One House/Garden Home Improvement a Day Challenge

[BloodiedGhouloshes]

Does anyone want to join?

I seem to get bogged down in the day to day grind of keeping the house running and never have time to do the stuff I want to do.

I have so many projects I want to get done... from small (washing curtains!) to large- renovating the kitchen/conservatory and the back garden into a patio.

I thought if I made it an imperative to do something each day, by the time one year is up this place will be transformed.

My place... mid-terrace Victorian. 3 Dcs. 3 dogs 2 cats. Total chaos.

Today I:

1. bought from the local charity shop 5 little cut glass tiny vases of varying heights and put roses in them and bundled them together 'artfully' on the mantelpiece.

1. strung fairy lights up our bannister.

Okay- it's two things. :)

Tomorrow I plan to repot some plants before winter.

Anyone want to join the 365 day challenge?

Woodwork wiped down (eventually, MIL came for a )...will hoover cobwebs when dd2 eventually tidies the pigsty living room of all the little bitty bits she has out.

Boxes are now under dd1's bed too since the small one lost interest.

Tomorrow's job is to strip the big chair before I go to town with the girls and then dry & repair when we get in.

Yesterday I spent two and a half hours digging over ground for future raised beds. Bloody hard work and cold. Also re-homed some household items.

Today I cleaned bathroom tiles, scrubbing off lime scale. We have very hard water here. I only did it because of this thread. I've had a rough 24 hours and feel tired and sad. At least now I am tired and sad but with sparkly bathroom tiles.

Nothing here. Sorry
I mean, we've been to the park and to toddlers. But no 365 work.
Impossible with both dcs (is my excuse)
I would like to speak to that roofer though. Still possible I suppose. He lives down the street.

I appear to have taught myself to knit today too I bought a kids crochet set in the hopes I could master something basic....I'm busily knitting with a crochet hook and a finger

Full of admiration for you all. Especially the gardners, in this weather.

Name hope you feel better soon.

Not a lot here either. I am procrastinating on stuff. Am doing regular household things. Kids plonked in front of telly. Don't care.

I started clearing the linen cupboard though....

I kind of hit the wall with utter exhaustion - dd1 has been back at the drs (she's been ill for three weeks & not really getting better) ... he's taken blood for glandular fever & various other things. Sigh. The last week has been a bit of a daze though I've still been trying to do stuff (as a distraction from sick children really!).

19/365 - sorted the children's craft stuff, wooden toys & jigsaw puzzles - chucked everything manky, took some stuff to the charity shop & collected everything with missing pieces - if they don't turn up soon I'll dispose of them.
20/365 - finished the dining table - sanded, painted & waxed legs - very happy about this :)
21/365 - made a scrap wood star thingie for a Christmas wreath-ish thing
22/365 - painted the pantry shelves & did some Christmas shopping (online of course ;) )

Busy weekend planned but my MIL has offered to have my two youngest non-sleepers on Sunday night & Monday so I'm planning to sleep for about 36 hours.

nameoftherose sorry you're feeling sad.

Wellies telly rocks. It is the only way I get normal chores done.
I'm not sure I can do 365. I failed to speak to the roofer yesterday. I guess I forgot that it's impossible for me to leave the house unencumbered. I need to revisit my list. Maybe some gardening this weekend.

Hope you are feeling a bit better Name

23/365 - I stuck some felt on the dining chair feet, I can't stand the sound of them being dragged across the floor (intolerant). Apart from that I delegated to dh - the poor thing has been out in the freezing cold all day building a shed & when it got too dark he replaced broken bathroom light switch. He's taken the boys with him to pick dd1 up from her friend's house ... dd2 & I are curled up drinking hot chocolate :) Did some more Christmas shopping.

Nothing done here today, the bin's too overflowing for any more rubbish anyway & we've all been out all day. Tomorrow is my turn for a lie in & then I need to make the second Christmas cake.

Tomorrows jobs are root out junk from sides of sofas (all sorts gets down there....spoons, crayons, bazillions of pennies), swap dimmer for a normal switch in dd1's room and possibly take down net in dining room/clean window and frame in there depending what else gets done

Hi everyone. 23/365.

Amanda I am surprised you can even function with everything you have going on! Not much happened here today either. I did the normal cleaning of the house/ weekly bed clothes changeover etc. But I did manage to clear DH's dresser. I have wanted to do all of ours in one fell swoop, but have had to revise my ambitions downwards. :)

After the first month of Operation365 I plan (if people will indulge me) to post my ongoing lost...... I feel like I achieve little each day, but the cumulative affect is starting to show. :)

List away wellies
Anything to keep me off aibu.

