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 - 11:17pm

if you make your own spaghetti sauce, how do you make yours? TIA.

With ingredients! HTH! Thanks for asking!

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:21pm

forgot the commas, my apologies


tater tots, bread, rolls (list of items)


gee, so sorry I wasn't more clear....watching Debra & Raymond no doubt ha


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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:21pm
if it's anything like Tater tots casserole, it's disgusting.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:25pm

Seriously? That's you're big "ah HA!" moment here? That savcal (like most of America) varies how she makes spaghetti sauce???

Wow. That was lame even by yellow door standards.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:28pm
For something that eats batteries every couple days, I would stop being an idiot and buy rechargable ones already. it takes a special kind of stupid to keep buying disposable batteries for a device that goes through them that quickly.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:29pm

Apparently energizer works great in my tv remotes as they last for what seems like forever and we are always using the tvs (if we are home, they are on).


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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:30pm
You can also easily add them to actual sauce that doesn't taste like tomato colored baby barf.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:32pm
Seriously. I could add onions, peppers and mushrooms to dog poop, too. But if I pour it over spaghetti and eat it, I'm still eating dog poop. Adding them to Ragu is virtually the same. Except most dogs have more pride than to roll in Ragu.

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:32pm

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Tue, 08-03-2010 - 11:37pm

The directions say to not use rechargable batteries in the wii


We have rechargable batteries plugged in many areas of the house and use them alot but not in the wii according to the specified directions.


My newest digital camera has in big bold letters the same thing to NOT USE rechargable batteries. Color me disappointed as much as I use that camera!


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