Anyone prefer this? I do. I thought about it the other day and realized that it isn't because I'm lazy and dont' want to do anything all day. It's because I would rather clean at night after everyone has gone to bed and I'm all alone and it's quiet in the house and whatever I clean STAYS CLEAN. I can't stand trying to clean with DH or DS (or both) under my feet & always asking for stuff. I put my headphones in and just relax and do my cleaning while singing worship music. It's really comforting to me. I have the HARDEST time cleaning during the day, but I make myself keep things picked up and I've been forcing myself to clean as much as possible while DS is awake and running around. I would just rather do it after he's in bed.
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goodbye precious little one, we'll love & miss you forever 10/27/08
I tend to do it alot on Friday nights...especially if DH is on call and not home. Fri or Sat night. I also clean duringthe day when the kids are at school, but for some reason (the night owl in me) I really prefer doing it at night.
I don't know that I 'prefer' it but I do it sometimes...I did it a lot more when my kids were small. I was known to be crawling around their room, in the dark, with a sleeping baby in the crib, picking up toys off the floor.
I LOVE cleaning at night. My favorite time is when my ds is in bed & my DH is in bed or gone on an all night fishing trip with his brothers. I light candles & turn on music and clean, clean, clean. I think you are right, I like it because it STAYS clean!!
I have also done this ever since I was a kid. My Mom always laughs that she would wake up at 3 am and find me rearranging my bedroom furniture and "spring cleaning."
My mom used to clean at night around midnight to 1 or 2 in the morning. I used to think she's crazy, but it must have rubbed off on me. I have very little motivation to clean during the day, but around 11 or so I get the urge to clean. Most times I don't allow myself to start 'cause when I do DH always ends up getting annoyed with me once he's ready to get in bed. I'm considering changing my cleaning routine so I don't do much of anything during the day and then just stay up one night a week and get it all done! But then I really do need my sleep...
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I like doing a good clean sweep so I can wake up and at least some of the house is looking nice, by some I mean what dh has not "ruined" in his effort to get ready for work LOL
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I have also done this ever since I was a kid. My Mom always laughs that she would wake up at 3 am and find me rearranging my bedroom furniture and "spring cleaning."
Same here! My mom used to think I was NUTS but I guess I wasn't as weird as I thought I was. My MIL has about an hour every night to clean up - throw the last dishes in the dishwasher, switch over laundry, sweep her floors, wipe counters, etc. Ready herself for the next day. My FIL is an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of guy, so he's typically asleep by 8pm, while she's up til at least 10 or so. Then she has a good hour or so once she goes upstairs to watch tv by herself while he's sleeping; spend a little "alone" time to wind down. I don't have that. DS is getting to the age where he takes sporadic naps; some days he'll take one and I'll get a half hour to myself, but I wish I could have time at night to clean alone and not get the "you should have had that done 6 hours ago" look (and occasional comment) from DH b'c he wants me to go bed too.
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Mommy to one Little Man (3 1/2 yrs old)
goodbye precious little one, we'll love & miss you forever 10/27/08
cleaning at night?
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