Today an electician has fixed .... Well, something. Tbh i didn't even know it was a problem a decorator has given us a quote, the roofer is coming on Monday.
Although DH sorted all that I am counting the last two because I fear I'll be paying in some way with the expected gratitude. Plus, it meant I was alone with scrummy dcs all day while he sorted stuff out.

Oh I absolutely include things DH does in my Operation365. Sometimes because things would not get done by him unless I pushed him!

Very much need to get in the loft today. Toys to store for summer.

Morning all. Nothing achieved yesterday or Friday. Busy with other stuff.

I ordered a new fake Xmas tree which arrived on Thursday and is now taking up half the hallway. Today's task is to clear out under the stairs to make space for that. DH is going to put some hooks and things up and maybe some shelves.

Have the usual laundry mountain to do. And have to book some flights. And make a list of what needs to get done this week.

I've realised that for me every day is unrealistic and so I'm doing mine weekly ie seven things each week.

This week:
Leaf clearing from front lawn - took forever but now done.
Stocked up on grit, we now have enough just in case we do get horrendous snow
Changed kitchen chairs. I bought the old lot in 1996 and have put them in the shed ready to be painted for use in the garden. Nice new ones now looking very pretty in my kitchen.
Laid foam tiles in garage for insulation and to stop me getting cold feet when I go to the freezer.
Cleaned dishwasher -nearly died from shock when I saw how gunky it was.
Cleared out kitchen drawer.
Then task for today is clearing out hallway cupboard and making sure we have hats scarves gloves etc.

Hello!
Manic day with church, PCC meetings, a children's party etc. This evening, when we are sitting around the tv I plan to sort my cookbooks into a 'charity shop' pile and then re-arrange on the bookshelf. I have a very great many cookbooks, and rarely use a lot of them. I will try and restrain myself from throwing the cookbook in German that DH bought because he thought it would encourage us to learn German.... (I still have that ambition though. :) )

I am quite literally doing teeny tiny things each day, I admit. I wish so much like Name I was a passionate gardener. I adore looking at gardens, and hope to eventually turn our disaster into something beautiful.

Maybe I could ask for a garden mag subscription for Christmas..... [ponders]

Sofa sides cleared after my lie in ready for one going to the charity shop and the others being stripped for washing and re-organising so the Christmas tree fits in the living room

Dp is going to do dimmer switch shortly.

Dining room net can wait for another day when I cba to look at the outside world for a few hours

Today I have cleaned out one of the kitchen junk cupboards to put baby stuff in that is cluttering up my kitchen

Plus

2 wash loads
Hoovered upstairs
Swept stairs

Thanks for the good wishes, fellow 365ers. I do feel a bit better today.

Have persisted with this project though. Yesterday I spent two hours forking over ground for raised beds. Yes I did ache. Also delivered freezer to one of our sons which made more space in the kitchen. Helped OH replace a dozen fence panels, which oddly got heavier and heavier the further down the garden they had to be carried and the higher they had to be lifted to slot into posts (sloping ground). Put old panels on Freecycle.

Today three and a half hours forking over ground. Yes three and a half hours. Assisted OH to assemble first of the raised beds. Thankfully that was mostly "just put your foot here to stop this piece of timber moving" and one "pass the hammer". About all I could manage.

Also arranged for freecycler to pick up the panels. I watched while she and her husband lugged them up the drive and put them on their trailer - to weak to do any more.

I'm not actually some kind of over- achiever or A type thread competitor. It's just I have a bigger back log of jobs than average, normal people have.

Not had a chance to update for a while. Everyone is doing a grand job.

Over the past three days I have:

Cleaned the hob
Cleaned the Hoover filter
Clean the tumble dryer filter
Filled up another black sack for the charity shop
Made headway on clearing the spare room (currently full of more boxes)

DH is currently clearing the paperwork/post/his work docs mountain from the dining room table.

Good morning

My plan for today (when I eventually get home from all the running round I seem to be doing) is to strip and wash the lemsip chair -I love my chair and hoover cobwebs from living and dining room ceilings. depending on time left before we need to go for the oldest I might strip and wash the sofa too.

I also need to get in the airing cupboard this week for a spot of junk sorting and get decs out.

Have a fab Monday everyone

Chair currently in the washer, needs a minor repair to the zip and one of its button holes when dry so needle and thread waiting for that. Cobwebs hoovered.

will do sofa tomorrow since I need to sew today. Might put front net through washer with the sofa covers.

Going to try and get in the airing cupboard for one of the decoration boxes shortly if I can occupy dd2 with something fascinating

Cushion cover stitched back together, button hole mended and covers back on the chair now. Need to get some upholsery foam stuff for the arms though, they're horrible , so will pick that up in town tomorrow when I nip in for the bits I didn't manage to get from Home Bargains on Saturday because they evacuated the shop