My bookshelves got dusted! Before Spring! They did! Because of the Great Chore List Caper of Lucky 13.
I had to get some cleaning done. Had to. Because. Ugh. So I wrote the necessary jobs on sticky notes. Then I stuck those notes to the kitchen sliding-glass door. Then I told the kids everyone had to choose 2. And if they chose 2 that were too easy, they would lose. Because winning = for the jobs you do that aren’t too easy, you get to fold up the note listing the completed job and put it in the pot. The pot from which I would later choose one folded paper. And the person whose name is on that paper representing a finished job GETS AN ICE CREAM DATE WITH ME. So now, the bookshelves are dusted. The manky carpet on the stairs is vacuumed. The kitchen is swept and Cinderella-scrubbed. The bathroom floors are swept and mopped. (Also the little jobs, like bathroom jobs and plant-watering and stuff are done.)
I haven’t yet drawn out the winner. Because the anticipation is probably more yummy than the ice cream. I’m not being cynical, I just love me some anticipation.
(How are your bookshelves?)
(2) Comments for this blog
I have a New Year’s Eve party every year and it’s my big Take Down Christmas And Dust My Universe Before Everyone Comes Over and Sees How We Really Live motivator.
I made Jason help. He didn’t get ice cream and now I feel mean.
But yay for clean 2013!
I have a New Year’s Eve party every year and it’s my big Take Down Christmas And Dust My Universe Before Everyone Comes Over and Sees How We Really Live motivator.
I made Jason help. He didn’t get ice cream and now I feel mean.
But yay for clean 2013!