UFYH - the great spring clean

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A shiny new thread for our soon-to-be shiny homes
Spring cleaning time is upon us (or autumn cleaning time depending where you are in the world)

Thought this thread could last through April as well. Given how nobody but the lovely MrsN clocked how far into March it was already
Link to website www.unfuckyourhabitat.com/

Hello pippa

Did not get as far as sorting the airing cupboard but did manage to get on top of the kitchen and do a general house sort.

I really want to get outside and unfuck the garden but was far too cold yesterday.

Zing you have reminded me it's probably about time for another wardrobe cull for my DDS, all her trousers are looking a bit short.

Rasp

one more week then they break up for Easter. which reminded me that after Easter boys can wear short sleeve shirts for school so we need to go through those as well as getting longer trousers for DS1, yet again, more socks and underwear than the Chinese army and some of them probably they will need new school shoes /trainers....

Unfucking Clothes Everest Day 2 - conquered Socks, Hats and Shorts territory of the ZingGirl Face.
taking a short break at Breasfeeding Base Camp, then will venture out to Tops, Trousers and Tights area, testing the terrain.

Unfucking Toys - would be nice to finish this today, but it depends on tantrums weather conditions.

Zing with 7 children I think surviving the day is an achievement! But you sound like you're doing loads. And now I'm feeling guilty because I... well... haven't!

So spent most of the weekend unfucking in the garden. That counts, right? But have also unfucked the bathroom (only for DH to immediately fuck it right up again by shaving and leaving little hairs EVERYWHERE).

Plan for today (if it's not lovely and sunny, in which case I'll be in the garden again!)
Unfuck the dog - who is moulting like MAD
Ring the podiatrist and make appointment
Make list of seeds I want for MIL to spoil me!
Unfuck DS' bedroom
Laundry
Dinner

And hopefully the last coat of paint on DS' new wardrobe, which will mean we can move it into his bedroom and put his clothes away properly.

I'm exhausted just reading that. Time for methinks.

Morning!

Blooming heck you lot have been busy! I was working all weekend so busy in a different way.

Came in to find OH had painted another wall. Progress is slow cause his hands hurt him (to many hours playing computer games I reckon so no sympathy)

My plan is to:
Clean kitchen
Tidy living room.
Put on a wash
Paint the middle bit of the walls (so no climbing ladders and no crouching to do lower bits don't want zing giving me into trouble much)

Got dentist and practise nurse today. Fun times

Will try and wheedle an omeprazole or rani tidiness prescription out of nurse for dreaded heartburn

Unexpected extra day at home here as DD appears to have a D&V bug and started the morning by throwing up all over my work clothes. Nice day here so at least am getting the extra laundry dried outside!

Very jealous of your gardening Cupcakes, I would love to get started on mine but we seem to be elsewhere every time we have a nice day.

Can I join?

DH and I are having a huge unfuck. Baby due in Summer and we have 1 DS who is a preteen.

We're messy hoarders and do not want to bring a new baby into chaos so I'm starting now.

Yesterday and today I've been dealing with the laundry cupboard. Yes you read that right, not a basket, a cupboard. I have two bin bags full of clothes I'll never wear and now don't have to pretend I'll wash them one day.

DH is unfucking our bedroom.

welcome bair

I can't (un)fucking get motivated today.
DD's ear is hurting, DS1 is home with throat infection.
I am exhausted due to her being up past midnight crying about her ear.

CBA today

Happy Sodding Monday!

Did everything on list but the painting.

Have also realised that it will probably be finished by end of week if OH's mum helps.

So I spent a productive hour trawling through websites to find pictures to decorate walls. Going with illustrations from out favourite books.

BUT as they will be hung up on walls they will not add to clutter

Aw zing you sound like you having a rubbish few days. tiny virtual hugs that no one can see hope family-zing get some sleep tonight and feel better in morn

Hola Bair, I'm due in June. Feels like I've got a mountain of unfucking to do but no energy. Hoping the besting phase kicks in soon

*nesting, sheesh this auto-correct is getting worse!

Zing How are DD and DS? Feeling better I hope.

Welcome Bair - I'm new to the thread too. Great that your DH is getting in the unfucking swing of things!

Well I managed all of my list yesterday so feeling quite chuffed! The wardrobe itself is finished, just need to give the drawer a final coat of paint.

So, plan for today:
Clean out fridge
Vacuum through
Go through Box of Stuff to find guarantee for broken saucepan
And the big one - sort out the small bedroom, so I can get DS' chest of Drawers in it, so I can move his new wardrobe out of the living room. Suspect this is going to be more than today's job though as I'm working this morning.

Going to have a crafty morning.

Need to make a couple of gifts (well I could buy them but where is the fun in that)

Fabric all washed. So just need to:

Measure and cut for baby travel change mat
Find a template make my own after fruitless searching for bunting
Cut out letters for baby's name to put on hessian
Pin it all ready for sewing on Thursday afternoon.

Hope every one is well

comeagain that sounds MUCH more fun than my plan! Can I come to play at yours?

Ok. You can do the ironing. I hates that bit!!

