Daddy Is Tired

“Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share…”

Ahh, the classic cleanup song. And don’t you know, it really makes cleaning up so much fun!

Yech.

I know this will come as a huge shock to anyone who’s visited us, but I hate cleaning the house.  And it’s just possible that I tend to procrastinate on cleaning – perhaps a little too much.  When I announced last week that it was time to clean up, my 4.5 year old shouted “Hooray!”  Uh, yeah…hooray.

Anyway, I have a couple of different approaches to cleaning the house.  The first is the “everyone helps” approach.  This is usually what happens, and is usually the LEAST effective approach.  I end up micromanaging the kids, and after a little while it becomes an all-out attempt to keep them from fighting over some cleaning instrument.  And since I don’t trust them with squirt bottles of ANY variety in the house…well, forget it.

A more effective approach is the “do it myself while the kids are distracted” method.  This either happens at naptime, or I violate the no-TV rule.  Don’t worry, that rule is only for the kids, not for me.  Are you crazy?  Both of those things allow me to get things, but I usually get distracted with more important stuff (*cough*shredheads, programming, twitter*cough*).

Which brings me to the third approach, which we do every other week.  Hire a cleaning service.    It may not get done exactly the way I want it to, but at least something happens!  Plus, how often do you see this after YOU clean?

Just like at a first class hotel!

Of course, you probably don’t see this on top of your fridge after you clean either.  Maybe it’s time for a talk with the cleaners about how they’re spending THEIR time…

Onion skin on top of the fridge - nice!

So how do you clean?  Write about it and you could win!

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