I started as soon as Randy took the kids to school and didn't finish until after 12. That's a whole lot of cleaning going on. I changed our bedding, did 3 other loads of laundry, vacuumed the entire house including under the couches and couch cushions, cleaned both bathrooms thoroughly, dusted the fan blades and even cleaned under the refrigerator...I was out of control.
Randy ended up coming home from work at 1:00 and heading back to bed. When the kids came home from school at 2:40 (freakin early out!) I felt like they undid my morning's work in one minute's time. School papers, jackets, wet shoes, etc. Aargh!
**How was your Monday?
Do you feel the need to disinfect
when someone in your house is sick?**
27 comments:
I always take our house apart when someone has gotten sick. I just can't stand the idea of all of those germs on everything. Yuck!
Nothing like a Dyson!
Oh Poor Randy! That's the worst..
you go girl! Good job on all that cleaning, I SO know what you mean when the kids get home :)
I do feel the need to disinfect, but it doesn't usually keep the rest of us healthy... sorry Randy had to come home early and that the kids undid your hard work. I enjoyed your photo of the cleaning supplies and cool vacuum, though!
I am a self proclaimed disinfecting queen - right up there with my love of vacuuming!
Hope Randy feels better soon!
I feel totally undone the moment one little walks in the door...backpacks, shoes, snacks, etc...
Why are your kids getting home early on a MONDAY? So strange to me.
I do feel the need to disinfect when illness hits. I don't think I am as good at it as you are though- man you're good- I wish I had that going on here today.
I spent the day online trying to shop & then on the phone trying to fix the mess I made shopping online- it's a long story. Let's just say I should've just driven to the mall.
I love my dyson & I hate early out day. I feel like a bad mom but it just throws off my schedule. It took me 2-3 years to get used to it at all. I would just get really going then the kids would show up. What? A bunch of parents got together & went to our district & got it changed to Fridays and that really helped. Monday early out- what a pain.
You were your own cleaning lady!!! The moment I read of your disinfecting spree, my brain exploded in jealousy. I never give myself the time to do a down-&-dirty, all day job anymore.
L-A-Z-Y.
Kids totally DO undo the day's work! I feel like that daily! You're not alone :) At least under the wet shoes & backpacks, it's germ-free, right.
p.s. Wanna come over to my house & bring that Lysol???? I'll make ya my killer mint brownies (sing-song voice).....
Cleaning is forever being quickly undone - the constant battle. So sorry your husband is sick. I hope your disinfecting power keeps the rest of you well!
Too bad LIVING is so dang messy, right? Ha!
Hope Randy feels better soon and the rest of you can stay healthy! It's a heck of a virus/cold/flu thing going around!
I so had the day planned to get the house organized, but alas, the girl's school closed for a snow day and it's messier now than this morning!
I hope Randy is getting better!
darn mondays are always good days for scrubbing down the house..i instead had a ROUGH night (kids waking up, 3 year old bed wet accident, hubby needing his cath back in-ya know normal things!??!) and ended up sleeping in till 1130am today-fabulous! i havent done that since i was like 20!!
i laughed when you wrote amie doesnt surface at night--was jimmy not around?!
oooh- i am the lysol queen. i even disinfected our psych clinic once when someone ill came in. :) i have been known to follow kellen around post-day-care wtih a can of lysol, spraying things down and if shane gets sick, i do everything but pull out masks. :)
we should get sick at our house more often- i think that is the only time i actually clean around here!!!
I love your disinfecting bug! What a way to get things done. Not that it's nice to have Randy sick and hacking all over the place but a clean house is a plus.
I get so annoyed when the house is 'undone' in a matter of minutes. Where's the respect? Oh yeah, they're only 4,6,7!!
If Randy is coughing a ton and waking you up, I read about this trick in an email and was desperate last time Milo was coughing all night. Rub Vicks Vaporub all over the bottom of his feet and wear socks to bed. It totally stops the coughing, at least it did for Milo.
Hope everyone else stays healthy!
I hope Randy is the only one to catch this bug. You really don't need this in the lead-up to Christmas, do you?
I love to soak the chopping boards in Milton every now and then. The whole kitchen smells like a swimming pool.
Paul wiped the top of the bathroom mirror frame last night. I said, 'What are you doing that for?' He said, 'Christmas cleaning' - and promptly left the room. That was it. Still toothpaste splatters all over the glass, but at least the top of the frame was clean for Christmas :-/
2.40pm is RIDICULOUS! What's that about? Erin gets out at 3.30pm every day. It's nearly dark when we pull up on the driveway.
I feel the same way, all it takes is them to walk in the door. Last night I reinforced clean up time. Which made every one upset. But I was not going to bed with shoes and back packs laying all over the floor.
Hope Randy feels better soon!
Wow, you did some serious cleaning! That sounds like my day last Monday when the last of our company finally left, and I could actually clean without interference.
I hope Randy feels better soon!
I do like to get everything clean and fresh after germs have been here...
I was expecting a different day from you... it seems like I always wait for Monday's post and I was trying to think if you have a standing think on Mondays... You know I love cleaning on Mondays.
I hate that about house work...as soon as your done it just gets trashed. Too bad Randy's still feeling awful.
argh
Sorry for you lousy day. I spent Monday in bed sick the disinfecting is still to come.
I'm not reading through all the comments but I'm probably the only one that is going to say...not really. I'm not a germaphobe so don't go the extra mile when someone is sick. Really, they (germs, microbes, viruses) are everywhere and impossible to extinguish and it's all about the handwashing anyway. NOT that I don't clean my toilets or anything...I'm just sayin':)
I hope Randy is feeling better.
I feel the need to have someone like you come clean my house! Sorry to hear about the sickness. John has had bronchitis at our house and I have no time or energy to disinfect!!
Monday is always cleaning and laundry for me. Weekend recovery, right?
And if I get on a disinfecting kick, watch out!
i am there. right now.
can you come and disinfect my house? :)
I wish I could do what you described right now. It's true about the kids, but at least you know things are actually CLEAN still, even if they make clutter.
Sorry about the sickness and the kids undoing all your hard work. I feel like that everyday- like as I am picking up. Monday was an at home for the day clean up day and it is Wed and I feel the need to re-do it all.
I don't totally disinfect after someone is sick- is this surprising at all? I just think germs and the like are just everywhere and so I just do the basics and call it good. Lots of hand washing when someone is sick though...we aren't completely uncivilized at my house :)
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