Plucky Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 A clean house or kids that are incredible writers and excelling at math? (Please tell me it's the academics.) I cannot do it all and am so tired. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Academics!!! Maybe they'll win a Nobel Prize, become filthy rich, and pay for us all to have maid service! :D Just ignore the dust bunnies. I'd rather have them on the floor than in my kids' heads. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Take the academics. You can clean the house in 12 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Clean your desk, making it immaculate enough to trick yourself into believing the remainder of the house is equally white-glove ready. :lol: Denial is a beautiful skill when you're busy teaching future Nobel Prize winners! The house will be clean and quiet someday. Enjoy the chaos now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Academics. But the dirty house was bugging me so I hired someone to come in every 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Well anyone who has been to my home knows what I chose... :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I ask myself this every day. Academics always win. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Academics win hands down. But I'm also training the kids to help me to have a sort of clean house - sort of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMum Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Time to get those kids of yours working with you! My grade2 son is a whizz at polishing furniture and plumping up cushions. He is now learning how to clean his own toilet (he has bad aim - blerk!). He also sorts the laundry into piles for each person which I then fold but your kids are old enough to do themselves. There is no reason, short of tetraplegia, why your kids should not be keeping their rooms, work areas and family areas tidy, and taking responsibility for cleaning duties such as bathrooms, vacuuming etc. Even my 2 year old can wipe down windows. It will take some time and effort on your part to get them to a point where they are reliable about following through without you standing over them. But once they are - what a pleasure for you! Make a list of what needs doing, write out the steps and assign tasks. Then teach each child how to do each task. Do this during the next set of holidays if the initial effort is going to be too time-consuming. Life skills such as these are a vital part of any curriculum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I saw a magnet the other day: Pick one - clean house or teach the kids I don't think we can do it all; we're not meant to do it all. I am working on training the kids to help and I am also working to ignore that which cannot be done right now. :) It is the season of life that I'm in right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 My kids help out a lot. As kids get older they spend more time on schoolwork. Its been an exceptionally busy week for us, definitely not the norm. Too much school, too many responsibilities outside the home with deadline crunches. Trust me my kiddos are great helpers. In fact, shortly after one poster told me to clean my desk I picked myself up by the bootstraps and we all cleaned up for 30 mins. Much better. Ahhhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Thanks everyone! I had one of those weak moments where I was feeling overwhelmed and posted. I should know to let it pass. LOL We did a 30 minute speed clean and the place is so much better. Its been an incredibly busy week for us and I fell short of my high expectations. I need to lighten up a little and not expect so much from myself. Live and learn I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Academics win hands down. But I'm also training the kids to help me to have a sort of clean house - sort of. I'm a huge advocate of training kids to help out and mine do, too. Some days/weeks though we're so busy the whole plan falls apart. Hoping next week is not so crazy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMum Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 My kids help out a lot. As kids get older they spend more time on schoolwork. Its been an exceptionally busy week for us, definitely not the norm. Too much school, too many responsibilities outside the home with deadline crunches. Trust me my kiddos are great helpers. In fact, shortly after one poster told me to clean my desk I picked myself up by the bootstraps and we all cleaned up for 30 mins. Much better. Ahhhh. LOL! Well if it is an 'off' week then don't beat yourself up about it. We all have those weeks where we stand in the doorway and wonder if it will ever be clean again and maybe we should just find another house! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 A clean house or kids that are incredible writers and excelling at math? (Please tell me it's the academics.) I cannot do it all and am so tired. Ugh. I can't function in a dirty house. Really. We have to do both. My kids do both. They help keep our lives functioning normally b/c I can't do it all, nor do I have to. Sorry. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Right there with ya. :cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I don't think I've really cleaned my house since the beginning of August, before we started school. I sorta went berserk today. We had a day at home and I cleaned and cleaned. Luckily, it worked out that my son had a ton of stuff lined up to do and worked well alone, for the most part, or I couldn't have gotten done what I did. My husband even noticed when he got home, LOL! I keep telling folks that we'll all have clean houses, someday, when our children grow up and are busy off on their own - but the reality is that at this point in my life, I'm thinkin' I'll have so much other stuff lined up to do that it'll never really be clean, oh well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Go for the kids. Get the kids to help and clean when you can. There is only so much time in a day and some of us just can't get it all done. I think I just don't like cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I can't stand filthy floors, dirty dishes, and yucky bathrooms, but clutter abounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticklbee Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 My girls cleaned their rooms on Monday...I mean a deep, under the bed, behind the dresser, in the closet clean. It took the hours because they are like pack rats and save everything. I called it "Practical Arts" which I am required to teach by NYS law. Yippee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Lately the clean house had fallen by the wayside. I've tried for two weeks now to just do a nightly pick up and clean on Saturdays. It isn't working. I've got to go back to my old routine. I can't stand it any more. Things are getting so bad that I don't even want to do school in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Academics. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in the Kootenays Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 But if I got to pick, I'd pick academics. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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