe you are referring to the 15 minutes in the post-it. The 15 minutes refers to a 15 minute pick up of household clutter. Tuesdays are the day to also do the floors. The chores are divided into 1 light chore and 1 heavy chore each day of the week..

By: tinque78

tinque78 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:20:36 +0000

15 minutes??? that's incredibly wrong for a two story home with all wood floors, try an hour.

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:05:19 +0000

The dirt left behind is guilt-inducing ….. but it only talkes a little to make it go away ……… and then you can feel virtuous that it is now decluttered AND clean! Hooray!

By: (((((HUGS))))) sandi

(((((HUGS))))) sandi — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:06:41 +0000

Sadly, I don’t have this kind of relationship with my Mom(s). To make it easier I sometimes choose to find the blessing in it, but after reading this cool post I am seeing the curse, because I need all the help I can get! LOL! (((((HUGS))))) sandi

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The Simple Things Volume One. | Simple. Organized. Life. — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:02:31 +0000

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By: debbie

debbie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:18:00 +0000

thank you

By: CanadianCarrie

CanadianCarrie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:22:25 +0000

My mom comes over and dusts for me whenever I am having large family get togethers for kids birthdays and such. Dusting is my least favorite chore, it seems so useless since I can usually see the dust again in 20 minutes. We live on a busy street, and Spring is the worst because of the sand and salt still on the roads from winter. She also cleans my hardwood floor in my dining room. And does the bathroom. I love that woman! And it is so true that it’s harder to be lazy when your mom is there asking what’s next!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:34:46 +0000

I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels like that. The other person can just sit there – having company just helps me work.

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:51:30 +0000

Ivy,
I wish my mother would appear on my doorstep, bucket in hand, and kick me into gear ……. but she’s 91 and I’m not sure how we’d attach the bucket to her walker! LOL But it’s a great image that may help me motivate some necessary cleaning…..

Or the fact that my daughter is being married in 3 weeks and I will have a housefull of visitors may motivate me!
Of course, I’m at my mother’s in NC right now, caring for her while my sister is away. And I have my busiest week of the year coming up(I’m a minister, and Holy Week is April 4 through12), with the wedding following 5 days after Easter.
Oh, and I have 100 dozen cookies to bake for the reception (friends are donating another 100 dozen; we’re having 200 people for the wedding and punch-cake-cookie reception)
I guess I need to focus on getting rid of those clutter piles that have accumulated in the dining room (mail; magazines) and in the upstairs hallway (3 boxes of warm weather clothes that have sat there since fall) and the usual cleaning routines, and not deep cleaning till after the wedding.
Is that a plan?
Unless you live near Western Pennsylvania? :>

By: Mom of three

Mom of three — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:34:19 +0000

Currently in the process of cleaning out my Mom’s entire house so she can move. I have lots of family helping, but not really motivated to do it. More motivated to have it done. Luckily mine is in fairly good shape. We are refinancing, so we have been working on getting it ready for the appraiser for a long while.

Wish some of your enthusiasm would rub off on me. I need it to keep me going to get the job done.