My house is a big mess! - Page 2

TheMercenary · 01-26-2009, 07:05 PM

ok, at least you have your priorities straight.

capnhowdy · 01-26-2009, 07:13 PM

Damn... I feel better too.

Elspode · 01-26-2009, 08:15 PM

Wait a minute. I don't understand. You mean there are houses that *don't* look like this?

Try to keep in mind that, last I heard, Chris and Mrs Chris were fairly extensively involved in tending to infirm elders on a pretty constant basis.

That still the case, Chris?

chrisinhouston · 01-26-2009, 08:25 PM

No they are dead now but thanks for remembering! Makes me feel special!

chrisinhouston · 01-26-2009, 08:31 PM

OK OK! I did the bedroom first and will post some pics tomorrow. I was up at 4Am to get my wife to the airport so I'm dosing while watching Rachel Ray make something called Shoup or Stewp or something like that, but I just dozed off. I changed the bedding and found all kinds of things in those suitcases that we bought in South Africa and Hawaii and Alaska last year. I filled a huge trash bag with junk, you would be proud of me!!!

Thanks to everyone who posted. I'm really not an old bag man or woman with a sex change!

morethanpretty · 01-26-2009, 08:35 PM

OK I can understand the clutter and general disorganization. I would be able to stand that.
The kitchen, dude, do something about that! I would have a serious freak out over it. Could ya'll hired a maid to come clean? Once a week even? Kitchen and bathroom only.

jinx · 01-26-2009, 08:45 PM

Yeah, I usually start in the kitchen... but I don't do one room at a time, I'm totally add about it with stuff going on in 3 or 4 rooms at once. My house is more often messy than not, we're in and out all week and usually focused on a specific task when we're here (homeschooling, making dinner etc.), but generally it can all be straightened and scrubbed in a Saturday.

Wickedly_Tasteful · 01-26-2009, 09:12 PM

CLEAN YO HOUSE...fuck yo couch...shit

Undertoad · 01-26-2009, 10:06 PM

I am horrified...! This is unacceptable...!

Half those wine bottles are standing upright instead of on their sides! I can hear the corks drying out. And all of them are in nearly direct light! Please, find a dark, cool closet where they can be stored safely.

Undertoad · 01-26-2009, 10:09 PM

Oh and also, I have that Dewalt drill bit holder too. And all the bits are in it!!!

DucksNuts · 01-26-2009, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Yeah, I usually start in the kitchen... but I don't do one room at a time, I'm totally add about it with stuff going on in 3 or 4 rooms at once. My house is more often messy than not, we're in and out all week and usually focused on a specific task when we're here (homeschooling, making dinner etc.), but generally it can all be straightened and scrubbed in a Saturday.

Im pretty much ADD about cleaning too, I start in the kitchen, then will have to go put something in the bathroom...start picking up in there, wonder off to the kids bedrooms...get distracted...blah blah.

The office is the only room that I allow to be messy most of the time.

Kitchen and dining room are straightened several times a day.

When I was employed, I had a cleaner that would come in once a week and do the stuff I never had time for.....scrub barthrooms, wash floors, dusting etc.

Im seriously anal about floors, there be no mess on my floors!

Nirvana · 01-26-2009, 11:32 PM

I love this thread! :p

fargon · 01-27-2009, 06:45 AM

Dude a clean work bench is a sign of a sick mind.

dmg1969 · 01-27-2009, 06:46 AM

Wow...and I freak out when my wife doesn't dust or vacuum for a few days! That would drive me nuts.

Pie · 01-27-2009, 08:21 AM

My house was a disaster area. No clear floor patches greater than 2'x2'. Then about 5 years ago, my catsitter very hesitantly told me that I should hire a cleaning lady, you know, once a month or something...

We went on a massive cleaning spree, hired a cleaning lady to come in every week (we told ourselves it would go to every other or once a month when everything was under control). We got used to a clean, tidy house really fast, let me tell you! Never did go to a reduced schedule.

Since the cleaning lady came on Wednesdays, Tuesday night was our 'tidy-up' night. We each spent about 30 minutes putting stuff away. That's the real key to a clean house, not the vacuuming or dusting. It's all in the organization. Having the nice Polish immigrant lady mop and sweep and scrub was just a major motivator for us putting our crap away at least once a week.

