Page 2 | FLY on FRIDAY - sweep & mop kitchen floor

JessaJackOLantern · 13/10/2006 11:24

DH has slipped back into leaving breakfast/lunch bowls on the table inthe dining room instead of taking them into the kitchen...drives me nuts!! "but I have ds/I have no time" he protests..."how come I manage to do it when I have ds and no time then? Take them farking with you when you go to check the back door is locked befor eyouleave for work/nursery"...

They stayed there, festering, for about a week, gaining friends, and then, mysteriously, last night, verrily did mysteriously appear unto mine eyes, in the region known as 'next to sink' a pile of bowls and plates !!! Progress!!

theHAUNTEDhazelnut · 13/10/2006 11:39

Morning all. I done the mission without seeing it. It was 1 of the first jobs I done after the DSs went off to school. I was fedup with seeing the mess/dirt on the floor. I need to get a mat for inside the back door. It has to go 1 side of the door or it wont open. There is not enough room between the bottom of the door and the floor. I have done 2 cupboards in the kitchen as well.
Jobs that I want to do now are
1, 1 more kitchen cupboard to do.
2, Hoover the house.
3, Clean the fridge inside and out.
4, Finish drying the washing and put it all away.
5, Go into town and get DSs from school and maybe go to the park. (if the weather lets us)
I am just having a coffee now and seeing if the internet was working today as I could not get any pages to load last night.
There is no DH or DP here so I can only moan about DC and my mess. So I dont get any one else to moan about apart from me or is that lol

Hope everyone have a good day. The weekend starts soon

cod · 13/10/2006 11:45

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PinkTulips · 13/10/2006 11:55

morning all.

my kitchen flor was done 2 days ago so won't be bothering to do it again. whole downstairs gets swept every evening anyway when missy goes to bed (the joy of white tiles and a toddler!)

skribble, sounds just like my dp. doesn't understand that i'm not doing the cleaning because it fun but because it needs to be done. thinks bringing the bin out is helping me, but refuses to do it til its actually overflowing all over the floor (2nd floor flat, so i can't get down to dumpsters with bin bag and toddler and baby at the same time in case anyone is wondering why i don't do it.)

he cooks food for himself, i end up cleaning it all up and rising the dishes and stacking the dishwasher. as for the basket idea, dp has an old biscuit tin on the table where he's supposed to put his keys, wallet, phone, tobacco, etc, instead the ignores the tin and strews them all over the table along with anything else he's accumulated through the day.

and even worse, he's unemployed at the minute so realisically he should be doing half of it! he took dd (how kind of him minding his own child) while i did some much needed cleaning the other day. was in a foul mood with him that evening as i was still running around doing everything for dd and doing her bath. he had the nerve to say 'you haven't done more than me today you know, you've just been up here cleaning all day'

PinkTulips · 13/10/2006 11:58

only do what once a week cod?

cod · 13/10/2006 11:58

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PinkTulips · 13/10/2006 12:01

i only do yeah, don't know abpout others. it could do with more but all our downsatairs is one room so can't do it while dd is here, tend to do it after she goes to bed and it's a several hou long process of doing prt of the room, shivering withdorrs open while it dries, and then doing the other half.

don't even want to do it once a week tbh, but have to.

jasnDISMemBERED · 13/10/2006 12:05

I'm doing my floor three times a week (it's on my saddo timetable) I did it yesterday, so I'm leaving it today.

No time to read, busy day today...may be back tonight.

cod · 13/10/2006 12:10

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IvortheEngine · 13/10/2006 12:12

Yikes! Am I a slovenly person or am I incredibly clever that our kitchen floor only needs to be mopped once a week despite there being 4 of us plus a cat and a dog?

PinkTulips · 13/10/2006 12:16

four of us and a cat here too ivor

i'd like to see even the magnificent cod manage mine more often though. bloody depressing job that takes far longer than it reasonably should.

i'm a bit anal about wiping up marks and spills though, if theres a drop of tea on hte floor i'm at it with the spray and cloth within seconds.... does this mean i'm slightly less of a dirty cow? or just frantically trying to avoid mopping!

cod · 13/10/2006 12:17

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SusiSkelletonInTheCloset · 13/10/2006 12:19

ohhhhhhhh i was reading and reading and nodding and nodding - can i throw my dp in?!?!?!
yes yes yes - i tidy and surfaces appear and he puts his things down and covers everything up again!!

