Anyone (who finds it hard to get motivated) want to join me for a big clean-up day tomorrow?

[Countingthegreyhairs]

Ok, so this is a bit sad at my age ...

but ...

house is a total wreck as usual ..

have zero motivation ....

have a whole 6 hr day tomorrow (Thursday 8th) while dd is at school to really go for it ...

stole idea from LoveMyGirls but would you like to join me for a sort of mutual "kick up the bum and get your house sorted " thread? Suggest meet on here at 9am GMT (I'm an hour ahead - so will get a head start ) and then report back in at 45 min or hourly intervals ....

anyone??

thought the participants in these threads might be interested :

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/2430/519951
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/2430/523444

perhaps?

oh dear. got a bit distracted. (I always get distracted!)

cleaned toilet and loo room thoroughly.

Then started on bathroom.
Tried to wipe mould off ceiling - wouldnt come off of course. So 15 minutes later I find myself perched on bath painting the ceiling . Think I've got all the splashes off the walls now.... just hoping mould stays hidden else i'll be very cross!

Anyway, bathroom is cleaned now too. Am having an early lunch to try and recuperate then onwards.
How is everyone else doing?

toadette.

Hellooooo

Glad to see you'v got started already.

I'm back from todler group and you can't tell I did anything down here. yesterday.

I decided to wear a dress today so ironed it this morning, and that combined with losing my front door key meant that I've just come back to see that the housework faries haven't sorted out the whole bowl of porridge that ds pourd on the floor this morning

So, I need to

~Clean carpet (see above)
~ Hoover
~Wash up
~Tidy kitchen
~Make tonights tea
~Sort out the dds rooms....I like the sound of the stuffing it all in a cupboard technique, but the cupboards are alreay stuffed!

Hi jas, hope you got to the porridge before it hit the cement stage

Ohyoubadbadkitten, pmsl can't believe you end up painting and decorating this morning, where was that on your list

I've just got past the 'worse than I started' cleaning stage so I have a sense of achievement this morning. Wouldn't like anyone to open our cloakroom door though, ahem.

Keep going, girls. Speak soon

Ah, yes weetabix is much worse than porridge.

Downstairs is now resembling a house again, and the real work starts. I'm going to do dd1s room (box room, very few toys) before tackiling the pit that belongs to dd2 and ds.

I'll report back in another hour.

Well done, jas. I'm going to do dd's room with her later, so much messier than her 2 brothers. From this morning's list, remaining items are :

• clean windows and patio doors
• vacuum downstairs
• shower doors and tray in main bathroom
• unload and reload dishwasher
• mop kitchen floor

Better go and make lunch for ds2 (and get him dressed)! Will try to check in this afternoon with a finished list.

Well done Toadette and Jas - especially in this weather

Am doing really well.

Mould is staying hidden - yay!!!

Not going to be able to move later though!!

Have got all bedding out on line drying.

Upstairs is dusted, carpets vacuumed and washed.

Cupboard doors are miraculously staying shut despite volume of stuff behind them. (waiting for the sounds of avalanches!)

Did a quick swill out of fridge so could cram riverford delivery in.
Bizarrely, thanks to dhs shopping and me not paying attention to what was in box have ended up with 3 bunches of spring onions and two lots of celery. I see celery and onion soup being on the cards (bleugh!)

Cleaned cat litter tray.

Will do aquarium later as its nearly school pick up time and we are walking to town for dd to research her project. (groan - maybe will take her on monday instead)

Going to have to go in a minute and scrub paint of self and get into some clothes a little less grungy.

I love celery soup

Well done on all that work., Toadette and BadBadKitten
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I haven't done quite as well, but dd1s room is done, and the other bedroom is started, but I'm losing motvaton, so stopped for a cuppa and will get dd2 to help when she gets in after school.

My fish tank is a disgrace (putting it in the sunniset window in the house was a bad idea.) but it will have to wait til tonight/tomorrow now I think.

(I used neat bleach on mouldy bathroom walls one, before painting over. It lasted about 6 months before it came back)

Hi Toadette, Janni, OhYouBadKitten, and Jas

Crikey, look at all your lists ! You've really ploughed through today. V. impressive stuff!

Just got back from work - dd is with a play-date until 5.30pm (have to leave here at 5.10pm to pick her up) and so I now have an hour and a bit to try and (literally) clear a path on the office floor ....

Got more done last night (without intending to) as dd came home with "visitors" in her hair. Third time this year fgs so did a massive bed change, towel wash, brush and comb wash, hat and coat wash too which ended at 10.30 pm .. Here's hoping all the other parents in her class do the same grrrrr!

Spurred on by this thread, I got up at 5.30 am this am with dh (he was going on the Eurostar to London) and did a load of de-cluttering in the sitting room and washed the sofa covers ... so going to hang 'em out in the sunshine now ...

So am on a roll ...thanks to everyone here ... it's so much easier once you've started isn't it?? One thing sort of leads to another ....

Well done everyone! I'm impressed by all the painting and decorating, draw sorting, mopping, weetabix-hacking and window-washing going on ....

Send the celery soup my way please ....

oops - draw-er sorting

OK, a slow day due to kiddie demans but I kept my pledge to not return here till those jobs were done!

This evening need to: prep a picninc, clean out goldfish, do some laundry, change bedding

Well done Janni

Well done everyone!!!

Janni - busy evening for you then!

Counting - grr at your 'visitors' creating extra work. 5:30 am though - crikey that is a bit keen!
/pours soup into cd drive....

Jas - wish I'd thought of the bleach bit! mind you knowing me it would have ended up everywhere and been a diasaster. One bit does need a touch up but dh isnt busy tomorrow when i am so he now has an assignment! we are getting some new fish tomorrow after a disastrous die off so they do need a clean tank. Good luck with rest of motivation.

Toadette - so how are you getting on?

Hi all

Thought I'd walked into wrong house when I got back from school run

Didn't get round to doing the windows and mopping floor, will do tomorrow instead.

Well done everyone

OK, it's Sunday and I have some child-free hours. So I am going to use them to have a sort out. I'll probably be on my own here as you lot, very sensibly, will be enjoying the sunshine. I'm going to throw open the windows, put on some nice music and ...invite anyone to join me in a Sunday clean-up!!

1. clear up kitchen and hang laundry
2. tidy living room and clean out goldfish
3. take sheets off beds and do a new load of washing

See, I knew I'd be on my own! Should go over to Fly but I always fall off the wagon there, so will plough my lonely furrow here!

The music and sunshine are helping. Next jobs:
1)Tidy our room and change bedding
2)Sort out DDs room - clear out old toys

Come and FLY....doesn't matter if you fall off the wagon, at least there will be someone to talk to while you are not doing the housework!

Hi,

Sorry if being a bit dense but what is this FLY business? Am fairly new to all this and confused

Melly - FLY is an American website for people who find it hard to get motivated to keep on top of the housework
On mn, we have a daily thread where we can post and keep each other company when we are cleaning, but it is also a friendly chat thread.We link to the FLYwebsite at the beginning of each day.

Some actually follow Flyladys plans, others just do the same kind of thing we did on this thread. Here is today's thread - you can always just pop on when you have a day of housework lined up, and there will be someone ther to keep you motivated

It's Thursday, my house looks like a tip again...is anyone up for a cleaning morning challenge???

If not I'm going to be talking to myself on here...

Back soon with list.

Anyone??????? Just me then....

Cup of coffee to set me up for the morning then:

Living room - declutter, tidy up, dust vacuum and clean windows

Hallway - declutter, clean windows, vacuum and dust

Dining room - tidy up, vacuum and dust

Kitchen - tidy up, unload and reload dishwasher, wash down cooker, worktops, kitchen table, wash windows and patio doors

Downstairs loo and basin and floor

Laundry, laundry, laundry...

Sort out recycling

Yayyy, glad to have some company mildmanneredjanitor, will check in with progress report later

Hi everyone!!

Respect Toadette! You are still going strong!

Sorry to be so late today!!

(Self-indulgent whinge alert)

Had one of those mornings ... dd was up 5 times in night and woke up at 5.45 this am...not ill ... but crying ... partly about friends at school ... partly about a dream about a jelly-fish in a lift (!)... partly about one of her teachers .... trying to work it all out .... I've kept her at home with me because I thought she might be going down with something... now she's crying because she's not in school and because she's wearing the wrong socks (!)..... oh and it's my birthday (said quietly) and dh is away travelling ...

Moan over... now on to the important stuff:

going to try and tackle my office today (as much as dd's presence will allow anyway)

and get through some of the laundry mountain and ironing

Wish me luck as I don't really fancy doing either!!

Someone please send me a strong coffee and a piece of coffee and walnut cake ...