Small poll about how you run your house

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Small poll about how you run your house
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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 3:50pm

I have a bit of a poll. I am just wondering if anyone else's house works the same as mine.

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?

2. Who does the cooking in your house?

3. Who does the cleaning?

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often?

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership)

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they?

7. How often do you do laundry?

8. How often do you clean the house?

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 4:00pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?

I go every 2 weeks and take both kids with me. I do first thing in the morning when they are in a good mood (although it doesn't always end up being a nice trip out LOL!)

2. Who does the cooking in your house?

ME!! DH has taken a liking to the desserts on Take Home Chef, so he has been trying his hand at those.

3. Who does the cleaning? ME!!

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often?

About once every 2 weeks my best friend and I go out without the kids for a coffee or dessert or ice cream.

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership)

In September I will start working. I am a volleyball coach and am starting a new job teaching volleyball (Tuesday evenings and Saturday late afternoon - each are for 2 hours) I also have joined an exercise program one day a week (the one for the fall is called Strollersize and is in the mornings and I will take my 2 year old with me (in the stoller obviosuly, while 4 yr old is in Kindergarten) and the winter one is a Pilates on the ball class and is in the evening. I also will play volleyball one night a week from Sept - March.

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they? I have 2 girls aged 2 and 4 years

7. How often do you do laundry?

Sundays is our laundry day. DH has been helping out a bit with this. We have a Whirlpool Duet so we only have to do about 3 large loads (1 dark, 1 light, 1 towels) and I do bedding during the week when I have a free day.

8. How often do you clean the house?

About once every 2 weeks for major stuff like tiolets. The kitchen is always clean, because I hate it dirty! It gets cleaned every morning. I have a nice system for the kitchen now...dishwasher gets run at night and I clean it out in the morning and clean up the kitchen then.

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 4:07pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you? I do it most of the time, Dh goes when we go to Costco. Sometimes the kids go, but mostly just me.


2. Who does the cooking in your house? Me, unless we BBQ, then DH does it.


3. Who does the cleaning? Well, that would be me again. But DH will do it if he gets up before me or I'm not home.


4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often? Nope. But I wish i could get a few good friends. Had to step back from some of them...to much drama!


5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership) Nope. I have an anxiety issue that pretty much keeps me at home.


6. How many kids do you have and how old are they? I have three, 14, 11 and 2 1/2.


7. How often do you do laundry?


 


 



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Registered: 01-25-2005
Mon, 08-21-2006 - 4:08pm

Well I'll jump right in here and answer this poll as sort of a newbie introduction!


1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?


I do it 85% of the time. DH loves to grocery shop but he always gets too much stuff! We do it as a family maybe once a month, then we realize why we don't do it as a family - but then we tend to forget after a few weeks and do it again! Our favorite is to do it as a couple but that hardly ever happens.


2. Who does the cooking in your house?


I do 90% of the cooking. DH does outside grilling and makes a batch of chili every once in a while.


3. Who does the cleaning?


Me, almost 100%. With whatever help I can get out of the kids. DH does his own laundry.


4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often?


No. DH works late a lot and besides I don't really have any girlfriends in this town.


5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership)


No. But I am volunteering to help in DS's classroom a little.


6. How many kids do you have and how old are they?


 
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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 4:21pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?

 

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 4:29pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?
--DH and I both do, but I usually make up the list and send him with it when he does it. I probably grocery shop more than he does, but he'll stop off on his way home from work and pick up a few things several times/week. When I go, I try to go on the weekends, so DH stays home with the kids. I avoid taking them at all costs.

2. Who does the cooking in your house?
--Mostly my husband. I do it about 2-3x week, he does it the rest of the time. I have cooked twice (steak fajitas, and macaroni casserole) in the past week +

3. Who does the cleaning?
--We both do, but I do it more. He cleaned the bathrooms this weekend, but I vaccuumed the downstairs and basement, and cleaned the fridge and oven.

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often?
--OH YES!! I would die otherwise. We all need a break! I go out about 2x/month. I belong to a Bunco group, and also a Twin Moms' Club.

