March 2012: Housekeeping Thread

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  • Monday again and I have a headache and I STILL have to pull the house together after a busy weekend.

    So I'm posting my hit list again to motivate me through it today.

    Anyone ANY time this month who needs to just feel free to join in.

    I'd be more than happy to cheer you along in whatever "house stuff" you've got going on!

    A.

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    DONE SO FAR:
    • Launched my peeps to work and school
    • ate breakfast
    • flip clothes over to dryer
    • bung sheets in to wash
    • vac the master bedroom, hallway, bathroom
    • mop vac the master bedroom, hallway, bathroom
    • clean toilet, sink, tub
    • Take break -- headache, ugh.
  • Needs to be done: this will take me the whole month to do never mind one day...lol

    Dishes
    Clean the hallway stairs
    Clean the kicthen/living room (sweep and mop)
    Clean my bathroom
    Do laundry
    Grocery shop for the week and prep food (for some reason I never do this...)
  • MiZTaCCen -- a day, a week, a month -- however long it takes. You go!

    A.
  • I'm in the process of doing laundry right now. I also have to change the bed, and rinse out soda cans before they get put out to recycle.
    Hand wash bras and panties, put away laundry when it's done, clean the bathroom. This will probably take me all week to do, but I want my living area in tip top shape.
  • Woot! Go CanadianCutie!

    I'm eating lunch now. So my latest check in is...
    • vac foyer and kitchen
    • mop foyer and kitchen
    • load up dishes to wash, put away clean ones
    • Flip wet to dry and dump the dry, clean ones on couch (I save my laundry on the couch to fold at night when I watch TV)
    • Load quilt to wash.
    • Make lunch. Take break to eat it.


    I'm trying to find the mental oomph to tackle kid's room. It's UGGGGH in there. My LEAST fav room in the house!

    A.
  • I'm so done with house stuff. Other than folding laundry later, I am BEAT.

    Cleaned microwave
    Reboot dishwasher
    Put away clean dishes
    Scrub all kitchen counters
    Clean stove top
    Flip the wash to dry, dump clean on bed, make bed with same sheets
    Throw in towels to wash

    Now it's get kid at school, get haircuts, get groceries. I hope!

    A.
  • What I did today:

    Dishes-handwashed and put away
    Cooked-dinner (whole chicken, rapini and sweet potatos)
    Cleaned toilet and sink in the bathroom.
    Cleaned green bin
    Swept kitchen floor
    Cared for cats
    Grocery shopped and put food away

    Need to do this week:
    Laundry (live in a second floor walk up and so have to brave the stairs to the laundry room in the basement-so I do only 1 or 2 loads at a time)
    Wash wig
    vacuum
  • Yay, pluckypear!

    WTG!

    A.
  • Whew, astrophe ! You make me tired just reading the list. Haha..
    You rock.

    I work third shift and what do I do, I'm here on 3fc when I should be doing housework...LOL>
  • Thanks for the encouragement apostrophe.

    Done:
    Washed wig
    Made bed
    Load of laundry
    Swept and washed kitchen floor
    Dishes
    Made DH lunch

    Still to do:
    Laundry
    Vacuum

    Off to work meeting so housework left for now. Will be making DH dinner and doing dishes and tidying kitchen tonight.
  • Today is the day I clean house, maybe breaking it down and checking it off one at a time would help?

    pick up clutter off floors - including putting bath stuff in bathtub
    sweep back porch - give dog fresh water
    shake out kitchen/bath rugs
    vac around baseboards/edges
    vac area rugs - get them out of the way
    vac hardwoods, kitchen, bath
    mop kitchen/bath
    clean bathroom
    mop hardwoods
    finish in bath
    put everything away/back where it belongs

    This takes me most of the day but vacuuming/mopping hurts my back so I do it in stages, resting, eating lunch, goofing off on computer between stages.

    I started cleaning out kitchen cabinets last week so I need to finish that sometime this week.
  • I need to:

    - clean out closet and donate old clothes
    - fold and put away my laundry NEATLY!!
    - get rid of old papers, makeup, junk, etc.
    - Clean under my bed.
    - Pick up a new lamp and possibly another chest of drawers/storage unit from Ikea.

    Phew. And my next free day is Sunday...shoot
  • For some reason I always feel grossed out cleaning my (not so new anymore) apt. I think cause I'm 100% responsible -no sharing of chores-so if I don't clean it, its not getting done and I always think "I"M responsible for this grime build up??? EW"
    Anyways, I do regular wipe downs of the bathroom sink and table, take out trash and laundry weekly, but I always have to remember
    1.) Cleaning pots and pans
    2.) Floors
    3.) Bathroom
    4.) Putting away the house things I buy
    5.) Sheets/pillowcases/blankets
    6.) Fridge
    and the toilet bowl (gag)
  • picked up clutter off floors - including putting bath stuff in bathtub
    swept back porch - give dog fresh water {its green from pollen fallout!}
    shook out kitchen/bath rugs
    vacd around baseboards/edges
    vacd area rugs - got them out of the way
    and ate lunch

    vac hardwoods, kitchen, bath
    mop kitchen/bath
    clean bathroom
    mop hardwoods

    waiting on floors to dry, so will sneak a workout in.
  • Wow, I admire you industrious chicks!

    I let the new drapes hang for 6 weeks to see if the fold marks were going to hang themselves out. They didn't. I'm giving myself til the end of the month to iron the 4 panels (oh, how I HATE ironing!!!)

    Tonight is de-clutter night for the housecleaners that come in tomorrow. In order to reasonably achieve this, I need to get three baskets of laundry folded and put away.

    In addition, I need to replace the hose on my SelectComfort bed (that dear bunny chewed through) so that I can move back into my bedroom and sleep in my own bed again, and thus get my stuff out of the living room and off the couch where it's been for a week.