Quote From: chdsgrlJudy,
Gee, thought we lost you off these boards for a while.
See, what I do is prioritize. To explain it (again).....
I deep clean my house once a week. That includes completely cleaning bathrooms, toilets, sinks, etc. I clean out the kitchen, the fridge and dust. I vaccum, mop and take care of whatever else needs to be done.
During the week, because I have some really good organizational things in place, it takes me roughly 20 minutes to pick up the day. That's not to say that while the baby and I are playing that we don't pick up her toys when we're done, or the like, but it roughly takes me about 20 minutes to get the house looking the way it did in the morning.
I also have a laundry system. That makes the laundry speed right by. If I throw a load in each day, ir never piles up.
My children are also extremely responsible, and have been taught tasks since they were very young. For example: They are responsible for putting their laundry away.
They both wake up in the morning with enough time to eat breakfast, get their lunches together (which, of course most is made the night before), load their backpacks, brush teeth, brush hair, and they still have time to make their beds and pick up anything that's on the floor.
We have a place for everything, so everything that is out is easily put away.
Meals are planned in advance, as you know, and when I do prepare in the mornings, the baby helps and we make it an activity.
I unload the dishwasher nightly, so during the day I load it, and so it's never an issue with dishes being left.
When you're organized, and know what you're doing, you can literally spend 20 minutes picking stuff up. It's not something I learned overnight, it was a lot of practice with having things in the right place and knowing where everything belonged.
Oh, did I mention that the kids clean their own bathroom, too?? I know it's a shocker, with you thinking I'm a slave and all. But, they are responsible during the week to keep their bathroom clean as well.
So, seeing as the kids take care of their rooms, their bathroom and putting their laundry away, and my husband takes care of all the outside maintainance, there isn't that much left to do that's really rocket science.
If you want to do it, you can do it. For those who say it's impossible, it's just plainly because you don't want to put enough effort into it to get it done.
Diana
Frankly, that doesn't sound like that averages out to 20 minutes a day-maybe we have differnt clocks up here in Canada? It takes me a half hour a day to tidy our house but that isn't all it takes to run a household and certainly not enough to meet Grant's standards. Will you at least admit that for Kelly, who is caring for three very young children and has a husband who really thinks he shouldn't have to help at all, your assertion that she could keep her house clean in 20 minutes a day IS unrealistic?
(BTW-you only clean your bathrooms ONCE a week??-shudder, maybe I'm fussier than I thought)
Dr. Phil revisits the topic of what makes a good wife. Grant and Kelly first appeared on the show because Grant expected his wife to live up to his demanding standards. He wanted a cleaner house, better meals and a sexier spouse. After seven years, his constant criticism and disappointment had her ready to throw in the towel on trying to become the "perfect wife." Dr. Phil’s first talk with Grant and Kelly caused quite a stir as thousands of viewers wrote in choosing sides. How are Grant and Kelly now? Has Grant abandoned his critical ways and his expectation of having a Stepford wife? And why is he no longer wearing his wedding ring? Talk about the show here.
