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[quote=Anonymous]I have given up. Things pile up , I nag, a little gets done, but nothing to stem the tide of the slobs I live with, and then every month I go on a rampage. Last night, in fact, I was up until 2:30 am. I filled up 3 trash bags of crap--empty boxes, packaging, socks with hole sin them, papers, magazines, games that have been destroyed, surgical masks dh just uses and tosses on the table, tons of half used art supplies, etc. The crap that i didn't throw away because it was actually worth keeping I put away--books back on bookshelves, games in the game cabinet, pens with supplies, hair brushes in the bathroom, shaving cream NOT on the dining room table, dog stuff in the dog stuff drawer,  coffee cups in the dishwasher, but I find the best thing is for me to simply keep purging. We dont need all this crap. I hate doing it and get resentful, but at this point, its never going to change and its gotten much worse since EVERYONE IS HOME ALL THE TIME MAKING A MESS. I can't wait until the kids go to school and activities so they can spreading crap everywhere. DH is a lost cause.

and yes, I have lots of organizational strategies-I have a hanging thing by the front door with hooks for keys, jackets, a place for mail, wallet, etc. DH never uses it and instead looks all around the house for his keys. I have cubbies with labels, but that's just for ME to sort the crap and put it away. Well, at least my daughter is learning and does a pretty good job of putting things away WHEN ASKED--but its hopeless with DH and DS.  I do oversee my son but I dont know what it will take. He will literally pull all the shirts out of his drawer to get the one he wants and leave the rest on the floor and if i do not oversee him, he will throw the clean ones in the laundry instead of putting them away because he doesn't seem to care. I make him take them out, fold them, put them away and point out that if he took them out more carefully he wouldn't do this, but he is among the most careless people I haver ever come across. He breaks everything in our house, will play with a pen, break it ad get ink all over things and deny he did it. He's ruined more things than I can count. We repainted the walls last year and it already needs new paint. He's 11, too. ADHD among other things, but I weep for the future. Its not for lack of trying on my part, but how much do you model, how much do you nag and how much do you simply give up. [/quote]

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