tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post7590274024095089632..comments2023-11-10T02:18:23.772-08:00Comments on Minnesota Matron: What Fell FridayMinnesota Matronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-29123055128012766042009-09-16T13:00:33.399-07:002009-09-16T13:00:33.399-07:00Put the money under the items in question... visib...Put the money under the items in question... visible, but requiring the item to be moved for collection. My bet is that the money will go and the item will not.Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480309599816399039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-44792880150522668802009-09-15T09:18:26.744-07:002009-09-15T09:18:26.744-07:00Tried this myself. It was a dirty kleenex stuck be...Tried this myself. It was a dirty kleenex stuck between the wall and a piece of furniture. Two years later, I cracked and disposed of the kleenex and all its companions. Good luck to you though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-35996511251548979542009-09-14T07:43:34.765-07:002009-09-14T07:43:34.765-07:00Try the money thing, but glue the money to the fal...Try the money thing, but glue the money to the fallen items.deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278468497564430383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-12998133444183815052009-09-14T06:55:17.460-07:002009-09-14T06:55:17.460-07:00That's it? Three little items in a week? Over ...That's it? Three little items in a week? Over here there are at least three items a <i>day</i>. If it's a weekend, it can be three items per <i>hour.</i> And I only have on kid. My only recourse is to get the broom and sweep it all into her room periodically.~anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024292695552155156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-67539044374162811492009-09-13T19:33:04.139-07:002009-09-13T19:33:04.139-07:00Have you ever noticed that the stuff that we may m...Have you ever noticed that the stuff that we may move, lose, or leave laying about never bugs us as much as the stuff other people move, lose, or leave laying about? I have total tolerance for my own sh*t and none for others.Wenderinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340237940859669413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-33973204446814291242009-09-13T19:32:12.945-07:002009-09-13T19:32:12.945-07:00The Matron is trying the money thing.The Matron is trying the money thing.Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-18791470674185248192009-09-13T17:42:40.859-07:002009-09-13T17:42:40.859-07:00I used to be crazy lady OCD about clutter and clea...I used to be crazy lady OCD about clutter and cleanliness, now I only have a moderate germophobia. (That's because I see some of the disgusting things people do with their hands)<br />The point? Much more relaxed now, and my loved ones can breathe around me. Sometimes.witchypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283731244654558458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-16733958165891707322009-09-13T13:55:56.776-07:002009-09-13T13:55:56.776-07:00Ah, nothing like a little vacuuming: for us, it...Ah, nothing like a little vacuuming: for us, it's the tiny Polly Pocket stuff or other items that either get vacuumed up or get given away. We give them a timeframe to clean up failing which the item (which I discretely choose) gets taken away indefinately. Amazing how quickly they clean under duress!MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010547516401501448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-68211194968695497342009-09-13T08:58:57.838-07:002009-09-13T08:58:57.838-07:00I earn $1.00 for every pair of boxers that I pick ...I earn $1.00 for every pair of boxers that I pick up off the bathroom floor. I also have a "legal fund" for the $ I earn picking things up that friends could potentially slip and fall on and sue us over. NOTHING really helps the situation as much as my anxiety medication. A visiting relative once called me a "retriever" after observing me doing my "pick up exercises". I often try to convince myself that those exercises are like sit ups but more productive since I'm actually cleaning while doing them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-88746386722786465172009-09-12T21:58:36.954-07:002009-09-12T21:58:36.954-07:00Oh...Rima is on to something, Matron.
