Solving Omlet Smart Auto Door Timing Issues with Alexa Routines

[Deb Dav]

I can relate to part if not all of the replies in this topic.

 

I have 2 boys 15 & 12, again forever nagging about clothes etc in the wash bin or it doesn't get washed etc which I do adhere to, the boys have learnt by keeping to this. We have a roster as to who washes up, dries up and put bins out which the three us follow quite happily daily.

 

If they boys don't do their chores or keep their rooms in a reasonable state (I do hoover and dust them ou once a month) then they have to pay me part or all their allowance back to me!!!! What a great incentive which does work in our household.

 

The worst culprit is aged 47, comes home every 12-16 weeks due to working abroad. I find clothes strewn across his side of the bedroom, wet towels on the bed and my worst gripe - teatowels not hung up to dry and used to mop up any mess!!! Shame I can't get him to pay back his allowance

[lillybettybabs]

I can relate to part if not all of the replies in this topic.

 

I have 2 boys 15 & 12, again forever nagging about clothes etc in the wash bin or it doesn't get washed etc which I do adhere to, the boys have learnt by keeping to this. We have a roster as to who washes up, dries up and put bins out which the three us follow quite happily daily.

 

If they boys don't do their chores or keep their rooms in a reasonable state (I do hoover and dust them ou once a month) then they have to pay me part or all their allowance back to me!!!! What a great incentive which does work in our household.

 

The worst culprit is aged 47, comes home every 12-16 weeks due to working abroad. I find clothes strewn across his side of the bedroom, wet towels on the bed and my worst gripe - teatowels not hung up to dry and used to mop up any mess!!! Shame I can't get him to pay back his allowance

They have crumb blindness aswell (kitchen work surfaces)

[Sam Palmer]

I did enjoy reading this thread. It's like a reflection of my own house! I'm glad to see I'm not alone.

I've started a full time job this week and there are a lot of good hints and tips I can use to train the males in the house. (Or maybe I could just hire Chucky Mama for a couple of weeks to whip them into shape?? )

[Chucky Mama]

(Or maybe I could just hire Chucky Mama for a couple of weeks to whip them into shape?? )

Just say the word (CM rolls up sleeves) I gave mine a kitchen duty rota over the school holidays to cook supper. They had a week each and had to draw up a supper menu and a shopping list for their week and then go a shop for it (with me). They had to clean up their own mess too. They really enjoyed it and DD had a friend over one day and when she went home she asked her Mum if she could cook in the holidays and then once a week when they went back to school It may sound harsh but they learned a lot. Not just cooking skills but how tiring it is and they now appreciate how much I pack into a day. Their eyes also came out on stalks when they saw how much their shopping totalled in the supermarket. It gave them something to do and meant that I didn't finish work and then start cooking every day when they had been doing very little. It was very funny seeing the different approaches to it though. DD had 3 meals and 2 puds prepared and in the fridge within hours of taking over her week. The boys were far less organised I think we underestimate what children can do in the kitchen and how much fun it is. It was not fish finger and burgers when mine cooked, they cooked meals that I would have been happy to pay for out. ES makes a mean bread and butter pudding with chocolate chips - still struggles to get his laundry in him basket though

[Sam Palmer]

We had surprise visitors last night and I got home to a tidy house and a table full of cakes that OH and YS had achieved at short notice - so they can do it! And it was much appreciated.

I think I'll start small and teach them the 'intricate mysteries' of the washing machine and dishwasher this weekend and remind them what the laundry basket is for!

Maybe if we involve them in the planning of a rota of chores and give them some choice in what they do they may be more inclined to co-operate (I won't hold my breath though!)

[Space Chick]

Blimey Rachel, I have complete respect for your regime : Debs bows down in awe:

 

Phil (aged 38) seems to think that the toilet cistern is a washing basket, as I always find the T shirts he wears to bed there he also thinks pants and socks walk to the washing basket on their own, and then wonders why he's run out

 

As for the kitchen, he announced this morning he was making chutney..... I say HE was making chutney.... I needed to help chop the veg..., look for ingredients he couldn't find..... Stir to make sure it didn't burn when he was on the computer..... Find jars..... Sterilised jars..... Do the washing up..... But of course, he was really proud as to how hard he'd worked on this chutney

[Alis girls]

I am obviously a female wimp as its easier to do it myself than nag all the time. ES used no less than 4 towels for his shower yesterday and where were they on the floor. Cue for mum to lose her rag and rant - CM when can you get 1st train to London - how about a Omlet "wife swap" a week with you would lick my lot into shape. I am not alone I can tell from the posts. A recent argument between me and OH has meant he does more to help with cooking and cleans the bathrooms for me. Hes great but i still find his washing in funny places

[Chucky Mama]

CM when can you get 1st train to London - how about a Omlet "wife swap" a week with you would lick my lot into shape.

That would be so funny.

[Alis girls]

Ah but who for? My lot would be licked into shape and yours would run rings round me or have a "holiday" depending how you look at it. Would be fun though wouldnt it?

[Cinnamon]

My youngests room is a disgrace today & I am livid with her.

 

She has taken to sleeping in a pop up tent on her floor for some reason,rather than the perfectly nice bed she has,so there is hardly any floor space.

 

What floor there is is littered with clothes,both dirty & clean (I presume anyhow - didn't want to look too close!)

She has been sharpening her eyeliner straight onto the floor,as the bin is too far away at 3ft.

 

Not only that but she has been just chucking her clean laundered clothes on the floor of her wardrobe, & I have not been checking so thought she had been hanging them up

 

Grounded until further notice............................

[The Dogmother]

I'd chain her to the washing machine!

 

I am waiting for Rosie to complain that al her clean and ironed clothes are crumpled.... she's 'hung' them in a heap on a chair in her bedroom. I have better things to be doing... she'll do it in the end.

[Tiggy]

this has really made me laugh, i have to say my sister is the untidiest person alive she drove me mad when we lived at home, my Mom stopped doing our washing & ironing by the time we were 12 so my sister just pinched mine & left them on her bedroom floor when sh'd finsed with them

 

So when OH & i got together & I found he just rolled todays clothes int a bundle and aimed them at the corner of the bedroom for me to collect, put into laundry bin was iron & return to his wardrobe I was livid. I asked him politely to put them into the bin each day, & when he failed to do it I put all of his dirty washing into a black bag & put them out for the dustbin men Hasnt done it again in the last 15 years, dont get me started on DD & DS.

 

i have a sign above our loo that says 'stand closer gentlemen, your aim is not as good as you think'