I finally come clean!

[Shy Tall Guy]

I can give no excuse, it isn't like I haven't had the time being unemployed and all, but my house has been a total mess for over a year!

So a couple of weeks ago I just had to clean it up - the installer guy was going to come and install my two-way satellite dish, and you could barely make it across my living room without tripping over stuff. So I cleaned everything up in the living room, and just kept going; the kitchen got cleaned, then the bedroom, then the bathroom. Now I am trying to keep everything clean by not letting it get dirty for more than a day. What a concept! I even went outside and used the weed whacker on the edges of the lawn and around the house (although that is LCs job!).

Now it feels both weird and good to have a clean house (well except for the spare bedroom where I store stuff - but even that is clean, you just can't move around in there ). It will take a bit of getting used to - last night when I got up to get something to drink, I kept expecting to run into something on my way to the kitchen!

So, how many of you are total slobs like me?

 

[tswyk]

I'm great about keeping things "picked up", but not so great at the actual CLEANING. I have to be in the mood to tear into that. Luckily, hubby likes cleaning - just not very often. But, when he gets into it - everything sparkles.

Now, my office is another matter...it looks a mess, but I can find anything in 10 seconds. I've always got 3 or more projects going at the same time, so everything is spread out.

He's learned to just stay the hell out of here!

 

[Ezarc]

I clean every now and then. My bedroom is normally the worst of it. The other rooms I am much better at cleaning as I go.
Take Care and Lust Always,
Ezarc

 

[ksmybuttons]

I like clean. I don't mind the clutter as much as I mind the dirt. The kitchen and the bath need to be pristine. The sheets need to be changed weekly and the dirty clothes picked up off the floor. The rest can be variable.

 

[April]

I'm a neat freak at work. Drives my coworkers crazy. But at home, I'm a slob. Clutter everywhere. But I know where everything is. When my husband cleans up, I can't find anything. Hence, I'm STILL looking for my ration card. LOL

 

[sabbathstorm]

I try to keep my place reasonably clean but I'm finding it hard now that I'm back to work. Weekends seem to be cleaning frenzies and laundry.

 

[sassy_siren]

My house is always clean...can't stand a dirty house. plus you never know who might stop over to visit.

 

[pipercatt]

I'm like tswyk, good at picking up things everyday, but I really need to be in the mood to do actual cleaning, so I chose the every couple of week option.

 

[Aphrodisiac]

Slob not I ....


I can not have a messy house , maybe I will have my bedroom messy for a couple of days, but that is all.


I can 't stand to be in a messy house ... when I went over to my friend's apartement, while he was out @ work , I could not help but wash his dishes and clean his bathroom !

 

[Black_Bird]

Cleaning is such a hassle...

 

[Summery]

My friends tell me I am a neat freak. I suppose I am. I like my house to be clean. I can't function in a messy house where everything is scattered about. I have a young child at home, so there's times it looks like a hurricane has come through here. But, you can bet it won't look like that for long.

 

[PacificBlue]

I'm slowly becomming a reformed pack rat. I have to move again next year and I don't want to move everything that's here again...especially since a lot of it hasn't been looked at in quite some time.

 

[Rubyfruit]

STG, don't you find that your thinking is clearer and your energy level is up since you got rid of the mess?

Clutter and a dirty house bogs me down so much.

Yes, I like to keep it clean.

 

[Guest]

I live with others, and my roomie is almost a neat freak. So I keep all 'my stuff' in my room.

I can be a real SLOB if I wanna, but when my room looks like a battle zone, I gotta clean it.

I love being in a clean house/room. But I hate cleaning. I want a a maid.

 

[sigh]

I'm one of the "reasonably clean" people. My home is tidy enough that I don't feel embarrassed when someone drops by, but don't pull out the furniture, please.

A couple of times a year I do the deep cleaning thing. Other than that I pick up, dust and mop and so forth on a regular basis.

In my home, keeping thing orderly is important. An orderly house is vital to my son's well-being. Autism (for many kids) requires consistency. Sometimes a little odd thing out of place can set his whole day off and I can spend ages trying to figure out what's bothering him because he can't express himself well enough to tell me himself.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

So, how many of you are total slobs like me?

My SO is a slob. He takes clothes off, and drops them on the floor. He covers every surface in his room with STUFF.

I'm the one who cleans up... and now and again, I'll get him to vaccuum or take out the trash... but MAN, it's only SLIGHTLY irritating...

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

STG, don't you find that your thinking is clearer and your energy level is up since you got rid of the mess?

I am happier when the house is clean, because I don't feel guilty about being such a slob, but no it doesn't affect my thinking or energy level.

When I am thinking, I pretty much have the ability to shut out my surroundings (except for noise - and even that to a degree); I have been so many places in wierd surroundings that it doesn't affect my thinking to be in a messy place. My energy level is affected by how happy I am, and that is more related to my life situation and whether it is sunny out than anything else.