Ugh housework don't wanna do it

[suddenly]

Am I the only one that hates cleaning house after doing it for 150 years.

My grandkids destroyed the house yesterday and I am having them again on thursday so I need to clean.

I DON'T WANT TO CLEAN TODAY

How do I make it look clean without really doing it and just stay on my computer??

 

[thelook]

I feel your pain!
I have 2 grown kids who had to move back home, I am a neat freak and love a clean house, all that has seemed to change overnight!
I no longer have the energy to clean....I am sick of it!
And forget about when the grandkids visit...what a mess...LOL

 

[Mary Kay]

Sorry, no tips here. but then I am NOT a neat freak. I will clean house before company but it doesn't faze me when it gets trashed. If company stays over night they are offically "family" and required to do chores!

Oh and I destest housework!

 

[thelook]

I am trying to undo years of being a neat freak....lol
Life is way to short to stay home cleaning, I am learning this!
It is just really hard to change the way you have always been.

 

[suddenly]

I am such a neat freak my own daughter has to call before she comes over to see me. If she didn't and the house was a mess she knows I would freak out

 

[Fudgey]

I used to be a neat freak too!!! I think with 5 of us in one house and all of the kids friends here all the time, I gave up. I only do what I absolutley have to now and nothing more!!

 

[glowgirl]

Can you bribe your grandchildren into cleaning for you? Maybe get some toys that will be awarded as prizes for good helpers? Child labor is so cheap..........heh heh heh.

 

[topaz_stone71]

Sorry- can't help you here. I have ADHD and so do both of the kiddos. My house is NEVER spotless. I gave up a long time ago. I figure I'll have a clean house when the kids have moved out.

 

[Mary Kay]

Ha! By then you will be too tired to clean!

 

[topaz_stone71]

I hope not- I'll only be 43 when the youngest is 18. Then again, I didn't completely move out of my parents' house until I was 26...sigh. Oh well, I'll take my babies over a clean house any day. One of my childless friends points out that when she goes into a "showcase house" and children live there, she figures something is wrong. She says a house with kids should always look like people LIVE in it. I love my friends

 

[Mary Kay]

Yeah..my kids don't remember the unvaccumed rugs or dishes in the sink..they remember me having all their frinds over for movie nites and trips on the bus to the airport..for fun.
they had chores to do, unpaid because they lived and ate there. They also remember that the chores weren't cleaning the house from top to bottom, cooking and doing all the laundry like some of my friends had to do everyday. Job one was school and then play..chores came in 3rd.

 

[blueeyekelly]

do you neat freaks have like TV houses? even before kids I never had a tv house... how to people keep them so.... organized and clean without spending all day just doing house work....

and closets work well to throw things in if you have them.....LOL

 

[Kate51]

My house is always picture perfect. I cleaned it once and took a few photos, and tell people this is what it looked like right before they came in!
My sister's M-I-L always said, you work your whole life cleaning the dirt out of your house, and when you die, they throw 6 feet of it back in your face! I'm just getting the last laugh before that happens. Clean enough to be healthy, dirty enough not to offend anyone.

 

[Kimerpuff]

My mom would come over during finals week (when I was in college - single mom then too) and she would do my dishes cause I didnt have the time... oh I miss her!

When my kids got older, we would have a 30 minute pick up party... everyone cleaned for 30 minutes and depending on how much we got done, we would have a treat that was worth that much.. It was fun watching them scramble to dust and vacum to get to go to the park for the afternoon or a DQ treat

 

[Lioness]

Yeah..my kids don't remember the unvaccumed rugs or dishes in the sink..they remember me having all their frinds over for movie nites and trips on the bus to the airport..for fun.
they had chores to do, unpaid because they lived and ate there. They also remember that the chores weren't cleaning the house from top to bottom, cooking and doing all the laundry like some of my friends had to do everyday. Job one was school and then play..chores came in 3rd.

This is how I've always thought, too. Only lately...I'm sort of sick of all the mess. I guess I'm just shocked that teenagers can make bigger messes than toddlers. And make them faster. I'm tired.

But reading your post, MK, made me feel better. Every day one or more of The ManCub's friends comes home from school with him. That's what's important. And when The GirlChild tells me that she can't have her friends over because of the mess, I'll invite her to do something about it!

 

[UntamedRose]

One of my goals in life is to make enough money.....to justify getting a regular maid ;p

 

[Mary Kay]

Hey, I wasn't above assigning chores to the kids friends..what could they say after I just fed them! LOL! On the flip side, years down the road now that their kids are in High school and jr. high..they call or come over to my daughters when I am there just to say hi and to tell me they remember when...
messes are just that, make everyone pick up like Kimer does and move on! Once you are alone in the house..it won't seem so important to have a clean house, you just want a full messy house again!
I love watching the G'kids relax in my house..they have to pick up (or reset as I call it) before they go home. But while they are here..the sofa bed is open, there are toys, movies and games everywhere and snacks abound.

 

[jj2]

<-----------Wishes I could afford Merry Maids once a week, once a month, once a year.

 

[Mary Kay]

Do they come in groups of less say..20? LOL!

 

[beebopnjazz]

My group left today for a long weekend camping trip - son (35), granddaughter (4), daughter (30) and granddaughter (3) - I came home from work and it's "who did it and ran"?

Daughter asked me what will I do with myself for 4 days - I said, I work Thursday and Friday - you will be home on Sunday....that leaves Saturday - not exactly expecting to have so much time on my hands as to be bored....