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership)
--Nope. My kids have soccer and CCD though.

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they?
--Matthew is turning 8 on September 15.
--Justin is turning 5 on Thursday (Aug 24).
--Identical twins Jenna and Tessa are turning 3 on Sept 10th.
All their birthdays are coming up!!

7. How often do you do laundry?
--About 2 loads every day, on average; more on the weekends. And that is one thing my DH is not allowed to TOUCH, LOL!!

8. How often do you clean the house?
--I probably straighten and pick up every day, and wipe down the countertops and sweep the kitchen floor (or DH does it if I cook), but we do all other cleaning on the weekends, unless there's something specifically I need to clean. We are also very blessed in that my DH got me a maid service after the twins were born, and they come every 2 weeks and clean from top-to-bottom and do a very thorough job, so I know the house will be deep-cleaned at least 2x per month. We have a very big house, and it's hard to keep up with.

Sofia




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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 5:21pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you? Half the time I do it alone and the other half is as a family or with my daughter (she hates grocery shopping).

2. Who does the cooking in your house? I do the cooking all the time when we do eat at home (haha).

3. Who does the cleaning? I do all the cleaning.

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often? No I really don't have any friends close by.

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership) Other than shopping just daily walks is all.

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they? One child Hanna who is 4 1/2 yrs old

7. How often do you do laundry? Not enough!! When my husband complains he is out of socks and underwear and I have nothing left to wear. I want a laundry shoot!!

8. How often do you clean the house? Everyday and deep cleaning once a week.

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 6:43pm

Ooo I'm looking forward to reading the answers here.

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you? A) I do. We used to do it together, and then I would do it with just Caroline, but now that Christopher is here and...well, he is miserable to take anywhere, grocery shopping is practically a sinfull indulgence---I go alone and I take my dear sweet time while daddy gets quality hours with the kidlets:-)

2. Who does the cooking in your house? A) Me, I really like to cook. Dan does breakfast though, I've never ever had better french toast than the ones he makes. The man is gifted.

3. Who does the cleaning? A) Mostly me. Caroline is old enough that she cleans her mess though.

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often? A) I used to when I lived near them. Now I live in BFE, so I've got no close friends yet and nowhere really to go if/when I make some.

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership) A) Not really by myself. As a family we do all sorts of stuff outside the house, but alone--eh I'm too lazy and outside isn't air conditioned/heated.

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they? A)Caroline, 5 and Christopher, 10 months.

7. How often do you do laundry? A)More than once is too often!! I do it when there's enough for a full load, or when Caroline runs out of underpants.

8. How often do you clean the house? A)I have a schedule.
Monday> Mop, Vacuum, Swiffer (which I didn't do on this lovely lazy Monday).
Tuesday> Dining room.
Wednesday> Bathrooms and changing sheets.
Thursday> Living room.
Friday> Kitchen.

I hate to clean, so if I only have one smaller job to do it makes it easier. I also do dishes and laundry as needed.

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 7:10pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you?

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Mon, 08-21-2006 - 8:16pm

1. Who does the grocery shopping? Do you do it as a family or alone? Do you take the kids with you? I always do the grocery shopping and always take the kids.

2. Who does the cooking in your house? I do 100% of the cooking for our family.

3. Who does the cleaning? i do 100% of the cleaning.

4. Do you ever get out with girl-friend(s) for dinner or movie? If so, how often? No. Never without the kids. Ends up being more of a playdate.

5. Do you do any activities outside of the house? (ie: part time work, gym membership) I work part-time but from my home. I am involved with an education group (with my kids) and also the children's program at church.

6. How many kids do you have and how old are they? My kids are 5 and 2.

7. How often do you do laundry? I try to do it twice a week...sometimes it's only once.

8. How often do you clean the house? i have a rotation...every day I do two or three rooms. Plus dishes and trash and stuff like that gets done everyday.

My husband has a very consuming career and we have no family around here. It works out ok. DH tries to spend time with us on Sunday afternoons which happens most of the time.

Jenn

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