New House Rules

1. If you are responsible for the destruction of an item, you are going to replace it. (i.e. Ryan emptied an entire tube of toothpaste out, he is buying a new one.)

2. If you leave something out where a twix can get to it, (something with an assigned spot) you will pay half the replacement cost.

3. If you have no money, you may exchange the amount owed by spend 10 minutes per dollar lost cleaning up where requested. These can be used anyway as determined by the parent in charge and usual chores do not count.

4. If you open/unlock a cabinet or the fridge and do not relock it or are unwise enough to open it with a twix present, you are responsible for replacing all items destroyed by the twix.

Dollars so far lost this week:
$3.50 - entire Log Cabin Syrup, replaced with nasty off brand costing $1.50 = $5.00 (because we can't afford to replace it with the better quality stuff)
$6.24 - drank coffee creamer = $6.24
$1.60 - brand new tube of children's toothpaste, to be replaced $1.60 = $1.60
$2.50 - unrolled 6 toilet paper rolls (1/2 12 roll package) = $2.50
$8.40 - sanitary napkins unfurled and taped to various surfaces = $8.40
$2.00 - dumped cereal out onto floor = $1.00 (1/2 gone)
$2.00 - traipsed mud throw out the house, to be cleaned up by me (used 10 wipes, bottle of rug cleaner) = $2.00
Total lost this week: $26.74

People responsible:
Alex left the pantry unlocked, didn't put the toothpaste away, traipsed mud: $5.00 (as he owes for 1/2 of the unlocked things)
Andrew traipsed mud: $2.00
Sean emptied entire syrup, unrolled tp, unfurled sanitary napkins, drank coffee creamer: $19.00 Ryan emptied toothpaste, drank creamer, dumped cereal = 6.00

Alex's minutes: 50
Andrew: 20
Sean: 190
Ryan: 60

All dollars are rounded when coming up with time owed.

If we average a $25 replacement cost per week (sometimes we spend a great deal more replacing things) for previously purchased items we are wasting $1,300 a year to REPLACE goods destroyed for NO reason. We have spent sometimes 100s of dollars to replace things we need. Because our children have no respect for belongings. Based on that average we have lost $3,250 since the twix turned 1. And you all wonder why we don't have anything in our home, why we don't have a stock pile of food, why we don't live like other people enjoying nice things. We cannot afford it.

FYI, I didn't not add in the jug of milk, the dog food, or the seasonings dumped this week. So really our total is well over $30 this week and at that averages to $1,560 or $3,900 since the twix hit 1.