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[quote=Anonymous]OP, there is also a difference between being clean and being organized.  Cleaning the bathroom and kitchen is a bit different than putting toys away in the playroom.  some strategies that help:

1) Lower your standards.  It's pretty difficult for your playroom to be magazine ready if the kids are playing in it all day.
2) Purge old toys regularly, or rotate 1/2 the toys out and put the rest in storage, under beds, etc.  Organize the rest into accessible but neat storage bins or containers
3) Run the dishwasher once a day (at night) and empty it in the morning.  Easier to remember and follow.
4) Do laundry at night or fold while you are watching TV with them.
5) Do a "three song clean up", where your kids get involved in putting things away for three songs worth of straightening
6) make sure your kids are putting toys away as part of their play time.
7) focus on 1-2 projects at a time.  Write them down and then cross them off your list.  don't try to organize the whole house at once.
8) once they go to bed, spend 10-15 minutes straightening each night in the main rooms (living or family room, kitchen/front door).  it will help you feel organized for the morning, and better able to relax at night.  Then you are free to do what you want![/quote]

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