LafayetteLady
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Joined: 5/2/2007 From: Northern New Jersey Status: offline
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I finally managed to check out the flylady site. A bunch of common sense. There are more cleaning tips at Hints from Heloise. I see so many people say how after working all day (anywhere from 8-12 hours), and doing the "daily" stuff that needs to get done, it is time for bed, forget about fitting in 15 minutes. Sorry, but I call "bullshit" on this one. We ALL have more than 15 minutes free each day most days. Doing laundry everyday takes how long? Honestly, it takes 5 minutes (or less) to throw the stuff in the washer, and then it does the work for at least 30 minutes (more likely 45), then 5 minutes to toss in the dryer and 30-60 minutes of the dryer doing the work.. So if you are "busy" doing non-stop laundry, you must be doing it all by hand and blowing on it to get it dry by yourself. Personally, I don't have a washer/dryer in my new place, and go to the laundromat about every 2 weeks. Still only doing maybe 3 loads (which would be six if done at home), and it takes about 2 1/2 hours including folding in the laundromat. Got pets? Even when I lived with my friend who had NINE dogs, feeding them (all on some freaky food diet that needed to be mixed and doled out) could be done in less than 15 minutes, including prep of the food. Unless you have a dozen cats, cleaning a litter box daily shouldn't even take 5 minutes. It means you scoop (or waste money with throw away) and it ain't getting that dirty in a day. I have two cats, two boxes and scoop maybe twice a week. Still takes less than 15 minutes. The idea that flylady says dirty dishes should be put in a dishpan under the sink sounds like the musings of some anal retentive crazy woman. Granted, I live alone so there is rarely more than a couple of dirty dishes, but still. If I have anyone over, I wash the cooking stuff as I go along, and guests are using paper plates (usually). I fully believe that living in clutter, "clutters" your mind and when things are neat and clean it creates a more peaceful environment. I have used the "timer" method for getting some things done. I have done this either because I had a limited amount of time or because I knew physically, I could only do that much. I guess some people have an issue with a dish rack next to the sink. I have literally less than 4 feet of total counter space, but that dish rack is taking up half of it, and I'm ok with that. I can fully understand how when a situation gets out of control and there is an overabundance of clutter, it can be overwhelming and a person can need help, encouragement and support to get things de-cluttered. I can NOT, however, understand how in the normal, everyday situations, grown people need a site like flylady to tell them how to handle keeping their space the way it should be on a day to day basis.
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