I Love Changing Bed Sheets!

Every Sunday I change everyone's bed sheets!  

It's funny how I hate making the beds daily, but I love changing the bed sheets.  

Well except my oldest son's bed, he sleeps on the top bunk and I hate changing those sheets.

I also clean off our end tables, and Adam's side of the bed.

He likes to eat Reese Cups and drink his water while he watches TV.

So awhile back a gave him a small trash bucket to throw his Reese Cup wrappers in since before he would just throw them on the floor, which really irritated me.

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Cleaning My Couch...OUCH!

Yes, I had to clean off my couch.  Why?  Well we got a new entertainment center last week, it's a little smaller than our last one and I kind of used it was a drop of station (not good).  So I had a huge pile of items that did not belong there, then it all got put on the couch!

Not a good sight!  So the first thing I did was gather some bins and boxes and marked them Keep, Trash/Recycle and Donate.  I sorted everything!

So I spent an hour sorting and putting everything in there "homes".  Well after I clean of the couch, I decided to investigate under the it, because we haven't been able to sit on the left side because some springs broke and I have been procrastinating about fixing it.  Well with a little sweat, muscle and patients I fixed it!  It's like new again!!!

Now my couch looks GREAT!  Not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow?

Starting Again...

Oh where have I been?  I actually was doing really well for awhile, and that could be why I didn't post much on my blog, but unfortunately, I have fallen off the wagon.  So it's time I get back on and start following Flylady again!  I'll be back really soon.  Just wanted to let you all know I AM BACK!

Make Cleaning Fun...Play House Cleaning Bingo!

Cleaning can be boring, tiresome, and just no fun. But who says it has to be like that. I figured out a way to do my daily chores with a little fun, by playing, House Cleaning Bingo! What I do is I generated some Bingo cards and wrote my daily chores on them, scrambled the words, print out the sheet then it's off to clean have fun. I look at my card and decided which chore I do first. Now for each Bingo I get, I reward myself with 15 minutes of computer time (you can reward yourself with what fits you), 5 across, up & down diagonal or 4 corners. After the 15 minutes is up, I work on my board again. Now once I have the board full, I reward myself with an additional 30 minutes of computer time. I take in consideration that there are somethings I have to do that are not on my card, like make lunch, dress the kids etc., so getting some BINGO's may take longer than other BINGO's!

Here is what I've done...

First, I wrote a list of all my chores.
Second, I then went to www.print-bingo.com (which is free) and typed in all my words.
Third, Once I was done, I printed out 5 copies of the boards (you can do more to have more variety).
Fourth, I picked which chore I would do then cross it off once completed.
Fifth, I reward myself for each Bingo I won!

You can do this with your children as well. Write out the childs chores, then have them scramble around to do their chores. You could reward them when the get a Bingo too. You also could print out some draw chips so the chores are more random, which can make it more fun!