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[quote=Anonymous]We have cleaning people who come twice a week, so we're not scrubbing toilets or anything over here.

We sweep each night after dinner, or after another meal if there are visible crumbs. But always after dinner.
When we do something, we do it all the way.  So you don't take clothes out of the dryer and leave them in the basket. You fold them and put them away where they go and put the basket back where it goes.
When we do something we clean as we go.  So when making baked ziti, as soon as the pan goes in the oven, I clean the pot the pasta boiled in and the bowl everything was mixed in.
When we finish something, we clean up before moving on to the next thing.  So if we come home with muddy boots, we take them off and then rinse them in the utility sink. We don't just kick them off and run away to go play.  When we finish a library book (adults) we put it in the spot for library books to be returned.  
We open mail in front of the shredder and next to the scanner.  We open it, handle it, and file, shred or recycle all within five minutes. 
If the kids make a mess, they help to clean it up (even if their "help" is just spreading the mess around more because they're learning to take responsibility for their messes). This starts around 18 months at the latest. 
You don't relax until everything is done.  So when people leave after a dinner party, we clean up from it, throw out the garbage, put away the food, sweep the floors, etc.  [/quote]

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