tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157738739786053638.post2468117974251974773..comments2023-06-19T05:53:52.243-07:00Comments on The Mommy Awards: New Topic - Tidying UpUtahJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775212847822380816noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157738739786053638.post-51149823347747810272008-10-17T06:41:00.000-07:002008-10-17T06:41:00.000-07:00I really am obsessed about cleaning/tidying up my ...I really am obsessed about cleaning/tidying up my house. But the more I try the less that gets done. <BR/><BR/>I will attribute this obsession to living in an old house. In a new beautiful home, there can be toys everywhere and no one would care, the house is still beautiful. In an old home with low ceilings, old brass door knobs, and yucky linoleum, you can never make these look good. So you clean and tidy, and the house still looks dated/yucky.<BR/><BR/>I will share a small triumph:<BR/>My kids now understand the one toy rule. If we do not have friends over, as they will make a mess no matter what, my kids will play with one toy and then put it back. If I catch them making a disaster, they are old enough to clean it up on their own.<BR/>Another triumph:<BR/>My kids now HAVE to hang up their back packs and coats after school on their hooks, and put their shoes away. This has eliminated the pile which used to drive me crazy in the kitchen!<BR/><BR/>It is amazing how happy I have become with less tidying to do with older kids, but the cleaning is still the same non stop chore!Julie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589664736180812241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157738739786053638.post-85325058230635677882008-10-15T12:18:00.000-07:002008-10-15T12:18:00.000-07:00I may have shared this before...but, especially si...I may have shared this before...but, especially since being pregnant (sick...then huge) one of the only ways my kitchen floor gets cleaned on those not so good days....is when I'm walking around barefoot and I notice something stuck to my foot...I will pick it up and put it in the trash. That's some kind of progress, right!?! Can I also mention that I was extremely grateful one day during my sick-pregnant days when I came home from errands or something and John had scrubbed our bathroom sparkly clean...tub and everything! We could all use a little help like that now and again.Tia Langstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387527068963762378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157738739786053638.post-82798744897020593882008-10-14T16:04:00.000-07:002008-10-14T16:04:00.000-07:00hee hee, such a familiar sight!!!hee hee, such a familiar sight!!!UtahJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12775212847822380816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157738739786053638.post-21722390409939098352008-10-14T13:21:00.000-07:002008-10-14T13:21:00.000-07:00Oh, I know the horrors to well. One that I can rem...Oh, I know the horrors to well. One that I can remember easily is one time I had just finished mopping the floor when my little one dumped a bag of tortilla chips all over it. Arg!~ It was a bit frustrating, but I had to get a pic of course! <BR/><BR/>http://chanellejones.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-hate-murphys-law.htmlChanellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108765227714916182noreply@blogger.com