Advice needed

[onthethruway01]

My house is in total chaos and turmoil.  I need to clean it bu i work 40 hours a week and come home totally depressed and exhausted.  I don't get much help either.  Any suggestions?  If you ever watch the show Clean House you have a pretty good idea what my home looks like.  Remember, I don't get much cooperation except from Bill who is away on vacation.  Considering he doesn't pay me rent, he should do chores.  Scott and Jessica however just continue to ignore me and throw crap everywhere.  I've been tempted to just shove all their stuff in a bag and throw it out. 

Bill is on vacation now; Scott is leaving for vacation tonight; Jessica will go with the grandparents this weekend for a few days.  I may be alone for this weekend, I'm not sure.  I still work, but have Sundays and Mondays off.

Any neat freaks out there who can give me some suggestions?  I'm really at a loss.  I cringe at the thought of my father coming to visit;  the house is actual his;  he would be mortified to see that we destroyed it.

My thanks in advance.

Comments

[silver-might.livejournal.com]

grab a garbage bag and throw out what you don't need. If anyone wants to say something, let them know they were supposed to keep things where they belong in the first place. It always works.

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

thanks

[julili.livejournal.com]

Well as I always do when I need to have things done:
1. Pull your hair in a ponytail
2. blast a good kpop playlist
3. grab a bag and throw away all the garbage
4. grab another bag and put in all the things that are lying on the floor (clothes, toys ect)
5. when the floor is cleared, vacuum and then clean it with water
6. put stuff in their places, fix furniture and so on
7. dust

I suggest you tackle the biggest room first and then work your way down.

The thing to make this work is to be alone, to shut down your brain and to just do it. Don't look at the clock, don't start to get annoyed and just clean.

When you are done, u need to make a schedule to have the house clean. Myself I vacuum every other day and then I do a big clean on either Friday or Sunday.

U need to take back control over your home so that it doesn't look like a mess again!

Good luck!

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

I will try it.

[julili.livejournal.com]

Unnie hwaiting!

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

I will try, ty

[jean-bee.livejournal.com]

I agree with what everyone says. You're only one person, you cannot be the only one responsible for cleaning the house. There are three other people in your house and after you finish the big clean up, they need to step up and help. Maybe you could make a list of what needs to be done daily and assign people to each task?

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

unfortunately, that never works. They have no idea how to be neat, nor do they care.