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Is there such thing as "fun" cleaning?
Hello Ladies! I have an issue... really it's one I swear I've had since birth... I really dislike cleaning. It's not that I don't enjoy a clean house.... in fact, I LOVE having a clean house because I like to entertain people. For some reason I can't seem to keep my apartment clean. It's mainly papers related to work, school, and finances that are in piles all over the house. I also have an issue with unpack after vacation ( I HATE unpacking). DH and I frequently get into arguments about it (and I always know when it's coming). So, my question for you ladies is this: What do you do to make cleaning more bearable?
TIA! 
~Mrs. K~
My Married Life & Cooking Blog
Re: Is there such thing as "fun" cleaning?
Wow, I didn't know that I typed this up!
I'm sure the ladies on here will have some great tips, but I like putting on music and cleaning and dancing at the same time. It makes it a little more fun and sometimes I can even get DH involved and it makes time fly!
The only fun cleaning for me is when someone else does it for me! By contrast, everyone else in my saide of the family is a total neat freak, and they are always cleaning. What happened to me?!?
The only thing that helped a little is when I bribe myself into cleaning by buying cleaning products I enjoy using. Like the Magic Eraser (I think it is soooo cool) so I scrub everything with it. And I just *adore* the smell of Mrs. Meyers Verbena cleaner, so I love cleaning the counters now. That's it, though.
Turn some music on and make it loud.
Buy products that smell good.
Trick someone else into doing it for you.
If you MUST do it for yourself, start a timer for only 15 minutes. Just do as much as you can in those 15 minutes and then at that point either give up, or you'll notice that it wasn't as bad as you realized. Just spend 15 minutes each day, and you can at least keep things from getting worse.
Henri and Charlotte, Christmas 2012
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We seem to be married to the same man. We went to a few marriage counseling sessions and I really enjoyed hearing our counselor tell him to stop acting like a child and clean up after himself.
i like cleaning because not only do i love a clean house, but organizing and straightening things up makes me feel calm.
i would chime in with everyone who has said to set a timer and clean for short periods, but i would also add that if something needs to be done, do it immediately. when i get home from a trip, the last thing i feel like doing is unpacking. but i do it right away, because the last thing i'm going to want to do later is to unpack a suitcase that i've been stepping around to get out of bed or out the door. and i don't want to wash dirty clothes that have been sitting in there for a week and a half, either. and i certainly don't want to have to unpack that dang suitcase AND do other chores. so if you do each thing as it comes up, things will rarely pile up on you.