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/

at here's your baby for next 3 weeks

Dusting and vacuuming- unfucked
Hob degreasing - unfucked
Dog's ear cleaning -unfucked, stick that in ya pipe & smoke it FLYLady

DH cleared out the kennel, trimmed the plants in there and hosed it down. DDs fed the dogs. Get em working, that's my motto.

Adora see, that's why I don't get on with FLYlady. She never covered dog-ear-cleaning. And DDog1 is very prone to ear-infections bloody water obsessed labrador.

Right, my to do list didn't get very well done.

I wrapped FIL present but after asking DH FIVE times to write his card - nothing. Nada. Zip. So I've delegated that one to him. Four days until the birthday.

To do list for today:
Ring FIL and tell him his present will almost certainly be late.
Laundry
Go through financial spreadsheet
Walk Dogs
And depending on when / if DS naps a few outside jobs.

Zing how is the loft? We need to do ours as the bathroom ceiling needs to come down, but DH can't get in to fit the new extractor or lights until we sort the loft...

My pram is in the shop waiting on collection! So excited

Must make some room for it now

Plan
Wash dishes
Clean all surfaces in kitchen - prep for sealing tiles/windows frame
Remove all the clutter from our room (hopefully won't take long)
Try make some room in back room for OH'S clothes
Remove OH'S clothes/clothes rail

Find sealant and use it!

Squeeee at pram ready for collection

Cupcakes I decided to leave DH to sort his family's presents and cards a long time ago. Luckily my dogs only romp through shallow fetid water round here so no ear infection so far. They just reek.

Today I'm doing errands, or at least I will be when I get off my arse

Morning routine - unfucked
Dog feeding - unfucked
My breakfast - unfucked
Coffee break - currently unfucking

comeagain what did you get? I love prams. And buggies. My cousin had 17 at last count, but she's had another baby since then so almost certainly has more by now! We bought a cheap stroller online last night as we have a Phil & Teds which is ridiculously heavy. I'm very excited about the new stroller! Remind me when you're due?

I keep saying I'll leave DH to do all of his family's birthdays, but the trouble is I actually quite like them, and if I left it to him they'd never get anything at all. I am still waiting for my birthday card from DH. It's sitting in the kitchen, still unwritten. My birthday was 2 days ago.

Plan for today:

• More laundry (does it EVER end?!?)
• Tidy DS' room
• Check freezer and do menu plan for rest of the month.
• Make some birthday cards (hopefully)

Armadillo flip XT cupcakes
Need to arrange when to collect it.

Midwife this morning then I intend to just enjoy the sunshine

I call that unfucking my mind

laundry only ends when you die cupcakes
cheerful thought of the day

So true zing

Only saving grace is being able to dry it outside makes it all smell lovely

Ah, well if you get on with the IL's then get PILs to nag him about your birthday card

Am currently unfucking a coffee
Morning routine is unfucked
Putting away the granola that was too hot last night- unfucked
Dishwasher - unfucked

Still need to speak to vet and call my GP for an appointment. Then school run and food.

Hope your mind unfucking went well Fudge

I actualy got a little bit some vacuuming done before DH's fecking Skype kicked in with a business call

Other than that, vet - unfucked
GP - unfucked
Dinner - unfucked
Clearing away - unfucked
Dishwasher - unfucked
Kitchen floor - unfucked
Laundry, 1st load - unfucked

Waiting for dishwasher to finish so I have pots to assemble packed lunches, then make sandwiches.

Who said humans aren't nocturnal?

Crikey adora I hope you're having a lie-in this morning!

I was supposed to be having a meeting for work this afternoon. Then I realised what a stupid idea it was to take a two-year old for a meeting so I put my foot down and insisted it happen this morning, whilst he's at nursery. Which means we'll get work done this morning, and I'll be home this afternoon to carry on unfucking.

Plan:

Unfuck upstairs. All of it. Looks like a bomb's gone off up there. That'll keep me busy.

Just refreshed myself on the UFYH website - might have a look at the app, is anybody using the android one?

This sunshine is totally kibosh-ing my to do list.

Only thing getting done is the washing (which considering only 2 of us I have to wonder WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM laundry rage)

If I sit out I feel Im burning, try to do stuff, I'm knackered after 10-15 mins.

I'll get there though. I am a tortoise.

Waiting on carpet fitters arriving and a cot being delivered. So just as well the outside world is too much for me just now!!
Fee

Fee? I don't know where that came from! It's not my name that's for sure!

Afternoon all!

How's it coming along?

