cleaning

[mario752]

try not to get it dirty in the first place and get kids to go out more 

[mawhite63]

When I was working full time I had a horrible time keeping the house clean. Actually it never was clean, and I always felt stressed and upset about it. I had a housekeeper come every other week. After she left, the house was clean, but then when my husband and the kids came home, within an hour it would be a mess again. It used to be a major stressor with my saying that when they didn't pick up after themselves, it made me feel really invalidated, but that all fell on deaf ears. I know that I'm a little OCDish about how clean I like things, but some things really used to irritate me. Once they got older though, things got better.

[inertia4]

The best way to keep things clean is to stay on top of them.

[kqa]

I found that if I would go through every room every day, the house would stay clean. Now that the kids are gone and I'm alone, I'm a slacker, but it's not too bad. I should probably get back to my old routine though.

[Elizabethar]

It's hard to keep up when you work full-time, I do what I can  during the week on the weekend  Try to do more.

[sfister65]

Whats the best way to keep things clean?

I don't know if that's possible. Where I live, a rural area, it is sooooo dusty here. I can't up with it!