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Yael
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 Wed, Feb 16 2005, 4:53 pm
Today I came up with this great idea that will help me clean up. it gets me to clean up in the first place, do a good job, and be excited about it. and best of all it allows my husband to appreciate the work I did.
and now, presenting........
without further ado.....
drumroll please......
the digital camera!!!!!!!
:redface
for those of you who said huh?, I will explain.
you take a picture of the messy room to clean, trying to get the best angle so you can see alllllll of the mess. whatever fits in the veiw of the camera is all you have to clean, (for now). now looking at your picture, you clean up all the things that are out of place, then you take a picture of the same area, and voila!! before.. and after...!!!! gives you a great feeling of satisfaction, looking at those 2 pictures. now you want that clean picture to look really nice so you can show off to your husband, friends, mother, the great job you did, so make sure you really clean well.
then repeat with all sections of the house needing to be cleaned.
when showing off your pictures be sure to mention the work that is not shown in the picture, like sweeping crumbs that you cant see, or mopping up a spill of water. or the toys that didnt make it into the angle of the picture.
I'm debating whether or not to show off my pictures from today's cleanup!!
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sarahd
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Wed, Feb 16 2005, 5:00 pm
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Pleae do! That's a really good idea. I used to pretend that someone was watching me clean and being a bit of a show-oof, I was always inspired to do a great job. Then I grew up and stopped caring so much about what others thought of my housekeeping abilities, so it stopped working!
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technic
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Wed, Feb 16 2005, 5:20 pm
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yael that reminds me of the cartoon where hubby comes home 2 utter chaos and asks wife (lolling on couch munching chocs, oblivious 2 all around her) what on earth has happened - she replies " remember how u always ask me what I do all day? well 2day I didnt do it!!!"
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Tefila
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Wed, Feb 16 2005, 5:29 pm
Invite guests more often and your home will be transformed guaranteed. Yael Great idea 
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Tefila
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Wed, Feb 16 2005, 9:36 pm
| Quote: | | or shoved into the depths of the clausets to never be found again! |
Pssss I've done that too 
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ForeverYoung
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Wed, Feb 16 2005, 10:33 pm
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show me 1 person who never did!!!
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supermom
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Thu, Feb 17 2005, 3:56 am
| freilich wrote: | | Quote: | | or shoved into the depths of the clausets to never be found again! |
Pssss I've done that too |
Hey freilich I thought your house was so squeaky clean that I was able to lick off the floors. I am quite disappionted 
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Pearl
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Thu, Feb 17 2005, 5:58 am
Yael, great idea, can't wait for those pics demo!!!
technic - LOL!!!
and Fy + Frei - opening closets is a safety hazard in most household!
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BasHashem
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Thu, Feb 17 2005, 9:00 am
GREAT IDEA! but the only problem I see in my life, is no one cares but me, my kids and husband dont care if the house is clean or not. I am the one who gets annoyed!
I love a clean house, but I hate cleaning....I love thursdays, yeah that's when the cleaning ldy comes g-d bless her.
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ForeverYoung
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Thu, Feb 17 2005, 1:13 pm
| Quote: | | opening closets is a safety hazard in most household! |
LOL LOL LOL LOL, Pnina
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Tefila
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Thu, Feb 17 2005, 4:04 pm
Super you can lick my floors.At your own risk though!
But certainly not my closets 
No need to be disappointed 
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lucy
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Tue, Feb 22 2005, 3:19 pm
[ - opening closets is a safety hazard in most household![/quote]
Why do you think they have latches? Its to hold the doors closed from exploding open!hahahahaha
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technic
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Tue, Feb 22 2005, 4:26 pm
lucy I c uve been 2 my hse 
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Rivka
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Sat, Mar 19 2005, 7:30 pm
technic you are not meant to admit to it. I don't have a closet...I have one little space where I put my hoover and my ironing board is in the bathroom along with the iron which is on the windowsill.
I make sure to get the house clean by Wednesday and this week I was happily surprised to find that my son had not made the floors dirty with crumbs, so I didn't need to hoover twice a week like I usually have to.
Worst thing for me is cleaning the dishes in the kitchen and sweeping the floor there because the floor was put in by some bampot who didn't know what he/she was doing and so it isn't tacked down properly and now it is raised in places and all un-even and is moving further away from the walls.
Maybe this year we will go out and get a new floor.
I like your idea yael, very good. Maybe I shall try it...I should have done it when I tidied up the windowsill where we keep the non cordless and I would have got such nachas...I would have framed the pics. Maybe we should have a photo gallery on here of before and after pics and vote.
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Liba
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Tue, Mar 22 2005, 1:34 pm
LOL I wished that I had taken before photos after we were done getting the house beautiful for the open house. We had to clean everything! The closets and kitchen cabinetts were fair game for opening too so they were all cleaned out and organised as well. It feels wonderful to have it done but it was a lot of work! We got rid of a lot of clutter and stuff we just didn't need or use so keeping the house looking picture perfect is much easier now.
I really wished we had taken before pictures though 
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indianamom4
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Tue, Mar 22 2005, 10:28 pm
my favorite way to keep clean- my DH!!
and I think that indymom would agree 
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IndyMom
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Tue, Mar 22 2005, 11:20 pm
Indianamom - at least you clean when he isnt around. I never clean, and our house is spotless. Your brother has ulcers from all the stress he goes through to get the house clean. (has anyone figured out that we are SILS?)
Have any of you ladies heard of flylady? She has a 10 minute a day cleaning routine that keeps your house very presentable. I can't remember her website, I think it is through yahoo groups or something.
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proudmommy0f4
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Mon, Mar 28 2005, 3:52 pm
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I recently found the flylady site too - (it's http://www.flylady.com/ ) I kinda like it, I just take the parts I like and ignore the rest. Be warned, you get a flood of email if you sign up for her email list.
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