Some people I know say weird things like, "I love cleaning." Well, come have a grand time at my house then. I don't really mind it, and I like things to be clean, but I can think of lots of other things I'd rather do. Cleaning is just something to "get done" so I can get on to other things. (And not trip over stuff). But some days when it seems there is just too much to be done, I have to find motivation somehow. It probably stems from memories of my siblings and I "cleaning like a race car" as we listened to "We Built this City on Rock and Roll." I'm pretty sure my older sister came up with that one. And I still use a method my mom used to use all the time to put all 6 of us to work: make a list of all the jobs that need to be done, fold them up and put them in a bowl, draw a new job out of the bowl when you finish one. Only I'm usually the only one in on the "game" at our house right now. So now if I cheat and put "bathroom" back in the bowl for someone else, it doesn't work so good.
My favorite lately is the "5-minutes-per-room" method. It's a race against the timer to get the room done in 5 minutes, then when the timer beeps I go on to the next room. Some days that might mean I just get everything picked up, other times I can wipe down, dust, etc. Olivia will help with this one - she just changes it to "45 minutes of redecorating her room" and about 30 seconds of cleaning. But it makes the work seem more manageable when I have a time limit and won't have to be at it all day. Doesn't that sound exciting? Just makes you want to go clean.
And I used to make fun of my sister all the time for rolling a dice to see what meal she was going to make.
Does anyone else do anything this awesome?