Yes you can make progress........just do it in baby steps. I used to be swamped with laundry or so it seemed until I started having my daughter (age 13) and my oldest son (age 15) do their own laundry twice a week. Now my youngest son (age 10) wants to do his own laundry so I have given him two days a week and I help him. The only clothes I wash now are my husbands, towels, an occasional load of whites (namely if the kids dont have a full load of them) and my own clothes and bedstuff. It has worked out wonderfully. So here is my chore chart for each kid: (1) Clean their own room (The boys have their own sides to clean since they share a room) I inspect it twice a week (and never on the same day) IF its messy I leave a post it on their door that the maid will be in tomorrow to clean. (needless to say i dont have to do that much because the last time i cleaned I boxed their stuff up and they had to pay me to get it back.) (2) Each do their own laundry (They each have a basket in their room) Jon- Wednesday and Sunday Jessica-Tuesday and Friday Lee- Monday and Thursday I wash what is needed of mine stuff while they are in school. (3) Each has one individual chore Jon-Take trash out (put on curb if its trash night) Jessica-Supper dishes Lee- Pick up dog toys and make sure inside dog bowls have water and food every evening.
Hugs, Ardella At 11:19 PM 1/15/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Boy do I know that feeling!!!!! I have my living room looking perfect and >my 13 and 15 year old kids come home and within minutes it's a pig sty! >Plates, socks, shoes, backpacs, coats, remote controls....you name it! I >just can't keep up with it! Then at night I'm too tired to make it all nice >again so the day starts all over again-now I'm starting a job so who knows >when things will get done. Can you still de-clutter and make serious >progress and work and still run everyone around to their appointments? I >hope so! >Maria >in Williamsville *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
