Then there is the hair gel and the combs and the brushes along with tooth paste spilled on the edges of the sink. What is so hard about squeezing toothpaste on your tooth-brush? Why is it that there is always so much toothpaste in a glob on the sink? I just don’t get that! I don’t. Do you? I mean they are no longer two, four, six, and eight. They are eighteen, sixteen, thirteen, and twelve! Certainly by now we can aim enough to put the toothpaste on the tooth-brush! Right? Well, apparently WRONG!
And while we are talking about aiming … yes, I just have to go there briefly. I will try to do so with tact. Do you know how hard it is to keep a small bathroom shared by four boys smelling fresh? Okay. Forget smelling fresh. I would settle for just NOT smelling like a port o john! I keep either Clorox or Lysol wipes beside the toilet. Part of one of the chore duties assigned to someone each day is to swish and swipe. That means use the toilet bowl brush, swish it out quickly, and swipe down the sink and the toilet. It only takes a few minutes. This daily routine combined with a weekly true cleaning is supposed to keep my bathroom in tip top shape so that I am not embarrassed when visitors go into it to use it! Well, that is what Flylady told me! WRONG! It always smells!
Little by little, AFTER the chores are done, they each go in there and perform their daily toilette. Now, it wouldn’t take a lot-starting off with the bathroom in decent shape-to just pick up after yourself in order to leave the bathroom in tip top shape. Hang up your wet towel, aim properly when using the toilet, put away all your creams and shaving equipment etc … and pick up your clothes from behind the door. That one really gets me. Why do we have to leave our clothes behind the bathroom door? Take them with you when you go to your bedroom to dress and put them away or into the laundry!
