Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Why is Lucas huddled up on the couch hiding you ask?????






Because yesterday I got "Frank" out






Yes, my children have named our vacuum cleaner "Frank"


and


yes, Lucas is scared of it.


Why?


Perhaps because he has encountered "Frank" too few times in his 2 years.


When you only encounter a loud machine on rare occasions, I guess it can be quite scarey.


Let's face it, I try to keep the house relatively clean and picked up, but it is difficult with 2 little ones around. Seems like I clean something only to find it dirty again within the hour. But I really want to do better.


SO.....


I decided to set my kitchen timer to go off every 3 hours throughout the day. When the alarm sounds, I will clean for 15 minutes. It can mean sweeping the floor, cleaning the bathrooms, etc ( regular household chores like washing the dishes and doing the laundry don't count). I'll let you know how it works in a few days.


You won't believe this timing, but the alarm just sounded!


Off to scrub a toilet!


By the way, if you don't know who Frank is, you probably don't have a little boy (or girl) in your house. You'll have to rent Disney's Cars...it's actually really cute!



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5 comments:

  1. Oh, this one touched my heart. My daughter (now 12 and very much a pre-teen) dubbed the vacuum "va-a-boom" when she was just learning to talk. She was petrified of the vac-a-boom, and the noise that ensued. I sincerely hope that your little one can come to grips with Frank, and learn to wield him against the dreaded dustbunnies, as my daughter has! :-)

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  2. There will come a day when Lucas will make more noise than Frank, I'm sure. What a great housework idea kind of like a time out (ya punishment)lol.

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  3. thank you! it's all my friends supporting me... if i can keep it up, i'll be rather thankful. :)

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  4. Aww, poor guy! Great idea on the timer, good luck with your cleaning. :)

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  5. Well - I won't tell my hubby about this post - he'll be the one setting my alarm for every 15 minutes. I try to vacuum every other day, but when the boys were little it didn't happen that often - maybe once a week if we were lucky. It is frustrating cleaning only to have magazines, clothes, slippers etc all over the place in 1/2 an hour.

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