Oh how I would like to be quilting. See that quilt on the table there. I am making that for our fundraiser night to sell in the silent auction. Link here https://amatoadoption.squarespace.com/. That awesome blue and yellow fabric I bought in the street market in Bamanda, Cameroon. The problem is I am not quilting. I am fighting, urging and showing my children the proper way to vacuum. My time would be better spent vacuuming myself then quilting.
I decided at the beginning of this week, in my slightly delirious from a sinus infection state, that we would do more chores. Or rather the children would do more things around the house. I found the app Chore Monster and started to put in things to do. (Yubi is another great app) The kids were so excited because one they got to see a screen on the weekday, which is normally band at our house, and they can earn points or money for things. This started a frenzy of chore doing. They wanted to complete the chores ASAP! Only they never got to the vacuuming and I never insisted on it because of the headache from the sinus infection. That waiting meant that today after church we would tackle the vacuuming.
Have you taught your children to vacuum yet? If not you should. It is a great way to spend 2 hours of your time moving furniture, demonstrating technique, waiting patiently and revacuuming your house. Also writing a blog post while it is happening. See this technique Everett is using here. It is the "I'm crying about how I can't vacuum because pushing the roller is to much work". Another technique that I saw today was the "you didn't say the laundry room was part of the kitchen" and the " I can't move all the stuff around and vacuum at the same time". While all these are perfectly valid excuses for someone who is three or just had a hysterectomy it is not for the massively tall and strong children that live in this house.
So the vacuuming is done, kind of. I washed my floors to pick up the extra dust and dirt, which is genius on my part. The kids are now playing and I get to quilt, yeah me! There is also piece in the house until Friday when Chore Monster says it is time to vacuum again.
