A Neat and Clean House vs Children

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A Neat and Clean House vs Children
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Tue, 07-27-2010 - 8:35am

For those of you who like a neat and clean house, how do you keep it that way with children?

I find that if I am tied to goal of having a neat and clean house, I become a raging shrew against my children as they proceed to undo all the neatness I have worked so hard to attain. If I made a "neat and clean house" my goal, my children would not have their messy projects that take days/weeks to complete. My children would not pick up a book (casually left out)as they walk through the family room and browse through- discovering once again the mother actually knows about a few good books. I would let them watch more tv/computer time, as they don't make things as messy when they do. I would squash their ideas if I thought it would make too much of a mess. I wouldn't let them cook/experiment in the kitchen- as it is usually more work for me to clean up after they have "cleaned up". So, how do you inspire creativity and imagination in a neat and clean house? Are you on top of them to put things away as soon as they are done even if it is temporary? Where do you put the legos?....... Have you ever allowed them to take over the living room with all of their toys arranged in a city complex (thomas the train things were the Metro, legos and blocks were the buildings....)? How long would it stay up? Would let it be up for the summer so they could add to and change tings around as they got new ideas? Or allowed them to take over half of the family room for a month+ while they build and live in a beaver lodge (using all the empty shoe and other boxes and some that weren't empty)? Even if you have to walk around it everyday to get to the kitchen? Or do you require that all toys be put away everyday?

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:04pm

Sshhhhh!


I don't want that info getting out!


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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:05pm
Unless you're getting meat delivered, you're kind of skeeving me out because you said you only do your errands 1 day a week. I would NOT (NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT) be eating any meats on Saturday or Sunday that had been sitting around in the fridge uncooked since last Monday. Even Thursday and Friday is pushing it...

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:09pm

I just couldn't even go there, lol.


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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:22pm
Unless you're getting meat delivered, you're kind of skeeving me out because you said you only do your errands 1 day a week. I would NOT (NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT) be eating any meats on Saturday or Sunday that had been sitting around in the fridge uncooked since last Monday. Even Thursday and Friday is pushing it...



I go to the grocery store all the time, but only buy meats about once a month. We freeze most of them.

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Registered: 05-13-2009
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:30pm

Polkadots doesn't freeze meat, so your response is not really relevant.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:32pm
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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:33pm
The dates on the meat are all good and they are sell by not use by. I watch that very closely. I have consulted w/butchers on this practice and assured of its safety as long as you follow the guidelines of the date and of course the meat itself and odor associated with it.

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Registered: 07-09-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:35pm
I so love Target! They have so many things to just browse around. I get some good deals there. Their clearance end caps are awesome!

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Registered: 03-02-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:50pm
Are you on the town board that you have pull like that, to be able for a one store to take over another one?
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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 7:51pm
If it weren't a big enough payoff for me, I can't say I'd do as much. It is like a hobby to me so I get enjoyment from it. But I also really like to grocery shop. But if I didn't save so much I can see that I wouldn't use coupons every week on my grocery store run.

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