Spring cleaning, list making, or just plain procrastinating? Join us here!

[JKSLtd]

Welcome one and all, especially if you love writing a great list, then sitting back and MNing crossing everything off.

And extra welcomes to those of us who write something we've already done on the list just for the satisfaction of getting to cross it off

[MrsNouveauRichards]

Soooo......

Last night dh and I went out for our anniversary (5 years!) We get a phone call while we are looking at the dessert menu to say DD has been 'monstrously sick' (typical) so we pay up, rush home and take over from babysitter in operation clean up. Thankfully the washing was empty.

DD has been fine since, so today is all about washing bedding, and some mini challenges.

Already done the clean bathroom floor (thank god for Flash wipes) and hung out sheets. Need to put duvet and pillow in machine now and empty dishy. Then another mini challenge.

Oh, and check out the weekend tasks, really helpful of your house needs a blitz!

[MrsNouveauRichards]

You know when you think you will spend 5 mins doing something, then you get deeper and deeper into the job and it turns into a mammoth task?

Well, I decided to sort through my clothes while the kidswere hhaving a bath (i can see the bath from my room) then I found a bit of moth damage, so our wardrobe has been completely turfed out and dh is currently hoovering it and all items that were in it. Hmmm, not what I had planned for today!

[MrsNouveauRichards]

DONE
Everyone up, fed and dressed
Kids bath
Bathroom floor cleaned
All DD's bedding washed
Sorted through all my clothes - epic job!
Lunch
Horses, a whole afternoon spent at the yard - bliss!
Top up shop at Asda
Cook roast dinner
Kids to bed
Tidy up
Make minestrone for tomorrow's picnic
Make cake
Clear up kitchen - mostly done, waiting for dishwasher
Slump on sofa!

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Evening all. A bit more productivity from me these last 2 days as well as DH.

DONE
45 mins tidying my bedroom (scratched surface)
Completely tidied DDs room
Sorted DDs wardrobe (summer clothes away, too small clothes removed)
DH wet vacced upstairs and downstairs
6 loads of washing done
Entire under eave storage hauled out, refloored, reorganised and put back
An hours ironing done (only another 5 to go)

I'm feeling better.

Mrs NR hope tour DD is feeling better. These things do tend to happen when you get away from home to actually be an adult for 5 minutes.

[MrsNouveauRichards]

Sadly DD has just been sick again :(

I just wanted october to be illness free, it is the only month where i am working more than the odd day! Grrrrr.....

[MrsNouveauRichards]

I just need to list what I have done this weekend as the house looked ok on Friday and now is such a shit hole despite almost constant working on it! Disheartened :(

DONE
Wash whole bedding, including pillows, duvets, all sheets and mattress cover - twice
Two loads of normal washing
Two loads of towels
Sort through chest of drawers and our wardrobe
Clean bathroom floor - twice
Bath and wash DD's hair - twice
Been to Asda - twice (needed more anti-bac)
Cooked a roast, homemade minestrone, a cake, and all other meals
Scrubbed DD's carpet
Scrubbed dining table and chairs, and kids little snack table with bleachy water
Antibacterial sprayed various walls, door handles, door frames etc
Done horses both days
Put toys away several times
I'm sure there is more, but my brain is way too exhausted!

STILL TO DO
Empty and reload dishy
Empty draining board
Do any other washing up
More laundry
Antibac all worktops
Go to bed and pray for no more vomit!

[MrsNouveauRichards]

Morning.

Here is my plan for today: www.unfuckyourhabitat.com/2013/04/08/unfuck-your-weekend-day-1/

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Mrs nr you did loads!! Today I could do with dusting, hoovering and removing handprints from various locations. Must do my coursework first though. I can hoover with kids around but not do coursework. Must focus on that and not potter around doing jobs that could wait. I alao need to oven pride oven as the gas people are coming tomorrow and I would be embarrassed for them to see it as it is!

[JKSLtd]

Mrs - you did do loads!

Freak - how did the oven pride go?

I've been pootling along, most things are under control plus I'm sorting the last lot of baby clothes from the loft to give away. I may even try hoovering up there one day

DS2 had a day off school today so we went swimming this morning and wandered round the block, and did lots of Thomas puzzles!

Tues:
up, breakfast, dressed
strip beds
swap bath mats & towels
wm on
dw on
DD to pre-sch harvest festival/me to watch
DD home/me to work/lunch
collect DS1 from after sch club
DC tea & my tea
DC bath & bed
me to orchestra

Ongoing:

• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct; more done
• Get back on track with decluttering programme; Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of; Last baby boxes down & sorted
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family for big frame to print out & decide where to hang it
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
• dentist appt(s)
• check birthdays coming up/make cards (Dad's 70th)
• eye appt for me, then follow-up with doc re migraines
• check theatre timings for Horrible Science for DS1 & his friends
• haircut appt for me
• rebel cat to vet

Some online research into

• holiday for next year with family; done lots with brother
• holiday year after (hopefully); started
• SN horse riding carriage for DS2's sch; Started
• Singing Hands to DS2's sch; Forward reply to sch sec
• Christmas trip to Colchester Zoo; not bookable yet

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

There wasnt any oven pride in the shop so had touse normal oven cleaner. Not as effective but betterthan it was.

