GL' super fun mess-busters!Allergic to cleaning your room? Who isn't. Sure, you'd love to be out having fun but, if you haven't seen your floor in months, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to clean up your act. You can actually, gasp, even have fun doing it! Here are some fun ways to wake up your inner neat freak.... All Hands everybody; all parties. See also: Hand on Deck The house always wins, and so will you when you deal yourself this hand. BEFORE YOU PLAY Grab a deck of cards. Assign specific card suits to a task or area in your room. Your list might look something like this: Hearts=Bed Diamonds=Closet Spades=Floor Clubs=Dusting Face cards (Jacks, Queens, Kings)=Putting things away HOW TO PLAY Shuffle cards, and place in a stack face down. Flip the top card over. The suit on that card indicates the chore you'll start with; the card's number indicates how many minutes you'll spend on that chore. So a three of diamonds means cleaning your closet for three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. . Got a face card? Spend 60 seconds just straightening up. DO ... keep your list so you don't have to make one next time. DON'T ... stress when drawing large numbers. For numbers over eight, divide minutes in half. It's your game--you make the rules! Color-Coded Cleanup Here's another way to beat the cleaning blues ... and pinks and reds and purples and greens, BEFORE YOU PLAY OK, time to make another list, this time of all your favorite colors in order of preference, Close your eyes, visualize the colors, then write down what you see. HOW TO PLAY Beginning with the first shade listed, purge your pad of everything that color by picking up, putting away or polishing it. Once you've got all the purple or pink or periwinkle periwinkle, in zoology periwinkle, any of a group of marine gastropod mollusks having conical, spiral shells. Periwinkles feed on algae and seaweed. all purty pur·ty adj. Regional Variant of pretty. Regional Note: Purty is probably the most common American example of metathesis, a linguistic process in which two adjacent sounds are reversed in order. , move on to the next color on your list and repeat. DO ... be sure to include neutral colors on your list, like black, gray or tan. DON'T ... think of yourself as doomed to the gloom of your room. Instead, see your space as a cool mix of colors. Throw up the shades and let in some of that bright-yellow sunshine. Letting the Cat Out of the Hat Time to get your buns movin'. Psych psych also psyche Informal v. psyched, psych·ing, psyches v.tr. 1. a. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: yourself up for a private-and-personal party plan that will perk up your space. BEFORE YOU PLAY Find a hat, and flip it over. Cut paper into pieces large enough to write a few words on. HOW TO PLAY On each slip of paper, write a task or portion of a job that needs to be done (change sheets, organize shoes). Place the papers into your hat. Mix and, with your eyes closed, pull one out. This is your first chore. Then, move on to the next random drawing. Think of it as the housecleaning house·clean·ing n. 1. The cleaning and tidying of a house and its contents. 2. Informal Removal of unwanted personnel, methods, or policies in an effort at reform or improvement. lottery. DO ... sprinkle in easy tasks. such as emptying the wastebasket, in with the larger ones. DON'T ... sabotage your efforts by making up so many chores that you feel overwhelmed. Take one task at a time, focusing on only the chore at hand. Beat the Clock Feel like you are breaking world records instead of just breaking a sweat! BEFORE YOU PLAY Get a timepiece, Such as a clock radio, egg timer or wristwatch. HOW TO PLAY Divide your turf into two territories. Deem one side "even" and the other "odd." Allow the last digit of the current time to indicate which side to tackle and how many minutes to work on it. Then set the timer for that amount of time, and get movin'. Watch yourself triumph. Over time, of course. DO ... feel free to take five every now and then. An occasional break in the room-cleaning routine will keep you rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. and motivated. DON'T ... poop out poop 1 n. 1. An enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship. 2. A poop deck. tr.v. pooped, poop·ing, poops 1. To break over the stern of (a ship). 2. after only a few minutes. Determine how many total minutes you want to work. and don't stop until you've reached your goal. Let the Good Times Roll Even though your dance partner is the broom or a dust rag, you can still show off your moves while you clean. BEFORE YOU PLAY Make your music selections. Break out the CD player, or create a "Cleanin' to the Music" mix on your iTunes. HOW TO PLAY Launch your mission when a song starts. Try to finish the assignment--folding clothes, sorting; stuff, whatever--before the music ends. When it stops, so do you. Move on to another task with the next tune. DO ... choose upbeat tunes. Our suggestion? Oasis' Definitely Maybe: The DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . It has five full hours (that's a lotta cleaning!) of classic Oasis tracks. DON'T ... get uptight about not finishing a chore before the music ends. Go ahead and give yourself two or three songs for larger projects. Heck, you might even get lost in the music and that's OK--the whole point of the game is to get you moving! At the Track Do you feel like you're racing from one area to another, getting nowhere fast? You sprint from your closet to the clothes-hanger collection in the laundry room A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such . You zig-zag around your room, never quite focused and accomplishing nada. You need structure. BEFORE YOU PLAY Pick a corner of your room. Simple so far huh? HOW TO PLAY The chosen corner is your starting gate starting gate n. Sports 1. A series of stalls with interconnected doors that open simultaneously at the beginning of a race. 2. . Clean around your room until you return to the finish line, which is the original corner. DO ... slow down, sister, Racing around will leave you feeling frazzled and fatigued. Complete your tasks at your own pace. No need to sweat it, ya know? DON'T ... quit as you come down the home stretch, even though you might be tired. Remind yourself of your goal so you can keep going until it's accomplished! The Buddy System buddy system n. An arrangement in which persons are paired, as for mutual safety or assistance. Noun 1. buddy system Want a surefire way to beat the boredom of cleaning? Invite your BFF BFF Best Friends Forever (chat) BFF Best Foot Forward BFF Ben Folds Five (band) BFF Born Free Foundation BFF Binary File Format BFF Boston Film Festival BFF Biotech Finance Forum over to lend a hand to give assistance. to give assistance; to help. See also: Hand Lend . Then, next week, help her with her room. BEFORE YOU PLAY Ask your friend if she's into the idea. If she is, schedule a day and time for her to come over. Make a list of possible jobs for you and your happy helper. HOW TO PLAY Simply do what you two do best. While eliminating dust bunnies, chat up your crushes, share secrets and catch up on all the current gossip. Turn on TRL TRL In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Turkish Lira. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. while you clean out the closet or rearrange your furniture. DO ... check with your parents to make sure they are OK with this arrangement. DON'T ... forget to reciprocate re·cip·ro·cate v. re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing, re·cip·ro·cates v.tr. 1. To give or take mutually; interchange. 2. To show, feel, or give in response or return. v. by helping your BFF with her crib. In fact, pencil it in before you finish cleaning your room-especially since you're now so organized and all. RELATED ARTICLE: Tidy-up tips. 1 Get a shelf or DVD/VHS rack to store your movies, instead of stacking them around your TV. And rather than having a pile of magazines, keep them neatly in a box or milk crate. 2 Make a spot for stuff you use daily (cell phone, wallet), and put everything there at the end of the day. 3 Go through your stuff, and decide what you don't want. Ask the folks to help you donate your extra stuff to charity. 4 Only put one type of clothing into each dresser drawer to make finding clothes a lot easier. 5 Don't let little random things, such as hair accessories, clutter up your space. Use small boxes to hold these items. 6 Fed a shelf to store your school books. Also handy for storing projects-in-progress and important homework! 7 Have a drawer for all the imporuant stuff yon don't need very often but can't throw out. Use this space for computer software, passwords or instruction manuals.--Ocean Gildee |
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