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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - May 27 2007 : 3:21:49 PM
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We have a new rule in the house. Each person has to do 15 minutes of housework when they get up. That way the chores get done and it isn't hanging over your head the rest of the day. We aren't supposed to get on the computer or do any recreational type activities before we are done with the 15 minutes.
Last night I decided to do more because the dishes really needed to be done, and fiance came home. He started helping me clean the kitchen even though he had already done his "time" for the day.
Anyone else do something like this around the house?
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 6:05:19 PM
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Isn't it amazing what you can get done in 15 minutes?? We have rules about things like that too...the kids arn't allowed to turn on the tv at all unless their bed is made and their special chore for the week is done. I just turn on music until then. They each have a chore for the week and it alternates each Saturday morning. Works great for us. As the kids get older I am adding things. Summer is learning to help with laundry and Erin with dishes. TRavis and Dalton are learning to help more with outdoors stuff and are in charge of watering the garden each day. None of the chores really take that long if we all do our share each day..but they sure do build up if we don't!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 8:41:51 PM
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you go girl! hope it lasts!!!
first thing in the morning .. i gotta' have my cuppa' coffee with honey hunk on the porch!
then .. i do get to cleaning and picking up .. and usually for more than 15 minutes .. but throughout the day ... IF i'm not roaming the roads!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 8:50:19 PM
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Well I usually end up doing more than 15 minutes, but I figured that was a good length of time for a minimum requirement. He has actually be doing really good about helping out more too.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4377 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 28 2007 : 04:23:12 AM
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| I was raised, that everyone helps till the work is done. It does not take long with lots of hands helping. Michele |
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UrbanChick
True Blue Farmgirl
331 Posts
Ayako
Atlanta
GA
USA
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Posted - May 28 2007 : 05:18:33 AM
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Well my DH may have it easier or I may, it depends on how you look at it. I do most of the cleaning but he watches the little one as soon as he gets home. So I can clean and do what I need to do. It always seems like when he cleans he gets the big messes but misses the "little" details of stuff and it dosen't seem clean to me so our compromise is he watches our daughter and I get it clean the way I want it to be. I clean sections of the house at a time each day. By the time I finish the whole house it's time to start over again. :) And then there are the every day stuff like, dishes, vaccumming, picking up but the big cleaning is per room each day.
"Courage dosen't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow." |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Jun 06 2007 : 07:01:45 AM
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Wow! It works! I did 15 minutes of work when I woke up this morning and I feel like I accomplished so much. In 15 minutes, I was able to put on a load of wash, empty the dishwasher and make DH's lunch. It's such a good feeling to know that those little things are done so early in the day...now I won't spend the rest of the day fretting about them.
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2007 : 08:47:27 AM
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| Yup I just do the 15 minutes. Thinking you have to get every thing done before you can move on can sometimes be overwhelming. I find the 15 minutes great. What I do is 5 minutes in each station! lol (kitchen, living room, bedroom) a lot can get done! Even by myself! |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2007 : 10:56:31 AM
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I really love the 15 minutes. It really has relieved a huge pressure on our household. http://flylady.com has some good tips for the 15 minute clean as well!
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2007 : 07:54:10 AM
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| Yup she is the one who has helped me over come so much of my perfectionism, and ocd, that I can now live! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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