Maintinaing a clean home

I had to do some maintenance work on the flat today. It does not take long before I can see the starting signs of a slippery slope back to being a chaotic mess. I then did some good cleaning up to make sure that it does not happen anytime soon. I really would like to stop it from happening again. I know that there will be times when I am not able to keep on top of the mess but it I can keep that to only happening when I am ill then that would be really good.

I was able to get some cleaning done in the kitchen and clear our bedroom of the stuff that was getting piled there. I am pleased that I managed to do this as I normally do not do this when I have noticed the start of the decline before.

I still think it would be nice if my partner helped out a little bit more. He does help with the cooking and washing the dishes but it would be so helpful if he could just clear up after himself. Sometimes it feels like I have got a fourth child in the house.

there was a man who came around today looking for anything that needs to be scrapped with metal in. I was able to get rid of some of the things that we do not need anymore. It was good as the items were big and would not have fitted in our bucket. He was telling us how he is planning on moving to a quieter area. I said if we could find out who owned the flat above us then we would pass on the details to him. I have no idea how we can do that.

The younglings had a really bad night settling off to sleep tonight. It was strange as they had been outside and ran around a lot. It would not be so bad if they were getting up later in the morning but they are not. I do not know if not having her comfort blanket back is affecting my daughter. We have looked for it in many places but we have not come across it yet. I think it will get to the point when like with her twin brother we will have to get her a new blanket.

It was very frustrating when trying to read to them at night and they were messing around. I am getting tired of needing to tell them off at night. I would like just for them to get to bed and be able to read to them in peace. Maybe once the boys are in one room and my daughter in the other then we will notice a difference. Thankfully they settled off in the end but it was a real effort to get them to do so.

Hopefully I will get the chance to take them out to the park tomorrow and really get them to burn some energy off.