tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post104684094719323459..comments2023-06-09T15:10:14.737+01:00Comments on A BLOG ON THE SPECTRUM: DON'T MISQUOTE ME!MOTHER OF MANYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02555514242369474271noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-57853739409108030782007-03-10T04:58:00.000+00:002007-03-10T04:58:00.000+00:00My house used to look like the local discount stor...My house used to look like the local discount store threw up in it. Now it looks like the local high end discount store through up in it and left a bunch of paper as well.chrisdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662811240806616921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-13449801412812320342007-03-10T04:41:00.000+00:002007-03-10T04:41:00.000+00:00Fridays bring a flurry of cleaning activity to our...Fridays bring a flurry of cleaning activity to our household as we prepare for helpers that arrive late in the afternoon, 3 sisters who clean for an hour and can accomplish more than I can in a whole week. In better times the boys have helped out by putting their toys away and stripping the sheets off their beds. I seem to always be running too late in the morning to keep on the boys to do that now. My oldest is the only one I can count on to follow through once I issue orders. Getting Samuel to clean is more work than doing the cleaning myself! What will I face in a few years when I have 3 teenage BOYS? I empathize with your cleaning dilemna!LAA and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587951326698052928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-21621938427638882342007-03-10T00:12:00.000+00:002007-03-10T00:12:00.000+00:00Sure helps(smiles through gritted teeth), you are ...Sure helps(smiles through gritted teeth), you are very lucky. We have previously had 3 aupairs and all turned out to be mad.I would rather mess than a mad aupair.MOTHER OF MANYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555514242369474271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-40803153899565824352007-03-09T23:04:00.000+00:002007-03-09T23:04:00.000+00:00Hmmm, let me see, what can I say to cheer you up? ...Hmmm, let me see, what can I say to cheer you up? I know, I can tell you all about the 'Respite' help I've been enjoying where a delightful woman comes to my house every day, clean, tidies, beams smiles at me and tells me to 'rest.' You feel better already huh!<BR/>Best wishesMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-77529550835922012972007-03-09T20:21:00.000+00:002007-03-09T20:21:00.000+00:00You know if I was at home I would totally help wit...You know if I was at home I would totally help with the cleaning without being asked to... no really, don't laugh, I would! Love NxxAnastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608581285237933711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27792849.post-50605945864801789492007-03-09T13:37:00.000+00:002007-03-09T13:37:00.000+00:00I sympathise totally with the cleaning issue! Kare...I sympathise totally with the cleaning issue! Karen and I regularly oversee a cleaning hour for Ben in which he - with some guidance from us - cleans his own room. Weirdly he takes real pride in keeping it clean once he's done it... only lasts a week or so, of course, but it's great while it does! Initially we get the usual round of protests. Ben's argument - misguided though it may be - seems to run along the lines of: he shouldn't have to clean anything because he's a kid whereas grownups are meant to clean things. Hmm. He'll soon learn...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com