Time to ask for help...

[lynda66]

make yourself a cuppa .... and drink it whilst perusing t'interwebby for a cleaner

[Two_Sheds]

I love that - it's getting printed out

Dull women have immaculate houses (or rich ones )

I heard that pome on radio 2 this week. I liked it

[shirlthegirl43]

I've got the 'dull women' one on a fridge magnet, along with the 'you can touch the dust but please don't write in it' one

[bearded bloke]

There is an old adage that could be applied here..........

A place for everything & everything in its place
but (and there always is one) there is another............
The possesions accumulated will always be greater than the space available


Basically without enough storage space you are fighting a losing battle

[shirlthegirl43]

Basically without enough storage space you are fighting a losing battle

Phew, maybe I am not so cr@p as I thought

Might tackle a pile of paperwork tomorrow, there must be some that can get shredded. Trouble is, we don't have the filing cabinet any more (coz himself said it wasn't pretty enough so it had to go)

[binley100]

I seem to do a load of washing every night. It then goes into the airing cupboard and then gets dumped on it's owners beds as the new lot goes in . My kitchen table is never clear of cr@p , unless I'm on one.
I've just said to my OH I'm sick of the stuff in this house and I wish I had a house like his sisters . His answer was "well she's got nothing better to do and her house is not a home !"

My answer to anyone who writes on the telly saying dust me is ...you know where the dusters are !

[northepaul]

I just love you lot


If I tried to do all our laundry like northepaul does I would be washing solidly for each of those days - boys don't half get through clothes

Why shucks Shirl, right back at ya!

I dont wash things that dont need washing - if anyone chucks stuff in the laundry basket thats not dirty (ie jeans worn once etc) it gets chucked right back at them.
I am on a water meter so cant afford to do unneccessary washing!

The problem I have is everyone else in the house making it messy!

[bearded bloke]

My answer to anyone who writes on the telly saying dust me is ...you know where the dusters are !

Anyone who writes in my dust will get a thick ear ,its there for me to draw amusing pictures in immediately before polishing

[lizzylemon]

I've just spent 3 hours cleaning the kitchen of my new home because the previous tenant was, to be blunt, a pig. I'm certain she's never washed her cupboards or walls or floor because ALL of them were covered in accumulated fly sh*t and pen / pencil scribbles and the place is only 2 years old, already trashed!

I now have the hall, landing, down stairs wc, bathroom 2 bedrooms and living room left to clean, plus all wood work and doors because they are in the same condition, but once they are done, it will be quite a while before I do them that level of clean again.

Argh! Proper grim!

IMO there are certain rooms like the kitchen (because of food & eating) and bathroom (because you get clean in them) that I think should be cleaned once a week because of said reasons but the rest of the house is as and when. I try to hoover every week and dust & polish every 2 weeks.

I'm trying to be tidy but sometimes I turn around and wonder where the rugby team went, and then realise it was only me in the house!!

[shirlthegirl43]

LL that sounds horrid. I am not great at cleaning the kitchen cupboards but I have a big clearout of them a couple of times a year and wash them down. The one where jam etc is stored gets done more often as there are always sticky bits that I can't stand.

[FionaH]

LL that sounds horrid. I am not great at cleaning the kitchen cupboards but I have a big clearout of them a couple of times a year and wash them down. The one where jam etc is stored gets done more often as there are always sticky bits that I can't stand.

See, much better than me, can't remember the last time I did that!
When is MM down this end of the country again? Send him round here, couple of hours of this chaos and he will be glad to be back home

[shirlthegirl43]

LOL Fi, he was briefly in Fareham last week but he moved about a lot. Not sure if he is due your way for any length of time now - depends what jobs he gets allocated.

Your house is lovely and welcoming. As others have said - people visit you not the house. I just need to get Madmax to believe that now

[FionaH]

Your house is lovely and welcoming. As others have said - people visit you not the house. I just need to get Madmax to believe that now

Thats very kind of you hon, but my house looks lived in, by the mongolian horde Send him round and I will beat it into him xx

[Two_Sheds]

I've just spent 3 hours cleaning the kitchen of my new home because the previous tenant was, to be blunt, a pig.

Our house was filthy too, and not a rental. The carpet had fleas and cat pee on it, the oven has never been cleaned and there is accumulated grease in it's innerds that I just can't reach, so it smokes like mad if you use it.

Glad you've got your own place though?

[piskieinboots]

Oh dear - I'm a dull woman