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Post by RioDuranie on Nov 14, 2007 18:17:13 GMT -5
I read some where that it takes 11 days to change a bad habit. How ever you must be consistent on each of those 11 days.
At least my house is untidy from her not putting stuff away. I can not ever live in a house that is disgusting from food and dirt. I'd go crazy and get sick
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Post by enviedlady11 on Nov 14, 2007 18:21:54 GMT -5
I have gotten up in the middle of the night, like 3am, to clean because I knew something was dirty in the house. OCD much? Why, yes, I DO!
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Post by stuporfly on Nov 14, 2007 18:24:23 GMT -5
That's what I wanna know, how long do they keep those houses up after the camera crews have left? Right, the guy is waving at the camera crew from the living room window as their van heads down the driveway. As soon as they're out of view, he turns around and takes a shit in the middle of the floor.
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Post by ksarah on Nov 14, 2007 18:35:53 GMT -5
When they had their American series, there was this one woman (living in complete filth of course) who ended up having a couple of grand tucked between the garbage.... It was like a treasure hunt!
Ew.
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Post by RuthsHere on Nov 14, 2007 19:35:23 GMT -5
this is EXACTLY how it happens. I helped a few people in this situation and frankly it overwhelms me to think about it. (don't think - just do)
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Post by iami on Nov 14, 2007 19:37:57 GMT -5
Geez, I dunno, I have a lot of dog hair on the floor at the moment. No yellow papers though. We recycle. The yellow papers are all in the garage waiting to be taken to the recycling station. No, we don't have roadside pick-up. It sucks.
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Post by Lipstx4evr on Nov 14, 2007 21:40:35 GMT -5
This is one of my daughter's favorite shows. She plays "Kim and Aggie" and she and I clean the house. She's big on baking soda and borax. She even made me buy borax to do the tubs with, because it was better for the air then the cleanser I was spraying. You can just imagine the conversation we had on the aisle at the store when she asked what the box on the shel was, I told her borax, and she went into her long speech about the benefits of borax as a cleanser, almost word for word from the show. (Did I mention she's 3?)
Needless to say, if my house gets messy she threatens to call Kim and Aggie on me.
; ) Heather
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Post by vsb on Nov 14, 2007 22:59:37 GMT -5
Hmm . . . I don't know if that show is on here in Oz . . . will have to check the BBC listings, but my husband watches all the same shows as Stuporfly, it sounds like (Cash in the Attic, Bargain Hunt, etc. . . . what is it with guys and these shows?!? All of the guys that I know love them!) so you think we should have seen ads for the show if it were on here. Drats!
Anyway, I think people need to keep in mind that dirty and messy are NOT the same thing. You can have a house that is tidy (everything is in its spot) yet dirty (floors need mopping/vacuuming, shelves need dusting, etc.), and vice versa. Hell, the other day I cleaned the whole house, then my husband came home and dropped his jacket and tie on one chair, threw his socks and shoes on the floor, made a mess of the stacks of papers on the coffee table, dropped newspapers and ripped-open envelopes from the mail everywhere, etc. The house had become indisputably messy, but it was still fundamentally clean. (And am I the only one who has a husband who has such a special talent for making a mess?) Just something to keep in mind b/c some of the previous posts seem to treat dirty and messy as synonyms . . . .
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Post by eeyoresmiles on Nov 15, 2007 0:19:21 GMT -5
@ vsb..my husband does the same thing. Right now he is in Alabama during the week, and home on the weekends. My house is tidy until he gets home, then it's like some storm has ripped through. I'm glad to see him, but I want to smack him upside his head with his dirty socks..you know the one sock that's in the doorway and the other that's in the living room. I like the show, I watch it when I'm at my parents. I like the tips..the uses of vinegar, baking soda, etc. I have several pets inside, and it's always a race to see if I can keep up with the messes they make.
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Post by somenewromantic on Nov 15, 2007 0:58:34 GMT -5
My house is clean--I couldn't abide filth--but there are specific areas of clutter.......
The island in the kitchen. This place is a catch-all. It seems like everyone walks into the garage, and puts down whatever they have in their hand on the island.....mail, car keys, schoolbooks and various other paraphernalia.
The floor in the laundry room. The kids toss their backpacks in there, and take their shoes off in there. They're supposed to put their backpacks in the front closet, but........
MY SON'S ROOM. This is a never-ending battle. I don't know if it's his age, or if he's trying to drive me mad, but his room makes me crazy. And his definition of clean is definitely not mine. To make matters worse, I am now having to inspect him every morning to ensure he is wearing socks....here lately, he hasn't been, and when he takes off his shoes in the afternoon.....well, I won't elaborate, except to say I send him to scrub his feet, following him with the Febreeze as he goes.
Right now, my room is a little cluttered, as I'm cleaning out my closet and getting ready to paint.
But dirty kitchen, bathrooms, floors.......no-o-o-o-o-o-o. That's just nasty. I went out and bought one of those automatic shower cleaners for my shower--it's more difficult to clean without the tub.....best $25 I ever spent.
My husband will put everything in it's place.....but he doesn't seem to notice when things are dirty. He doesn't care if there's six inches of dust on the shelves in the living room...just so long as the shelves are neat. And this drives me crazy: I tell him, when I'm cleaning house, not to do the floors first--clean the shelves, counters, etc., before the floors. If you don't, it's counterproductive--you just wipe all this shit off on your clean floor.....don't clean the foyer floor before you've cleaned the stairs, or you'll dust the shit off the stairs onto a clean foyer floor. He rolls his eyes.
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