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Housekeeping

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picklypopcorn · 21/07/2016 18:48

I posted a few weeks ago about how my house had got on top of me and how I was living day to day in a complete shite hole partly thanks to my very messy dogs and partly thanks to my anxiety and depression which had just got totally on top of me gradually. The house was so bad it stunk, was grimy and just generally really really grim.

Anyway! I asked you guys for help and you gave me the best advice ever: just start in one tiny section of one room and get it totally perfect, then move on to the next section of that room etc etc etc, throwing away anything I didn't need as I went. I was also advised to just work through it in 15 min bursts, So I did.

Well once I started I couldn't stop.

2 days later I sat down with a cup of tea in an absolutely spotless living room, in my absolutely spotless house that had been scrubbed, bleached, dusted, wiped, vaccummed and just generally blitzed! I threw away 36 black bin bags full of rubbish. 36. It felt AMAZING.

4 weeks (ish) later I have set myself up with a weekly routine that's pinned on the fridge that takes me about 20 mins each evening and an hour on Saturday mornings. It keeps the house beautifully clean and tidy and keeps me on track. I don't go to bed u til the list is done.

I actually had my mum over for a cup of tea and for the first time ever she didn't say a word about 'the awful mess' Grin you could see on her face she was taken aback but didn't want to make a big deal of it, although as she was leaving she gave me a big hug and said 'I'm so glad you're doing so much better' Smile

The very very best bit of all is the change in me. My anxiety is the lowest it's been for months and months and I find it so much easier to just COPE with every day life. I find my 20 minute cleaning each day is actually really therapeutic and after a full day at work it gives me a way to switch off.

So again, thankyou so so so much to everyone who commented on my last thread and was so non-judgemental and lovely, you have quite literally changed my life!

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picklypopcorn · 12/08/2016 11:07

MyKingdomForBrie thanks lovely :) you're absolutely right, a clean house again will be well worth the effort and if I do it tonight it gives me time tomorrow to work on the garden and the craft room :)

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picklypopcorn · 12/08/2016 18:45

Update: kitchen, living room and downstairs bathroom are sorted, phew! Crisis averted :)

Plan to hoover the stairs and sort out the bedroom and ensuite tomorrow morning :)

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plutoisnotaplanet · 22/08/2016 12:43

Hey Everyone,

I've NC'd but it's pickly :)

House is still sparkly and I'm proud to announce that this weekend I absolutely slaughtered the spare room Grin

All set up now with the sewing machine in place and loads of space for crafty projects!

Still need to paint the fence in the yard, didn't get round to that this weekend because of the weather but the plants are growing well and I'm remembering to water them :)

Anyone ever used their steamer on carpets? Did it go horribly wrong or am I overthinking it and should just get on with it?

banivani · 22/08/2016 14:45

You are an INSPIRATION. There are four adults chez banivani and despite this the place is messy all the time. Time to organise!

plutoisnotaplanet · 22/08/2016 18:36

2 adults and 2 basset hounds in this house so to keep on top of it is quite a bit of work! I can reccomend a cleaning rota, keeps everyone on the same page :)

That, and also attaching sponges to the dogs feet so they clean the floors... (I don't do this but it's tempting....)

doleritedinosaur · 22/08/2016 18:49

This is absolutely lovely.

I'm taking on board the 20 minutes a day tasks.

I've got the vax cleaner & have steam cleaned one carpeted room but I did put the citrus vax detergent in it as didn't want it just smelling of wet carpet.
Lots of cat hair came up so definitely worth it.

building2016 · 22/08/2016 20:22

Brilliant news, OP. I am on your spare room thread and thought 'Oh no, she's found it all too much! ' So glad you blitzed it. Bet the old room feels like a distant memory now.

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