Really struggling to get up with the dark mornings.

Today
Work
Darks wash
Towels wash
More coursework
Dusting
Gas man coming

[MrsNouveauRichards]

I got the cheaper 'Oven Magic' (practically identical to OP) and I was really impressed. My oven looked clean, rather than the usual, better that it was :o

Work today! (still a novelty)

Get everyone up, dressed and fed
Sort bookbags and lunchbags
Put washload on
Make beds
DD hair
Take kids to school/preschool
Do horses
Home by 11
Get changed
Leave out DD's ballet stuff
Hang out washing
Cash for friend to feed kids
Text friend
Walk to work for 11.40 ish

When I get home later:
Sort laundry
Wash packed lunch boxes
Dishy
Quick tidy round - hoover if possible

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Sounds good, which shop is that in? Sainsbos only had oven pride (out of stock) and mr muscle.

I've done another unit of coursework this afternoon. Was really hard.

[MrsNouveauRichards]

Poundland or Savers or somewhere like that.

Yesterday was a very long day, but did I sleep last night? No, of course not, feel like shite this morning!

TO DO
Get up, shower and dressed
Feed kids
Lunchboxes and book bags
DD homework
Laundry
School run
Horses
Get changed
Work 12 - 8 ish

[JKSLtd]

Sleep escapes me most nights. Tried night nurse last night (quarter dose only) but dh woke me coming in late & dd was up in the night. Yawn.

Thurs:
All to sch
Me to work
Home for lunch
Dd's nap
Be productive!!
Sch runs
Ds1's cooking homework
Tea. & tidy kitchen
DC to bed
Me. & dh out

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

I'm a non sleeper too. Is it lack of sleep that makes us slatternly or slatternliness that makes us not sleep??

Shattered today. Just doing a load of washing and had to check dd for nits as got note home saying tgry were in her class. Dinner is in the oven and everything else can wait

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Did someone mention Slatternly behaviour? I'm here .

My beautiful cats have gone on a peeing frenzy and peed in our bedroom and the kids rooms. I am not happy. The carpets have so many chemicals on them, I think the house is going to combust. The only good thing about this is it makes me lift every item off the floor so it doesn't get peed on. The floors have never been so clean apart from the pee

TODAY
Vacuum up oxi clean sprinkled on the various floors
Hang up variety of clothes in my bedroom currently languishing in a pile
Sort laundry basket
Put wash on
Make a start on spare room (visitor coming in a weeks time and you can't see the bed)
Sort out birthday card for sis in law

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

In need of an arse kicking

Jobs that need doing that I may or may not do:
Ironing
Put various piles of clothes away
Dusting
Hoovering
Mopping
Tidy dc room
Clean windows

Think I'll start with the clothes as that will make thr biggest difference to the look of the house.

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Yummy burger - I could have written your post. I certainly get disheartened at the never endingness of it all.

Maybe you should breaking your list up if it is too overwhelming. Keep a master list which has everything on it so you don't forget but then have a secondary list of what you are actually going to do today. Or another option that I use at work is look at my 'big' list and tell myself to get 5 things off it, doesn't matter what they are just as long as I get 5 things off.

Having spent some time knocking around this board I am coming to the conclusion that I have too much stuff and I need to look I why I find it so difficult to get rid of it. Answers on a postcard please........

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Yummyburger I don't know if this will help at all but I have a list of daily jobs, so a list of stuff like washing up and wiping round kitchen that needs to be done everyday. Most of this is either done first or last thing so I incorporated it into my morning and evening routine-now those things are so routine I do them without really noticing.

So my daily list is
All up, dressed etc
Washing up
Wipe round kitchen
Load of washing on
Wipe bathroom sink
Wipe loo
Hoover downstairs
Dc to school
Me to work

Then in the eve
Dinner
Wash up and clean round kitchen
Tidy round
Bath and bed dc

At some point I'll hang out washing or put it in dryer, fokd, iron, put away. Depends when I get home.

Todays extra jobs are dusting, stripping and washing my bed, cleaning the mirrors and the inside of fownstairs windows. But because all the other stuff is do routine now (it didn't used to be!), I only feel like I'm doing a couple of jobs.

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Sorry about all the typos, am on my phone and it doesn't like me going back and editing!

With decluttering, I usually wait until I am so stressed about a particular cupboard or surface that I don't care what happens to stuff as long as it is gone! Stops the I might want/ need/ use/wear that. Or the I should recycle that. Or it's a waste to chuck that. Or I could get £1.50 for that on ebay...

We still have far too much stuff though!

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Also definitely finish a job before starting another- that way you can cross it off and feel like you've achieved

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Oh yes, the joy of crossing something off. The reason why lists exist!