i have to say he is fab with the kids! but that's about it - nothing household related. i have to think for all of us, plan for all of us, do for all of us.
he will feed them but leaves everything on the table; even dd in her highchair and disappears into his office!!
yes to dirty washing in the bedroom. it's a 'corner' now dedicated to it
i tried to take it downstairs every morning but rather difficult with 2 kids crying for food and attention. and he comes home at 7am, fair enough goes straight to bed and that's me done upstairs till 3ish - not easy

well - let's move on
took both kids out shopping! i know - manic!! but i had to get them outside or i'd gone crazy! - so that's done. they are fed.
on a plus side i've met a friend in the supermarket and will meet up with her later (her ds is same age as mine) so that could be nice

not done much flying though - i am just about to do ydays mission - cleaning the worktops properly - but in the process i get to move things and think of different places to put them; that makes me clean other things and so on and so on ... aaaaaahhhhhhh, the perfectionismus again! i have to stop it

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 13/10/2006 12:23

I sweep the kitchen floor every day, but it gets mopped once a week.

PinkTulips · 13/10/2006 12:32

phew, at least i'm not the only one

boomie · 13/10/2006 12:43

me too, swept or "dysoned" every day but mopped once a week.

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batinshoes · 13/10/2006 13:06

me too. i sweep every day or every other day and mop once a week.

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SusiSkelletonInTheCloset · 13/10/2006 13:11

same here - just sweeped downstairs

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 13/10/2006 13:11

Well I have now swept kitchen floor, wiped down all surfaces including appliances (as i didnt do it yesterday) dishwasher is loaded with breakfast and lunch things and i have tidied and hoovered lounge.

Upstairs is still tidy - which is unheard of - DH has finally got into a routine of dirty washing at top of stairs to be taken down first thing in the morning and folding his work clothes and jeans rather than leaving them in a heap on the floor!

Only manage to make the bed a few times a week - not sure why, just never get round to it!

Girls room is kept tidy now too - anything got out gets put back again before bed.

Bathroom and toilet get a swish and swipe ALMOST daily!

SusiSkelletonInTheCloset · 13/10/2006 13:12

ohhh i just realised - friday the 13th

scarymaryme · 13/10/2006 13:15

hello..... I read all the threads but don't usually say a lot... have wondered about the fly thing but not too sure what it is all about!

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 13/10/2006 13:19

hi scarymary!!

FLY is so easy - 15 minute bursts so you dont get worn out.

I tend to have certain things i do daily, and then the mission each day too.

We dont always manage them, but hey, thats life!!!

Its all about baby steps to get the place clean and tidy and clutter free!!!

scarymaryme · 13/10/2006 13:23

Ah....thats what I need! I love the housekeeping thread, all the tips and knowing there are other housework slaves makes me feel much better! I have done washing, wiped my washing machine down...dd2 has just learned to pull up on it! I need to fold clothes and put away, vaccum, general tidy...and would like to make cakes too...just end up glued to the computer though!!!!

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 13/10/2006 13:26

i know that feeling!!

I need to do some washing and tumble drying, but will wait until i can get one of the girls to sleep this afternoon - who knows which one it will be but one of them is going for a sleep whether they like it or not!!!

Becky is pulling herself up on everything at the moment too, hence wiped down the appliances - sticky finger marks!!!

Other than the washing and ironing, and of course that hot spot called filing (that has been sat for well over a week now) im done for today!

Skribble · 13/10/2006 13:34

IvortheEngine I can understand that he doesn't want to use anything too fluffy, but all he does is dry his hand on it after cleaning each contact, he does reuse the same one, I will suggest a bit of kitchen paper instead of leaving a damp folded up teatowel lying.

As for kitchen floors, I sweept all the time , i have one of those dustpan and brushes on sticks form the pound shop, so I sweep p little bits as I go, mopping well when it needs it, but spills and splashes are wiped with squoose and kitchen paper straight away.

I found an old rota that I did for DH and he had less on it to so than the kids, I chucked it way after a week. PinkTulips I think yours DH trumps mine though. IF DH wasn't working then he probably wouldn't be much better.

He works pretty much all the time and I work only a few short shifts occasionally so I don't expect him to do 50% just bloody clear up after himself and take note of how things work or do get done. I suppose his lif revolves around his work, but mine revolves around my kids DH's family, the house and work is something I do if I can fit it in and get a babysitter.

Perhaps if I explained that I am not asking for a 50/50 spilt of household stuff just to clear up after himself and take more intereset in family life in general that that would be a step in the right direction.