CARPET IS DOWN!
We moved our bed through to baby's room last night (when I say we, I just pretended I was helping) fresh bedsheets on and the baby's room looks very sophisticated

Bed making this morning was a pleasure

But today is a major unfucking day (in installments)
1 wash on and out. 2nd just in (seriously where is he hiding his clothes!!!!)
Kitchen has been slowly put back together over the morning.
Living room - work on progress. I did clear and polish the coffee table though!!

Now to spend most of afternoon tackling our bedroom. Hopefully won't take long but we do have some amount of shite to clear out still!! I need to be ruthless!

On the plus side wardrobe getting built tomorrow so we'll have somewhere else to put stuff!!

Cupcakes not exactly a lie-in but I did flop on the sofa after the rabble had left for school.

Glad the baby's room is looking fab Fudge

Not much going on today, one DD had to be at school by 7 but DH took her.
Pilates - unfucked
Dogs - unfucked
Just about to start unfucking the kitchen then take t'other DD to her mate's.

Morning all,

Unfucking ground to a halt here as we are in the middle of three consecutive weekends of visiting or having visitors every day. Was hoping to get out of seeing ILs tomorrow but this was vetoed by DH, so will be spending this morning sorting the essentials.

comeagain my DH puts his clothes literally all over the house. For some reason if he comes to bed after me he gets undressed downstairs. I have threatened a number of times that nothing will be washed if it isn't in the basket but haven't actually implemented this as suspect it will lead to grumbling about lack of clean clothing and the machine being run containing three pairs of socks!

Had a look at the app cupcakes, although am on iOS, quite like the idea of the random challenge generator for certain amounts of time. I'm rubbish at remembering to use apps for that kind of thing though.

Some grand unfucking done over wknd
Our backroom can (temporarily until more stuff gets launched into it) be used as a room.

All the baby stuff has been tidily put away into a wardrobe.
(Still need to wash all the 2nd baby clothes but leaving that until next week and they out of sight for the moment)

Bed made, kitchen cleaned, a clothes rail dismantled ready to go to parents.
Now to tackle living room that is just cluttered but probably won't take long to sort, I just need to move!

Raspberry just do it, stop washing stuff that isn't in the basket. And why would you put the machine on for a pair of socks? Or would DH was his socks if he runs out? And don't listen to grumbling. "if you put it here darling just a hint of sarcasm it will get washed next time I do laundry"

I have a cold so other than the general ticking over unfucking not much is getting done. Did get the ball rolling with transporting dogs yesterday though.

Hi All, been flat out with a nasty throat infection, plus caring for a toddler with Scarlet Fever, so very little Unfucking has occured.

Hoping to be able to catch up a bit today and tomorrow (day off work tomorrow and mum coming over so hopefully she can entertain DS whilst I do jobs).

So, plan:
Vacuum downstairs
Vaccuum stairs
Learn how to spell vacuum. Vaccuum?
15 minutes sorting PC files (this is my new project. I will not lots of 15 minutes doing it)
Dinner. No idea what. Something fish related probably.

Hope both you and toddler feel better Cupcakes

Mine have just left for school and I'm having a fruit juice while thinking about my to unfuck list. Not doing Pilates today as I don't feel up to it.

List looks something like this,

E-mails
Phone calls
Meal plan
Sort crapula in sideboard
Collect DDs
Dinner and packed lunches
And I must buy some ham.

hi all.
lots of unfucking, not much time to post.

sending you good vibes of determination and motivation!

That list up there ^^, half of it still needs to be unfucked. And the other half has generated more unfucking to be done.

So, today, up late - oops - this is why packed lunches get done the night before, unfucked.

2 loads of washing - unfucked
Brekkies - unfucked
Dog feeding - unfucked
Plant/tree watering and assessing cherry toms - unfucked

Now I need a snooze, got a pesky cold. I did unfuck dusting and vacuuming yesterday, but you'd never know

I see everyone other than me is far too Busy unfucking To post.

Not very much going on here. In my head I've sorted the kitchen in terms of shipping/leaving behind. There isn't space To actually do it though until the shippers are booked. And that depends on us paying them first, with fecking shirt buttons cos have no fecking money.

I dusted and vacuumed yesterday, laundry is up To date and I've redone my nails no point shipping half empty nail varnishes so I'm using them up. Same goes for the booze.

Ha ha ha Adora I like your style re using up nail polish/booze

I've not been doing much tbh. Kinda ground to a halt. Waiting on plaster work being started/completed before next phase starts.

Although I'm starting to wash baby clothes/get hospital bag packed

Ha, if only that were true Adora! Hope that your move goes smoothly, when are you off.

Visitors this weekend and next so it's all hiding clutter and washing many dishes rather than actual unfucking. And work is horrendous so catching up with that at home rather than anything useful.

Hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend.