Support group for those trying to get their house sorted

[CatwantsaTidyHome]

Hi all, I know it's a crap title! I'm just fed up of living in an unorganized mess!

Tried to do Flylady but got sick of it, I need a less rigid way of sorting my house as and when the mood takes me.
I have paperwork chaos, tons of washing to get through and I find the washing up tedious! --so it tends to pile up--
Add to the mix 2 children and an untidy husband and I think you get the picture.

Anyone else living in Chaos want to join?
I won't get on here often but will try my best, Hoping there are others like me so we can support each other in trying to get sorted!

Sorry for posting so much but it's stopping me slacking feel like I'm actually doing something!

Ok, all I've left to do now is mop the hall and little loo floors. Muck out the kitchen, put the utility room back together (take decorating stuff and other randoms to the garage) and clean the dining room once it looks like a dining room rather than a Chinese laundry.

I'm going to keep going till 5 then do an hour of wrapping (my ebay sales) then start on dinner. Been totally skanky today and not yet had a shower so going to treat myself to a bath tonight.

Tomorrow I must get to the post office and then I've got my first bootcamp session (yikes), but I need to think of a way to keep on top of the house. I'd love to do a little every day rather than these manic sessions, any tips????

Nor do I, it has to be perfect conditions.

God I'm knackered. Having a nice tea break, although drinking proper tea with caffeine which I shouldn't be :(

Right well I've done the potatoes and mopped the hall floor, and as a bonus folded another load of washing and done pots. Also signed up for habithacker.
Now realised I'm late for DS1!!

WhispersOfWickedness it was glorious sunshine and blowing a gale when I started

And I should stop cleaning and do my coursework due this week...

Sorry, meant to say Karbea, you need a imminent deadline for a diull task. Get loads done!

The problem is, I let it get so bad then it depresses me and I get mega tetchy then I do it, it would be nice if I could just keep it nice and then I wouldn't get depressed about it :S
Umm would need imminent deadlines all the time :S I don't intend to go back to uni at my age just to keep my house nice lol!!! Need something else...

Handy thread, I feel that now I've commented I have to do something every day

Welcome newcomers!

RE nasty jobs. my suggestion is that we post our days horrible job, then check in at about 4pm to boast/encourage. Feel free to hand me my arse on a plate!
I did actually do stuff today. the walk into town was for tonight's dinner, to check out toddler groups and rhyme time. All done! Got back, thawed out me and prepped veg, put the chicken in, tidied the kitchen, unloaded the dishwasher and put stuff away, reloaded and started it again and put new batteries into DD's ridiculously loud and annoying ride on zebra (been putting it off for about 3 weeks!) Need to put the washing machine on to spin and hang stuff up to dry. More snow on the way by the looks of it so clothes horse and radiator hangers. Also need to fold and put away clothes currently on the horse.
PS if I ever type watching machine, its because that's what we call it! DD loved the spin cycle!

Well I've brought the washing in (as it was still blizzard-like and dark). I had to carefully unpeel the frozen clothes from the line. The neighbours must think I'm mad! They're now all hung in the kitchen so will finish drying there.

DS is napping so can't hoover upstairs yet so when I've finished this brew and have defrosted a bit I will have to do some work.

Picked up a miserable DS1 from school late - Bad Mummy.
Made list for internet shop.
Dinner nearly ready.
Folded yet more dry washing and put on a towels and bathmats wash.

Need to ring holiday villa owner ASAP
Put away folded washing, will attempt to rope older DC into this.

My big problem at the moment is what to do with young DC when I need to do jobs upstairs. They sleep upstairs so can't do much when they nap, and when they are awake I can't leave them, to meddling and potential smacking from DS2 . Last time I tried having them with me DS2 broke an ornament and fell down the stairs and DS1 just screamed at being imprisoned in his cot!

That is a great idea, goodjam! (Mind if I call you jam?)
My job that I have been putting off is wrapping up Christmas presents to send to two friends abroad... I know, it's nearly three months ago so, I will do one tonight and one tomorrow and you can all nag me if I don't

hi whispers, jam is fine. I was going to call you WoW!

sorry, didn't really get to finish. my mum, currently in Spain, needed help with the resort quiz
If you see me faffing on here tomoz, PLEASE give me a kick up the arse.
I need to hoover upstairs and steam the bathroom and kitchen floors.

Well my heating is broken, so I've hidden in the living room with two oil fired radiators on and let the kids scatter playmobil everywhere and eat and get sticky fingers on surfaces and crumbs all about.

No hot water so dishes piling up and the school run took way too long, I was late thanks to screaming 4 and 2 yr old dss chucking wellies and coats about, just because they wanted the right pair.

Ah well, I folded laundry and filled the dishwasher.

This housework malarcy is a bit like snakes and ladders. I was doing so well and then oops right back to the beginning. I think it might be a scrow until my 4 dc leave home.

All done, tmr I need to wash kitchen and hall floors and get the ebay stuff to the post office.

blimey Ohno, that's all a bit rubbish! So at some point the most important thing to get clean will be you?

Eek, Ohmy, no heating is horrible

Jam, WoW is fine, I have had that on here before

Right, DC are asleep, off to sort these parcels out! My other massive job this week is that I've got an NCT sale to do on Saturday so need to get everything washed and ironed for that on the plus side, hopefully it will get rid of a load of clutter

I've had an incredibly busy day, hardly sat down all day, but the reality is that I have accomplished very little on the "sort out the house" front. A few more of DC1's baby clothes successfully ebayed and in the mail. Ikea delivery turned up (storage for DCs' bedrooms) but the plastic-box inserts did not, so no point putting it together until they do! In the meantime it sits on the living room floor.

Made some cakes for Red Nose Day sale at school/nursery.

Oh and I cheated and got an oven cleaning company in

Quite pleased with myself today.
For once had dinner done and dusted by 6,
3 out of four DC in bed by 8,
Holiday lady rung,
Clean clothes put away not plonked on the bed to be plonked on the floor when I go to bed,
Dishwasher on.
Am going to iron while I watch Broadchurch and have put cleaning stuff in the bathroom to do a quick clean when I get ready for bed.

Jam I like the nasty job idea.
Ohmy poor you with no heating, hope it's sorted soon.

Poppy am most of professional oven clean. Mine really needs doing.

"Oh and I cheated and got an oven cleaning company in."

Outsourcing is not "cheating".

I've cleaned up the kitchen after dinner :angel:
I outsource my ironing I hate ironing!
How much did it cost to get your oven cleaned?

It cost £55 for the oven and worth every penny!

I've had my ironing done once and that was worth it too, one time when I was totally overwhelmed.

I'm back

I hit a brick wall with the parcel wrapping when I realised there is something else I need to buy for both of them first But I did clear and organise the present cupboard, emptied a washing basket full of random stuff that I had dumped in our room when we had visitors and emptied the bin in our bedroom which hasn't been done for about two months

I did make one small-but-important step forward today. My Ikea delivery also included some "Godmogren" (sp?) perspex shelf organisers and my make-up no longer jumps out of the bathroom cabinet at me when I open the door! This pleases me very much and will save me a fortune in face powder.

Makes note to steer MIL away from messy study and to admire tidiness of bathroom cabinet next time she visits.

Well done everyone! I'm knackered, so off to bed to dream about sparkling sinks and fresh smelling bathrooms. Then I'll wake up to reality.
Night all!