A Neat and Clean House vs Children

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Registered: 07-17-2007
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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Registered: 03-02-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:02pm
IME some people buy jarred sauce and doctor it up for a quick meal.
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Registered: 04-22-2005
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:03pm
We all KNOW that the Duracell batteries last longer. What is being argued (and proven mathematically) is that the Rayovac batteries are a better value.











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Registered: 03-02-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:04pm
So you are not aware of the wii system? If not, they it is hard to debate batteries in the wii and why you would use a longer lasting battery. Thanks.
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Registered: 04-16-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:04pm
This seems silly to me, lol.
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Registered: 05-10-2009
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:07pm

Just because it originates from someone of Italian heritage doesn't mean it's good ...

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Registered: 04-16-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:07pm

Are you kidding me?!


We aren't debating how long the batteries last in the wi, but how much the

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Registered: 05-10-2009
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:08pm
yes, I'm sure some people do. I don't.
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Registered: 01-15-2006
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:08pm

i don't like cookbook recipes esp for spaghetti and sauces, either but that's because i grew up the old fashioned way too..i'd rather admit that my mom's homemade bundt cake recipe includes a yellow cake mix than borrow anotehr person's cookbook recipe for sauce adn call it my own, LOL.

 

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Registered: 03-02-2010
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:08pm

lol!!!


Adding your own ingredients to jarred sauce-a couple of minutes


Making your own sauce-hours


How is that the same? Do you make your own sauce? How long does it take?

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Registered: 05-10-2009
Tue, 08-03-2010 - 10:09pm
I don't use cookbook recipes either for

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