I’m super organised and my house is always tidy.AMA

[Kitchenbattle]

Off the back of another thread I realised am ridiculously organised and my house is always tidy, always ready for visitors etc didn’t realise how tidy I was until I started commenting on and reading the other thread. So just a fun, or nosy AMA.
maybe there’s nothing to ask 🤣 thought it might be interesting though…

Oh a handy tip for laundry was to buy plenty of underwear and do one socks and jocks wash every fortnight, usually on a quieter dry day to hang out.
When you do this, the other landry days are much quicker.
I also do light wear washes of gym gear, fleeces, sports gear, light fleece towels, all together, shake of whit vinegar keeps everything super fresh.

Whites are once a fortnight, kept super white.
I hate laundry so call everyone to collect theirs, fold and bring to their rooms.

I throw stuff in the dryer, but only turn it on when everyone is around to collect.

Organised with food too, batch cook, always do extra potatoes and rice to do a stir fry or roast them in the airfryer.....resistant starch is great for weight management too.

I replaced all the large heavy towels with quickdry ones, game changer for us. Two each, in a different colour. Everyone knows theirs. Washed regularly and dry in 15 minutes.

Minky single line is fantastic for quick drying too.

I'm the same, I tidy as I go. I came from a very disorganized home growing up and I like my home to be tidy so I can find things easily.

Dh is not like me but he's getting better . Ds is a Sky documentary about hoarders in the making!!

I do a wash a day, I don't have a laundry basket, clothes get left at the top of the stairs every night and then we put half a load on in the morning. We don't iron, we fold from the line or the dryer.

We all have a lot of hobbies but keep stuff well organised.

I am not a size 10 😂🤣

Is your house “surface” clean (tidy to look at but skirting boards and under bed not tidy type of thing!) or are you a deep cleaner (could eat your tea off the floor at any time?)

This is where I’ve gone wrong. My kids are slobs, just like me. 😢

Clean pyjamas every day??

Classic Mumsnet isn't it.

Bit of dust never hurt anyone, definitely a surface cleaner with periodic deeper ones.
Skirting boards 2-4 times a year would be enough for me.

I do 7+ loads a week.

I don't do this much washing with 2 dc

So what would happen on busy days when you get home and there’s only just enough time to make a quick meal and then rush out the door to some of the kids activities or school meetings or something else, do you leave the clearing up or do you make yourself late so that the house is tidy? Cos these are the choices we all have to make each day to get through the days.

Nope! They just fill it with MORE crap!!! 😭

I'm not a tidy person at all but my house always looks tidy and organised - it's only because it's big and I have lots of built in storage on every floor so it's very easy to make sure everything is put away.

It’s beyond a joke but we all wear clean clothes / pjs every day, and I change bedding once a week at least.

I change bedding weekly unless an accident or something. My dc don't like pjs but if they did I would never let them change weekly. I don't wash my jeans after a single wear either.

Hi OP,
how often do you clean inside your fridge? I'm not too bad at keeping on top of everything else (probably because 2 of my DC have moved out now!). I wonder if I should do a weekly or whatever chuck out of stuff in the fridge? Otherwise it always seems to build up and be a horrible big job!

You only wash bedding every 3 weeks? Even in summer? I’m doing some MN pearl cluching now.

How do you organise things like meal planning (bane of my life with different needs) and planning holidays?

Are you my elder sister?

Some horrible comments on here. It’s AMA not plop your own opinion and criticise. Start your own ama if need be.

I agree

I don’t know 🙈 they just have grown up knowing there is no other option. I have very few rules about anything but everyone getting stuck in to keep the house ticking over isn’t optional.
Yesterday we got home from holiday after me driving for 7 hours and they unloaded the car, unpacked everything and put first wash on because why wouldn’t they? Actually that is my proudest thing - they genuinely don’t understand kids who leave plates on the table after meals or don’t put condiments away etc or leave an empty crisp packet in the lounge - it just doesn’t make sense to them.
Oh and I let us all eat tea separately last night 🙈 (7 hours in the car together!) as we all needed space but they still brought their plates etc down straight away.
It’s like brushing teeth and wearing clean pants isn’t an option - neither is not contributing around the house.

I am very envious, @Kitchenbattle.

I have ADHD and I suspect my husband does too and we have two DC under 5 so I can't relate to any of this.

I have a question. Why is your username Kitchenbattle when it sounds like your kitchen is a nirvana of cleanliness and productivity?

We clean ours weekly just before shopping arrives. It takes minutes if done weekly.

I have no idea why some posters seem to passive aggressively 'out snide' each other and try and pick apart every thing an OP says. It's weird and it's happening on just about every thread just now.

I love that some are criticising the OP for not clearing enough "you don't wash pjs every day" and then others are implying she cleans too much.

I am just here for some cleaning tips.

I do a wash a day, I don't have a laundry basket, clothes get left at the top of the stairs every night and then we put half a load on in the morning. We don't iron, we fold from the line or the dryer.

Do you wash everything together regardless of fabric or colour?

Each person's bedding gets washed every 3 weeks?

Do you iron? I’m terrible at ironing. Not sure it’s still a thing, that’s why I ask

Interesting. I literally do everything you mention, except I do the loo and shower screen every day. And I don't always put my laundry away. But my house is really not clean and tidy all the time. It always looks like it needs some help. I think we just have way too much clutter.

What about dusting, polishing, wiping surfaces and windows?

I think tidying as you go and not having clutter helps.

What is your routine when you get home from work?

I find I get home, I cook and do a bit of cleaning. Then I eat and watch some Tv and then it’s time for bed.
I struggle to find the time to fit it all in and now I’ve started running after work so there’s even less time.
Then weekends, it’s shopping and ferrying kids round etc.