Anyone have a 'big task' you've been putting off? Want to get it done today?

[Otterliee]

I need to tidy my bedroom, badly.

We have been doing various small renovations round the house and it's become the dumping ground. I have baskets of washing to sort and fold. Stuff from all over the house has migrated in here. I need to wash my bedding. Change my curtains. And get DH to take all his collectable shite back to his office.

Anyone with me? I plan to start at 11.30 after a cup of tea and a scone.

Well done @Otterlieeme and DH are having a massive sort out of the garage after nearly 7 years of living in this house! We’re on it, I’ve just told him if something isn’t practical and doesn’t give me pleasure it’s going so he’d better watch himself!!

Yes!!! I need to do the exact same in our spare room. Been decorating other rooms and it’s def been the dumping ground/laundry room!

This sounds like a great idea!

I have a massive glass shelving unit that I have been putting off dusting for weeks... And weeks...

My bedroom could also do with a tidy, and the house needs hoovering!

I like that I have 45 minutes of procrastination before I feel accountable for posting! 😅

Oh, and a leaning tower of washing that needs putting away!!

After years (!) of putting this off, today I will be transferring all my little pension pots into my new workplace pension.

There. I’ve written it down now so now I’ll have to do it. We should all report back later.

Good luck with your projects!

This doesn’t sound big but it is in my mind - I have been set up as a guardian for my son’s google classroom account but I put in the wrong email address so now I’m not getting the updates and I can’t remove the wrong email address and add the correct one. Need to email
the school and ask them to reset it and hopefully get it to work. I have no idea why this is taking up so much space in my head!! 😆 just tidied my bedroom which was a doddle in comparison!

I've got loads. Need to make a list

my task for today is to buy a new shower hose

Halfway through scrubbing the oven.
Need to finish tiling the bathroom that I started 5 years ago.
I will return............😁

I am cleaning the skirting boards in my hall after a building project and two subsequent years of neglect due to a knee injury. The combination of cat hair welded on slug slime (part and parcel of a creaky old house) is a complete bastard to remove!

Oven is cleaned!!
Unfortunately dh is hanging a new door and my clean house is now covered in wood shavings.
Off to consider the bathroom.

I’m in a state of inertia because there’s a builder here plastering the bathroom. He’s on the first floor so I could easily get on with cleaning/ tidying the ground or 2nd floor but instead I am laying on the sofa on my phone.

I need to poop scoop, clean out my greenhouse, clear weeds from the flagging and do a mountain of ironing which I’ll do infront of a film this afternoon .

Also tidying a room. DC3 left home for his new job 2 weeks ago and has left a ton of stuff that needs to get skipped (despite my telling him for weeks to get it done before he left - but that's another story...😡). We have guests coming to stay soon, so I need to gut and clean it - and the rest of the house. So. Much. STUFF.

How are you all getting on? I’ve actually done it! Thanks for starting this thread @Otterliee !

Top half of tiles scrubbed, excess grout, paint and caulk removed.
Definitely looking better.
Need to look at tiling in the window gap tomorrow. Dh said he wood make a wood frame to keep the tiles snug against the wall while they stick.
That just leaves the gap round the toilet.

Dh hung the new wooden door.

Productive day.

I'm too late to join you today, but I'll definitely pull my socks up and do it tomorrow! I've pottered today and done lots of small stuff, but I really need to sort both my bedroom and the kitchen out.

Like @MagicThanks we are part way through having a bathroom done, and currently have messed up the dining room, study and hall with all the shit that's been dumped there out of the way. I've been living like this for weeks and am really tired of it.

I need to nag DH to do the bathroom tomorrow and I will do the bedroom so that at least I've got some sanctuary.

After that we can sort the downstairs!

Tidied the potting shed!!!
And sorted the flower pots and seed trays into height order.

Ugh it’s which task am I avoiding most, but am trying to sort the hoarder pile by my bed. I’ve dumped it all on my bed, so I can’t go to sleep til it’s sorted, which is some kind of motivation I suppose.

I've done it! The room is immaculate and has new cotton bedding and a new lampshade - I'm very proud of my hard work today.

Today I've been more with it! I have cleared most of the bathroom crap that's lurking in the hall and dining room, DH is busy tiling and I've also sorted out my bedroom drawers, made a Dutch apple crumble for tea and had a bit of a dust and hoover round the bedroom!

3 lots of washing out on the line.

Feeling smug 😏

Oooh excellent @Otterliee love the plan to start after the scone. I am a bit later on here but have nad a not-unproductive day so far.

I read somewhere that today is clearout day. I have cleaned and cleared the cupboard under the sink and binned some out of date and manky products yay. Also found a pot of Astonish oven cleaner – blimey my ovens (yes there are two) have come up a treat! I only managed to do the fronts but they look so much better. Will tackle the rest later this week I will.

I have a nasty website-related task that has been on my list for weeks so might try that later. Am also about to make a new pegbag from an unused fabric tote bag as our old bag is beyond dead.

Loving everyone’s efforts!

I've been living like that for 12 years.. the problem is that I keep going to rebuild everyone else's houses and mine always comes last. Husband is understandably frustrated with me... but I feel like a kept woman when I work on our house, because I don't get paid! If he'd only pay me my going rate, I'm sure I'd get on with it 🤭

I.need to research and instruct some tradespeople to provide quotes for jobs i need to get done. Hate doing this sort of thing.

@BCBird you can do it!

It’s horrible but I’m on a roll now. Boiler engineer is coming today to do a service that is a year or more overdue (😱) and someone is coming to quote for fixing the leaky gutter.