I have som...Oh...Rima is on to something, Matron. <br /><br />I have some of the same afflictions over here.JCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-71659748294988508702009-09-12T18:01:17.165-07:002009-09-12T18:01:17.165-07:00If the offending objects move, I grant you permiss...If the offending objects move, I grant you permission to have a party. By yourself, of course.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-59288891244468555452009-09-12T11:24:27.806-07:002009-09-12T11:24:27.806-07:00I am dying to hear about the money experiment. I ...I am dying to hear about the money experiment. I find that I put things that are theirs on the stairs so that they will pick them up on way up the stairs. Rarely happens. I yell up the stairs, "I did not put these things here to decorate the stairs!".Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-4862380491443467612009-09-12T10:26:29.816-07:002009-09-12T10:26:29.816-07:00This is a game that has no winners. Only a loser a...This is a game that has no winners. Only a loser and it is you. No one will ever notice it (truly, THEY WILL NOT NOTICE) and therefore no one will pick it up.<br /><br />Eventually, your head will explode. It is the way it goes. The ending is always the same.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-19530982348615274292009-09-12T09:38:35.840-07:002009-09-12T09:38:35.840-07:00If I lay money down next to all the things my sons...If I lay money down next to all the things my sons leave around the house, they'd pick up the money and still leave the stuff there.<br /><br />I am training myself to remind them to pick up their crap, instead of doing it myself. The silent treatment doesn't work with them -- the stuff just sits there. For years.smalltownmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10857871195417461235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-23063618792295327612009-09-12T07:03:14.608-07:002009-09-12T07:03:14.608-07:00There is not enough film in my digital camera to d...There is not enough film in my digital camera to document all the stuff that other members of the household drop and never pick up. But it doesn't bother me (drives my husband nuts). <br /><br />RE the money experiment: to do it properly you need a control. Put money next to SOME of the objects, but not others.Common Household Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715969218648104267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-58330177530620401062009-09-12T00:00:03.375-07:002009-09-12T00:00:03.375-07:00I live by myself, so whatever lies around is my ow...I live by myself, so whatever lies around is my own mess and I have been known to step over it quite a few times before I felt ready to pick it up. The timing has to be right, you see. There is a day to pick up messes, and there is a day not to.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-10892757507132501382009-09-11T21:44:40.307-07:002009-09-11T21:44:40.307-07:00There is a stuffed chicken sitting on the top of o...There is a stuffed chicken sitting on the top of our stairs that has been there since my daughter came home from school. I AM NOT MOVING IT. Stay strong sister.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-22215805541785880642009-09-11T20:06:53.696-07:002009-09-11T20:06:53.696-07:00OMIGOD. DYing over the comments. I am totally goi...OMIGOD. DYing over the comments. I am totally going to put money on the floor and I will be crushed, just crushed, if someone notices this stuff and ruins my blog thread!Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-5273011104933778652009-09-11T20:03:12.020-07:002009-09-11T20:03:12.020-07:00Three items? Three? Oh, honey, I laugh at your s...Three items? Three? Oh, honey, I laugh at your so-called clutter. No one in this house sees anything. The floor can be covered with stuff and none of it would be moved, if it weren't for yours truly. Ask me about my teen daughter and the used Kleenex on her bedroom floor - go ahead, ask me...Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-69682663464403322392009-09-11T20:02:30.623-07:002009-09-11T20:02:30.623-07:00I like Rima's idea. But I'm cheap -- I'...I like Rima's idea. But I'm cheap -- I'd put a quarter, or maybe a dollar bill. (Yeah, we are just haggling over the price now...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-56235563131574354612009-09-11T19:52:25.236-07:002009-09-11T19:52:25.236-07:00What if you put a ten dollar bill down next to eac...What if you put a ten dollar bill down next to each of the offending objects and just see what happens/Rimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883046753707687727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-14817913047156134382009-09-11T19:29:19.310-07:002009-09-11T19:29:19.310-07:00Admit it, you would have been so disappointed toda...Admit it, you would have been so disappointed today if all those things that you so carefully took photos of last week (or at least noticed - perhaps the pictures were taken today?) were gone. When you noticed them last week you were already writing today's post in your mind. <br /><br />And if we ever do meet in person, it will have to be out. In a public place. Because there are scraps of paper and other oddities on the floor in my house. Have been for weeks. Months, even. Oh well.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997654957335955466noreply@blogger.com