Have enjoyed reading the housekeeping tips thread over in Chat this week.
I wondered if you 'inherited' any housekeeping habits from your parents/grandparents growing up? Good and not so good ones. Lighthearted please 
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I'll start. My mum always used clothes pegs to close packets and things if she'd run out of those clippy things. I automatically did the same at uni/when DH and I moved in but he thinks it's really strange and is always taking off my pegs off and putting clips back on! I think they work better than clips.
Mum also sorts her dirty laundry from the basket on the landing floor into several piles (woollens, lights, darks etc.) which she leaves on the floor for the morning whilst she's doing it causing a big trip hazard. As a teen I'd just toss worn stuff onto the correct pile on the landing floor. I've found myself doing the same thing in my own house. My DH hates walking into our bedroom into a pile full of dirty shirts on the carpet. So do I. Need to find a new system!
Anyone else?
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Household habits you've 'inherited'
MrsBosh · 28/01/2017 16:30
I've actually turned into my mum. 
. I never thought it would happen as I used to be a slob but now I'm hoovering every day, tidying, and I wouldn't dream of leaving the pots until tomorrow.
Putting EVERYTHING into zip-lock bags. Half an onion = zip-lock bag. Half opened bag of nuts = zip-lock bag. Leftover rice zip-lock bag (and into freezer).
I've actually inherited that quirk from my (American) husband. Guess they had an abundance of those growing up! Bit of a culture shock when I visit mum, where everything is left to the elements and rarely covered up in the fridge or left on the cooker for a couple of days 
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As a plus I have, and always have had, a strong stomach!
My DM - who I adore - is a total skutter so no housekeeping habits really! 
But I have inherited her infuriating habit of checking the back door is locked 45322675 times before leaving the house.
These are great, thanks!
I've had zip-lock bags on my to buy list for months but baulk at the price every time I see them so never actually purchase. Anyone found any cheaper versions?
Goodness, Old, that's awful 
That's funny Pestilentialone, your DD's housemates must have been so confused.
One I didn't inherit is from my dad who soaks bit pots or saucepans in the sink overnight. I know the soaking is helpful but I always felt ill coming down first thing in the morning and looking at a full sink of greasy cold water with a pyrex dish sitting forlornly at the bottom.
Airing the house regularly, and storing things in all sorts of baskets or boxes in kitchen cupboards. I have a particular approach to storing fussy to make things fit well and easy to reach, in cupboards, fridge and freezer. DH has learned to just leave me to it! I got that from DM, as well as the irrational reaction if things aren't stored properly I remember thinking she was a bit bonkers when I was a teen yet here I am...
Storing things in plastic boxes or sealable bags in the fridge, e.g. Opened back of bacon, half an onion, leftovers. I think that's normal but I've learned a lot of people don't do that and leave as is, or in the pot it was cooked in etc.
Checking through tins and fridge staples regularly and chucking out / giving away (as appropriate), rather than keeping for ages, from DGM. Same for clothes and household items.
Storing plates, bowls and mugs in a drawer. Got that from DF.
Desperately trying to get all laundry done in a weekend, every week
Airing the house and zoflora. That's about it. Bless my mum but her cleaning standards weren't great and our house was unorganised growing up. In comparison I'm super organised now and have a cleaning schedule.
When bringing the dirty washing from upstairs to the machine my mum would open out a large towel that was amongst it and put all the washing on it then gather the corners together so it was easy to carry down. Far less clunky than a laundry basket. I caught myself doing this recently and had an instant flashback to my childhood.
She also "saved" things. Like containers and paper for us to make things, store things, draw on. I've always done this too for my DC. In my work a lot of the stock arrive with this grey recycled paper in the boxes. I have no idea why. My boss just chucka it in the bin but I've started collecting it for my DC to draw on. We've got stacks of it now!
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