It has been my experience the past 4 years that I am unable to keep our house clean if I am working fulltime.  Heck, I had a hard time keeping it clean even when I was home with Big Brother.  Recently I put much of my efforts into keeping just our living area and kitchen clean each night.  I actually did well–The area remained clean for almost a month.  I dusted regularly, vaccumed a couple of times each week.  Each night I did all the dishes, cleaned off the kitchen counters and the dining room table.  I would clean up all the toys in the living room and straighten any mess that we had made.  I did this without fail and went to bed exhausted each night.  I had worked all day, picked up the boys, come home and made dinner, put the boys to bed and then cleaned the kitchen.  Now, I don’t want to sound like a martyr–My husband helped me, as he always does.  Anyway, I was exhausted.  Then, night float came…and I couldn’t hack it by myself.  The house went to shit–and now here we are.  The house is once again a mess (back to its normal look) and I am typing on the computer. 

Any suggestions?  I have tried the method of cleaning certain parts of the house at different times of the week, but let’s face it–I was only trying to keep the living room and kitchen clean.  I was not even worrying about the rest of the house.  I am thinking I am probably not quite organized enough to tackle a different part of the house at different times of the week.  The other thing that bothers me is not ever having things clean because when I only clean part of the house it is impossible to ever see all of it clean at the same time.  Any ideas would be much appreciated. 

 

 

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