Cleaning motivation thread - Summer 2016

[celeste83]

The old thread has maxed out due to us being so busy cleaning so here is the new thread.

Yay company!

Bath was good, helps the spd although only briefly!

First wash load and first dry load have just finished so I'm going to sort those out first

I'm joining in, as per my thread yesterday the house is a tip and this won't make a huge difference but it's a start. Just having toast and coffee then I'll start.

I'm here too. We have family coming over this afternoon and the house is a shit tip yet again. I need to:

• tidy beds
• Hoover and dust bedrooms
• Hoover landing and stairs
• clean and mop both bathrooms
• tidy and dust living room
• wash breakfast dishes and wipe over kitchen
• washing
• tidy hall
• sweep and mop throughout downstairs
• make sure all kids are bathed/showered as they're grubby little buggers (luckily I only need to assist with the youngest, the others can sort themselves out) two down, two to go

I'm going to have a quick shower and get started...

Really struggling to get moving

Bad sleep every night is making me slow and tired every day

First list

Empty dryer
Empty washer
Dryer on
Washer on
Hang up washing
Put away dry washing
Wash pots
Strip our bed
Round up all stray pots
Tidy our room
Remake bed
Hoover our room

Pressed post too soon

Wipe bathroom surfaces
Wipe bathroom sink
Wipe bath
Sweep and mop bathroom
Clean toilet
Declutter stairs

OK some progress made

Empty dryer
Empty washer
Dryer on
Washer on
Hang up washing
Put away dry washing
Wash pots
Strip our bed
Round up all stray pots
Tidy our room
Remake bed
Hoover our room
Wipe bathroom surfaces
Wipe bathroom sink
Wipe bath
Sweep and mop bathroom
Clean toilet
Declutter stairs

Upstairs superficially done, changed our bed and duvet (the dog peed on it. thanks, aren't I in enough of a mess?
Just having a drink then starting on downstairs.

• tidy beds done
• tidy bedrooms done
• Hoover and dust bedrooms
• Hoover landing and stairs
• clean and mop both bathrooms downstairs done
• tidy and dust living room done
• wash breakfast dishes and wipe over kitchen done
• washing washer on
• tidy hall done
• sweep and mop throughout downstairs done
• make sure all kids are bathed/showered as they're grubby little buggers (luckily I only need to assist with the youngest, the others can sort themselves out) two done

I've also emptied and bleached the kitchen bins, they were disgusting!

Toddler is napping so I can't do anything else for now, I'll finish off when she wakes up.

Hi Karcheer

Huge lists for you both Fresh and Kim

My list:

make beds
1st load of washing on
washed dishes
wiped kitchen worktop
weekly food shop
made lunch

Going swimming this afternoon so not sure what else will be done today.

Read your thread karcheer! Think I would cry

House all cleaned as much as I could, and washed all the tiled floors. Also did some coving sanding!

Yesterday afternoon I lost the will to continue and vegged on the sofa I am afraid!

These things remain on the list

Tidy our room
Remake bed
Hoover our room
Wipe bathroom surfaces
Wipe bathroom sink
Wipe bath
Sweep and mop bathroom

So far I have

first wash on
dryer on

Well not much more got done yesterday after swimming and not much has been done today either. I blame the warm and sunny weather. My housework motivation levels go by the way side at the slightest bit of decent weather....this week is forecast to be a cracker too which doesn;t bode well lol.

my list today:

• stripped the beds
• put bedding in the wash
• made the beds
• put another washing load on
• washed dishes

Hello,

Hope you don't mind me joining - felt that I needed a list to motivate me!!

I rashly decided to reorganise the lounge - hoping it will be cosier and easier to keep organised...

To Dos:

Move old sofa out
Move sideboard
Move bookshelf
Put books back
Move TV and electricals
Move piano
Dust
Hoover
Clean windows

Organise DS's sailing kit
Make friend's cake

Declutter DVDs

Lots of progress made today:

Move old sofa out
Move sideboard
Move bookshelf
Put books back
Move TV and electricals
Move piano
Dust
Hoover
Clean windows

Organise DS's sailing kit
Make friend's cake

Declutter DVDs

Hi hopefully good list yesterday.

