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[quote=Anonymous]I'm super organzied, Type A. I have 3 kids and an ADHD spouse. I 100% clean up after spouse, but I love doing it for him/don't mind/he's doing other things like cooking, fixing, grocery shopping.

[b]Clutter on kitchen counter (dishes, utensils, spices, mail, condiments, cereal)-[/b] ZERO things need to be on the kitchen counter. If you have 1-2 things on the counter, then more appear. It's like a party and they invite their friends. Dirty dishes always need to go in the dishwasher. Utensils go in their drawer or in the dishwasher. Spices go in the spice rack/drawer. Mail- you need to get on email/autopay/paperless billing. And then everything that comes in the physical mailbox is trash. Condiments- fridge or pantry. Cereal- buy only 2 brands and they go in the pantry. 
[b]Dinning table also always clutter- [/b]this one is hard for me too. My only solution is that it's all cleaned up before dinner and then after dinner we clean it up again. 
shoes on the entrance- we have a boot tray. Each kid is allowed one pair of shoes on there. The rest need to go to their closets.
[b]kids clothes, back packs, books, games in the living room, dining.[/b] This is probably hard if you don't have a garage. We have hooks in the garage. Each kid puts their backpack on the hook. Books go in bedrooms, games in the linen closet upstairs. Kid clothes go in their closets or the laundry hamper. I prefer one hamper in the bathroom so that I can just pick them all up from one place instead of going to their rooms. 
[b]spouses wine bottles/glasses, opened or unopened packages, tennis racket and skates in the loving room.-[/b] do you have a garage or storage shed? Tennis and skates shouldn't come inside. Wine bottles need to be in the cabinet/pantry/wine rack and glasses go in the dishwasher. 
[b]Dog toys are all over the place[/b]- Get a basket and then assign this chore to one of your kids.

You didn't wait too long. Tweens should be easier to make do chores than toddlers or preschoolers. [/quote]

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