December 2016 Cleaning and Organizing thread

[midtnmama]

This post is meant to be a motivator for all of us to have a clean, calm, organized home. Let us know what you are getting done so we can cheer you on!

I'll start:  I sent a box to Goodwill yesterday and tossed a bag in the garbage.  In cleaning the bathroom, I see I have lots of lotions to use up! We will be eating from the pantry and freezer more in an effort to not waste food that was bought on sale. Having more room to put things away will make it easier to clean the kitchen.

Today, I'm cleaning under the sink and see why I can never find cleaning rags! I'm putting plastic kitchen sink tubs under there to organize things.

Flylady tasks for the Week of December 5, 2016: The Kitchen

Monday: Wipe down the cabinet doors
Tues: Clean the silverware drawer
Wed: Clean out the refrigerator
Thurs: Clean your sink
Friday: Dust the top of your refrigerator

If you have more time, proceed to the deep cleaning below:

Kitchen: Detailed Cleaning List

Empty refg/clean thoroughly

Clean microwave inside and out

Clean stove/oven

Wash canister/knick-knacks

Straighten drawers/cupboards

Wipe fingerprints off walls

Wash inside windows

Clean fan/vent-a-hood filters and hood

Scrub down cabinet fronts (only a few at a time)

Clean light defusing bowls (glass globes over light bulbs)

Clean under sink/throw away old rags

Clean pet dishes

[pinfeather]

Today I'm renting a carpet cleaner and shampooing them myself. The last 2 times I paid to have it done, the carpets looked streaky, cleaner where they'd overlapped. So I did it myself last time and was able to go over the whole area twice for less than 1/3 the price and the carpet looked great. I sure wish hubby would go for wood floors, they're so much cleaner! After carpet cleaning there's dusting, sweeping down cobwebs, cleaning windows, then DECORATING!!!!

[midtnmama]

Win:
I got two boxes of books/games/electronic stuff sent to the resale bookseller.
In doing that, see that there are a lot of things that need to be thrown out in the basement. Working on our clothes closet so we have more room to put things away.

I am declaring 2017 the year of getting rid of stuff that will never get used!!

[midtnmama]

Week of December 19, 2016:

Mon: Do a 27 boogie fling in the bedroom getting rid of 27 things that are no longer needed or need to be donated or thrown out.

Tues: Go through your jewelry and get rid of outdated, broken or unmatched things.

Wed: Declutter your bedroom getting rid of anything that doesn't belong there.

Thurs: Dust the walls and ceilings of your bedroom.

Fri: Attack the clothes pile and put things away.

FlyLady’s Detailed Cleaning List – Zone 4: The Master Bedroom
This is my detailed cleaning list for Zone 4. Ensure you adapt it to fit your home and family. If you are still decluttering, you are not ready for this whole list, concentrate on decluttering only! Baby steps! – FlyLady

This is FlyLady’s Detailed Cleaning List for Zone 4. If your home is still cluttered, you are not supposed to do detailed cleaning yet; just declutter for 15 minutes a day in this area. Do not get blown away by how big this detailed cleaning list is LOL! We do not do all of it in one week. Each month we focus on a different room, and only do just a little in the other rooms. After a few months it will be very easy! BabySteps! It did not get dirty overnight and it is not going to get clean in a day! Print each room on a separate sheet of paper. Copy and paste into a word processing document. You may need to add a few of your own details that apply to your home.

Start at the ceiling and work your way down to the floor.

Master Bathroom Detailed Cleaning List

Wash area rugs
Straighten up makeup
Straighten drawer cabinets
Clean shower/stall demold
Wash shower doors
Master Bedroom Detail Cleaning List

Polish Furniture
Clean off the desks
Clean cobwebs
Wash mattress pad/dust ruffle
Flip mattress
Empty trash
Wash windows
Cull some books from bookcase
Straighten drawers
Clean under the bed
Closet Detailed Cleaning List

Straighten the top shelves
Arrange the shoes
Take Suitcases to basement
Dust shoe bookcase

[midtnmama]

My house looks reasonable so I spent several hours in the basement.
--Two large Boxes for donation
--Four boxes for a Friend's daughter
--a carload to the dump
--Four boxes of books and games to sell
--Tons of paper/boxes to recycle in the garden by suppressing weeds and holding in moisture (BTW: I put six boxes of paper in the garden to get wet. Then, when I plant my seedlings in the spring they will stay put!!
--Found sewing notions, thread, parts to my vacuum cleaner.
Now have four rubbermaid boxes to use in organizing the rest of stuff to keep.

All in all a very productive day. It was hard to stop, but all the dust was getting to me!