Anyone else have some anal housekeeping rules?

[candy]

These are mine:

1. All beds have to be made.

2. Nothing piled on kitchen and dining room tables.


That said,nothing else bothers me.

[Book Lover]

1. Use Tucks only

There's nothing worse than running out of bottled witch hazel just when I need to rinse out the baby's hair.

[JM]

2. Other than toilet paper?

Not really...

JM

[TheWizardOfMudd]

3. Scrubbed well with a hot, soapy washrag once or twice a day

[commander bunnypants]

4. I tried butween the wife and cats

it was a losing battle.


DDQM

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Yes. Never stick your whole hand up there.

What?

[VelmaD]

10. Wimp!

:P

[Mobius]

6. when faced with a mess,

work clockwise, so you don't miss anything.
Beds first, then bathroom, then put the clean towels in the bathroom, then dust, then vacuum and clean floors. Afterwards do a check for stray pieces of hair, can't have hair...
I am a professional, trust me.

[MissMillie]

7. Kitchen counters have to be clear

As does the dining room table.

Nothing on the chairs in the living room.

[Redleg]

8. No, but I a have a pet peeve about mis-using the term "anal."

Same goes for "paranoid," "schizoid," "neurotic," and "bipolar."

LOL!

[trof]

9. I don't want my peas to touch my carrots.

Not ever!

[Beaker]

11. I clean the shower once a year...

whether it needs it or not.

(it usually does :P )

[Deb]

12. Well, I guess keeping piles off the tables

could be anal but I usually ask others to move their crap wherever it piles up. :evilgrin:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Flush.

I don't care where you leave the toilet seat; but for godssakes don't leave your business festering in the toilet, even if it's 3am.

[rbnyc]

15. I go by, "If it's yellow, let it mellow...

...if it's brown, flush it down."

Especially now that I'm more than 6 months pregnant and have to pee every hour. I just can't justify using that much water.

[Xithras]

13. Vacuum tracks have to line up perfectly

My wife hates my mother for implanting that little nugget into my psyche. I've been known to re-vacuum an entire room simply because the person who did it the first time didn't line them up right.

Actually, now that I think about it, I just hate clutter in general. My house ALWAYS looks like a showroom (except for my kids rooms...I gave up on that idea long ago). It's just the way I was raised.

[rbnyc]

14. Don't know if this counts...

...but there's no smoking (cigarettes or cigars) in my house. Other smoking must be done in moderation and near ventilation.

Also, squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom, not the middle.

;-)

[candy]

18. No cigarettes or cigars------

but other smoking near vents?

Why allow any at all or why not allow it all,in moderation of course.

Filthy smoke is filthy smoke.

[rbnyc]

19. Because...

..."other" smoking doesn't have chemical additives. And the only people who smoke "other" in my house smoke it in tiny amounts. The smell does not linger, or get into fabrics. And near ventilation it does not get into my lungs. And, probably because of the way I grew up, it doesn't bother me, while cigarette and cigar smoke bothers me very much.

[Lavender Brown]

16. Everything my roommate does annoys me

Especially when she leaves the bathroom counter flooded with water after washing her face. I end up with a big wet stripe on my shirt if I lean onto the counter and then I have to change my clothes!

It makes me SO ANGRY! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

That's all. :)

[LynneSin]

17. Put the toilet lid down and close the bathroom door when you're done

Only because, if given the choice, my cats would drink from the toilet. I prefer to have both done that way just incase the door isn't closed all the way the cats still can't get into the toilet.

[iconoclastic cat]

20. Watch out for santorum!

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

[Bryan]

21. All the CDs, ALL the CDs in the rack must be in their cases

and turned around on the spindle until the script is completely vertical. Given that my second rule is "Just pile that shit wherever", I don't think it's excessive. :)