Now that we're in the new house, I'm looking for a new cleaning lady or service. Even though we haven't scrubbed/vacuumed/mopped/etc as much as I would have liked, the house is in good enough shape to have people over (except for all the still-packed boxes, natch!) It got to be a habit in the last 5 years, and I don't want to relapse!

The way I figure it, I'd rather work an hour or two (or three) more at my job (which I'm good at), and pay someone else (who could really use the money to feed her family!) to do what I'm not good at.

01-26-2009, 07:05 PM	#16
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01-26-2009, 07:13 PM	#17
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Damn... I feel better too. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-26-2009, 08:15 PM	#18
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Wait a minute. I don't understand. You mean there are houses that don't look like this? Try to keep in mind that, last I heard, Chris and Mrs Chris were fairly extensively involved in tending to infirm elders on a pretty constant basis. That still the case, Chris? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-26-2009, 08:35 PM	#21
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	OK I can understand the clutter and general disorganization. I would be able to stand that. The kitchen, dude, do something about that! I would have a serious freak out over it. Could ya'll hired a maid to come clean? Once a week even? Kitchen and bathroom only. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

01-26-2009, 08:45 PM	#22
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Yeah, I usually start in the kitchen... but I don't do one room at a time, I'm totally add about it with stuff going on in 3 or 4 rooms at once. My house is more often messy than not, we're in and out all week and usually focused on a specific task when we're here (homeschooling, making dinner etc.), but generally it can all be straightened and scrubbed in a Saturday. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-26-2009, 08:25 PM	#19
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	No they are dead now but thanks for remembering! Makes me feel special!

01-26-2009, 08:31 PM	#20
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	OK OK! I did the bedroom first and will post some pics tomorrow. I was up at 4Am to get my wife to the airport so I'm dosing while watching Rachel Ray make something called Shoup or Stewp or something like that, but I just dozed off. I changed the bedding and found all kinds of things in those suitcases that we bought in South Africa and Hawaii and Alaska last year. I filled a huge trash bag with junk, you would be proud of me!!! Thanks to everyone who posted. I'm really not an old bag man or woman with a sex change!

01-26-2009, 09:12 PM	#23
Wickedly_Tasteful What do you want? A cookie? Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 162	CLEAN YO HOUSE...fuck yo couch...shit __________________ When life gives you lemons...call me and Ill bring the tequila and we can do shots all night

01-26-2009, 10:06 PM	#24
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I am horrified...! This is unacceptable...! Half those wine bottles are standing upright instead of on their sides! I can hear the corks drying out. And all of them are in nearly direct light! Please, find a dark, cool closet where they can be stored safely.

01-26-2009, 10:09 PM	#25
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh and also, I have that Dewalt drill bit holder too. And all the bits are in it!!!

01-26-2009, 11:32 PM	#27
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I love this thread! :p __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

01-27-2009, 06:45 AM	#28
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Dude a clean work bench is a sign of a sick mind. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-27-2009, 06:46 AM	#29
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01-27-2009, 08:21 AM	#30
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My house was a disaster area. No clear floor patches greater than 2'x2'. Then about 5 years ago, my catsitter very hesitantly told me that I should hire a cleaning lady, you know, once a month or something... We went on a massive cleaning spree, hired a cleaning lady to come in every week (we told ourselves it would go to every other or once a month when everything was under control). We got used to a clean, tidy house really fast, let me tell you! Never did go to a reduced schedule. Since the cleaning lady came on Wednesdays, Tuesday night was our 'tidy-up' night. We each spent about 30 minutes putting stuff away. That's the real key to a clean house, not the vacuuming or dusting. It's all in the organization. Having the nice Polish immigrant lady mop and sweep and scrub was just a major motivator for us putting our crap away at least once a week. Now that we're in the new house, I'm looking for a new cleaning lady or service. Even though we haven't scrubbed/vacuumed/mopped/etc as much as I would have liked, the house is in good enough shape to have people over (except for all the still-packed boxes, natch!) It got to be a habit in the last 5 years, and I don't want to relapse! The way I figure it, I'd rather work an hour or two (or three) more at my job (which I'm good at), and pay someone else (who could really use the money to feed her family!) to do what I'm not good at. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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