Not much is going to be done here today as we are going to the beach

To do:

wash dishes
make beds
bleach loos
general tidy up

Forgot to say i've already put the bins out for collection this morning.

Morning all!

Feeling very well rested or as much as you can at 31weeks pregnant! Think I fell asleep about 945 and didn't have to come down with DC until 745 (even though I was up five times between this for the loo!) This is very good going in this house!

So far I have

Finished last nights pots
Reloaded dryer
Reloaded washer
Filled sink for breakfast pots which DC are just finishing with

The living room is fairly decent but I really need to have a sort out of the toys and organise what should be upstairs and put away what dd is too old for now. Her downstairs books need sorting too and the kallax unit needs going through as its become the dumping ground. One all this is done I may allow myself to put up my pram as I've had it for bloody weeks and resisted!

I need to clean the kitchen first though so off to do that first

Where are you all you messy bunch!?!

First jobs of the day
empty dryer
reload dryer
washer on
Pots
Clear table after breakfast
Clear worktops
Empty bins
Clean hob

Hi, I haven't been on here for a good year or so,but is it OK if I rejoin your thread?

I have 4 children age 2-8, one with special needs (Severe ASD with some other issues thrown in too, he is entirely non verbal and takes a lot of my time) and another 2 of them are waiting for ASD assessments but more high functioning. Anyway, my point is, there isn't really ever much spare time and if we are home, they tend to make mess quicker than I can clear it. I am working on getting them to help out more, but it's so frustrating.
My other half works 7 days a week (Overtime but need it to pay off the building work we have had done and stuff),

Today's jobs:
Catch up with Laundry
Reload dishwasher
Do DS OT homework
Tidy the garden
Take kids swimming, minus youngest who is going to grandads
Clean out the guinea pigs
hoover downstairs.

Morning Jen and Fresh

I didn't manage to get on here over the weekend, not that much housework got done. I did strip the beds yesterday and do a few loads of laundry though.

put another wash on
washed dishes
emptied kitchen bin
put clothes on the line
made beds
tidied ds room
wiped bathroom and bleached loo

To do:
mop kitchen floor
hoover downstairs
clean downstairs loo
general tidy up

Can I join? I'm new to this keeping clean lark (former tip dweller) but staying on top of the tide of grot one day at a time!

This weekend:
Turned the spare junk room into a snazzy craft room
Done a general clean and tidy up and down the whole house

Today I Will:
Finish work without killing anyone
Tidy my kitchen and living room
vac & steam mop my downstairs
Clean my downstairs bathroom
Read 1 chapter of my book before bed!

Hi everyone, I disappeared again - sorry! I've been super busy with the kids being off school, keeping them entertained, buying school uniform and all four of them having their birthdays over the last 4.5 weeks. It's the last birthday today though so I need to get into some semblance of a routine.

Today I managed:

• washed dishes
• wiped over kitchen
• two loads of washing
• folded and put away clean washing
• tidied living room
• bathed the 2 year old
• loaded the washer ready to turn on in the morning

I spend plenty time with the birthday girl this morning so didn't get a huge amount done but the house looks vaguely presentable:

I was at work from 1pm - 7.30pm so we had takeaway for tea so no cleaning up afterwards.

I'm working 8am-2pm tomorrow so need to get some stuff done in the afternoon. In the morning I need to:

• tidy beds
• turn washer on
• iron work clothes

When I get home:

• clean out fridge
• write shopping list
• go to Aldi
• put washing in dryer
• more washing
• wash dishes and wipe over kitchen
• dust and polish living room
• sweep and mop throughout downstairs
• clean and mop downstairs bathroom
• fold and put away clean washing
• book trampolining place for Wednesday.

That'll do for now, if I get that done I might add some more.

Morning everyone. My morning list:

• tidy beds
• turn washer on done
• iron work clothes done

I can't tidy the beds as everyone is still asleep so I'll leave that for dh once they're all awake. I'm off to work now but will do my other list later when I get back.

Morning all

Glad to see the sunshine has returned!

First list

load dryer
Load washer
Wash pots
Clean pets
Empty bins
Worktops