Had a very productive few days which has done wonders for my mental health:

Had oven professionally cleaned on Friday
Washed all the walls & woodwork in preparation for painting
Cleaned the kitchen & cabinets with sugar soap, cut through all the grease & left all surfaces gleaming.
Painted one half of the small living room wall with blackboard paint. Hopefully the kids won't scribble on the freshly painted walls.
Ordered a new lawnmower
Measured wardrobe for new sliding doors
Ordered new eco cleaning products from the vintage wash house after a recommendation on here

Now eating lunch

oh cupcake it's gone from ad to worse. i locked myself out yesterday as I was about to do svhoolrun. Kids were in car thankfully, but car keys were in the house. It was a right old drama, phone run out of battery, friend came over with house key but it wasn't ours......it got sorted at the end (I had to climb over fence using bins and hurt my hand) but it shook me up so much i had to go to bed at 9pm, just couldn't function.

DS1's throat is worse, DS3 now has an eye infection. all morning I've been waiting for GP to call vack, I'm so stressed I'll miss it i can't think straight.

did massive Tesco shop and defrosting chicken for dinner. that's about it for today.
will try a nap now

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm so excited for the nesting comeagain, hoping I'll morph into Anthea Turner and spend my time folding towels into shapes that are both fun and educational for baby. Ideally I'll have all of the crappy jobs done by then though so I can enjoy it, can imagine a nesting instinct is stressful if it's still choas.

Zing, a nap sounds like a plan, if you went to bed shook up last night you prob didn't sleep well. Big shop and a dinner is still work and sounds like enough for today.

Another two bin bags of clothes gone from our house! DH does his fair share usually letthere, so he's keen to crack on with unfucking. I'm not the blooming goddess some women are in pregnancy so recently he's been doing far more than his fair share if I'm honest. I did nothing yesterday and was in bed when he came home and he had nothing but kind words and hugs. Putting my back into it today as I'm feeling a wee bit better and want to make up for a day off.

i can't sleep I'm STILL waiting for fucking GP to call me back. since 9 fucking am!
no afternoon appointments either, they went in 3 mins. this is bullshit.
I'm so angry and stressed out I feel sick. and so exhausted i don't dare to cry or else I'll have no energy to do a thing for the rest of the day.
sorry for ranting . I'm so fucking fed up with crap

ty bair

we'll get through all the unfucking together, piece of
. It's the "life on hold while you wait for every fucker" is what I find agonising

at your money tree Zing. Mine has died after losing all it's notes

Seriously for a minute, while you wait for the Dr to sort you get yourself some essential oils, Neroli calms the nervous system, lavender and sage both good for relaxing. Best used liberally in a warm bath, or mix the latter, 5 drops, with a bit of oil from your kitchen and rub it everywhere, temples, head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, legs & feet. Do this each evening or get DH to do it for you.

My morning routine is unfucked
Errands can't be unfucked due to fucking weather
Laundry unfucked
Bins emptied and DH unfucked the moving of the dustbin to it's correct position for emptying - it's overflowing today after the weekend's sort out of general detritus.

Yesterday I unfucked the fridge and topped it up with fresh stuff and poached a chicken Zing stylee for today's dinner. Also did the packed lunches as now to time in the mornings. Traffic so heavy on school run they need to leave at 7.25

oh my goodness Adora that reminded me that I made a chicken soup last week out of Mother's day chicken bits and after we had about half of it as broth in a mug I left the pan in garage to cool before putting it in the fridge.

it never made it to the fridge. ffs.
DH has to chuck it out coz I will boak.

will check out your oils, thank you.
prescription sorted so blood pressure back to usual.
I need a coffe

Hope the rest of your day was better Zing and that the little zings are on the mend soon. Nothing more frustrating than waiting for call backs, it's always the two minutes when you leave your phone unattended too.

Good luck with the nesting bair and comeagain, only really happened for me at the end and even then because I was bored being a week overdue! Did get a lot done that week though.

Shall be going to unfuck some work emails once I've had dinner as way behind after taking yesterday and this morning off to look after DD. She is weirdly being sick at the start of the day then fine after that..she's currently bouncing in her cot refusing to sleep.

Is anyone here on the Kondo thread? Am a bit scared of it as it's so busy but was wondering if it would have any tips for our stuff issue. Cleaning is one thing but I need to get rid of more things that we never use, but I'm a total hoarder and prone to irrational attachments to stuff so am struggling to start...

Hope you, and minizings, are feelling a bit better now Zing

Raspberry hope your DD recovers quickly. I haven't looked at the Kondo thread as am struggling not To simply throw everything away. We need things like cutlery and plates see, and if I Get started we won't have any.

My nesting took the form of baking. In Central América where it was 100 degrees and 98% humidity. With twins I had no energía towards the end so my hormones Obviously took this into account

Dishwasher is unfucked
Laundry is unfucked
Dinner has been eaten, other than DH who will eat later as just arrived from work.
Prepped for school run Tomorrow, clothes for Pilates in car, all unfucked
Lunch and snacks for school unfucked

Just need To lay the table after DH eats. Dishwasher can't Go on as I forgot To buy the powder. Fuck it.

zing that chicken soup must have been RANK! How is casa zing tonight? Everyone just about sleeping yet?

Raspberry nesting can wait til I'm finished work. But I'm supervising the painting twitching cos it's not getting done fast enough
I've not looked at kondo thread. Not even bought the book. I'm a hoarder too. Trying to fling things out as I pack/unpack. Slow progress really!!

neither of us feels like touching the Rank Pan.
maybe tomorrow

kids in bed. night unfuckers