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Post by midtnmama on Aug 18, 2018 15:18:22 GMT
I've been traveling and trying to catch up to all the summer homesteading tasks so have been a little awol.
Please join us this month to encourage one another, shout out our accomplishments and teach one another!
You don't have to do the flylady tasks, tell us what works for you!
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Post by midtnmama on Aug 18, 2018 15:19:29 GMT
Week of August 12: we are in Zone 3: The Bathroom and One Extra Room
Mon:Bathroom: clean off the back of the tub and the bathroom sink tops (remove stuff that needs to be moved or thrown away).Other room: 27 boogie fling getting rid of 27 things that need to be thrown out.
Tues:Bathroom: Take inventory of things to buy.Other room: 27 boogie fling of things that need to go to another place in the house.
Wed: Bethroom: wash rugs and curtains.Other room: 27 boogie fling of things that need to be donated.
Thurs:toss old cosmetics and perfumes. Other room: Keep decluttering!
Frid: Use an old clean toothbrush to scrub around the faucets.Other room: vacuum the floor
Deep Cleaning if you have time for the bathroom and another selected room:
Bathroom detailed cleaning list
Wash area rugs
Scrub/wax floor
Straighten drawers/ cabinets
Clean shower stall/ wax (not the floor!)
Wash shower door
Clean medicine cabinet
Clean scale
Throw away empty bottles
Extra bedroom detailed cleaning list
Polish furniture
Straighten drawers/closet
Clean cobwebs
Wash mattress pad/dust rug
Flip mattress
Wash curtains
Wash windows
Clean window
Clean bath tub
Clean top of sewing machine
Straighten bookcase
Straighten computer desk
Clean out the closet
Put away stray items
Fertilize plants
Children’s bathroom detailed cleaning list
Wash area rugs
Sweep/scrub/wax floor
Straighten drawers/cabinets
Clean shower/tub stall
Wash shower door
Scrub bath toys
Wash down outside of toilet
Throw away empty bottles
Children’s bedrooms detailed cleaning list
Polish furniture
Straighten drawers/closet
Clean cobwebs
Wash mattress pad/dust rug
Flip mattresses
Wash curtains
Clean window
Straighten toy shelves
Clean under the bed
Clean out the closet
Put away stray items
Sort out-grown clothes
Vacuum under bed/closets
Dust baseboards
Clean fingerprints off door/walls
Rearrange videos/games/books
Office detailed cleaning list
Clear off the surface of your desk
Throw away pens that don’t work
Sharpen pencils
Throw out all the trash
Put items to keep in a pending file for Wednesday (desk day)
Do not stop to pay bills
Straighten one drawer at a time
Toss out old receipts from over 7 years
Clean off the monitor screen
Fill printer caddy with paper
Establish a place for current bills
Vacuum under desk and the whole room
Dust furniture
Clean windows
Remove cobwebs
Check supplies of paper and printer cartridges
Stamps and envelopes
Laundry room detailed cleaning list
Wipe down the top of the washer and dryer
Clean the gunk from under the washer lid
Throw out empty bottles and boxes
Empty the garbage can
Check supplies of laundry detergent, softener, spot remover
Sweep and mop the floor
Remove the cobwebs
Put away all clothes
Look behind appliances for odd socks
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Post by midtnmama on Aug 19, 2018 18:42:44 GMT
Week of Aug 19, 2018: Master Bedroom
Mon: Dust the walls, ceilings and flat surfaces of the master bedroom
Tues: Throw out old, rarely worn costume jewelry, scarves and belts.
Wed:Do the 27 boogie fling in your closet. Get rid of things not used
Thur: Go through the underwear drawer and get rid of things that no longer fit or are worn out.
Fri:Declutter your dresser
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
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Post by midtnmama on Aug 26, 2018 13:43:22 GMT
Most of my cleaning and organizing efforts have been doing some high priority outdoor things like pulling kudzu out of gardens and deadheading flowers so that they don't all come up right next to the sidewalk next year.
I did get the bathroom and master looking nice. Hauled the garbage yesterday.
I'd like to get a box or two for goodwill ready to be dropped off this week.
How about you? What are you accomplishing? How are you doing it?
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Post by susannah on Aug 26, 2018 21:23:54 GMT
Earlier this month, we decided to paint the floor in the utility room part of the basement. The prior owner had a wood burner along with the furnace but the woodburner was no longer functional. We had it removed when we replaced the oversized old dinosaur of a furnace with an ultra high efficiency one a few years back. But it left huge discolorations in the floor, thus explaining our decision to paint the concrete.
We decided that since we'd have to move everything out of that room, we were going to be very picky about what was allowed to return to the room once the floor was painted. Now we'd gone through a lot of stuff (or so we thought) last year but this year we got brutal with the downsizing. A big bag of stuff went to the dump. More was donated after we asked ourselves when the last time we used those items was, and how likely were we to ever use them again. Two sets of shelves went out to the new shed, as did some (but nowhere near all) of the items that had been on those shelves. The items were things that could survive our cold winter in unheated sheds just fine.
Floor was painted, much less stuff was returned to the room and it looks great. We're very happy with the results!
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Post by feather on Aug 31, 2018 1:44:38 GMT
I started really organizing more in 2016 or 17. I put all the medical supplies in bathrooms and bandages in a huge zip lock bag, and bandaids in all sizes in both bathrooms.
For the life of me we can't find the medical supplies, in either bathroom, above the kitchen sink in cabinets, in the pantry, in the file cabinets, in a multitude of labeled boxes, under sinks........no where. If someone is bleeding, well tough cookies. I'm so frustrated. DS came home with burn injuries the other night and we didn't find any of those things.
I found the triple antibiotics, bandaids, honey, but I'm missing that big bag of medical tape, gauze pads and more. Just kill me.
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Post by feather on Aug 31, 2018 5:14:39 GMT
Well now! feather You seem like the type of person that can improvise. Feminine hygiene products work well in place of gauze. They can be held in place with strips of fabric that have been torn from just about any clean pieces found in your supply of rags. (Be sure to tell us what his fellow co-workers have to say regarding his improvised bandages. 😊) There's supposed to be a 'omg you must be kidding' emoticon in there somewhere. I remember what feminine hygiene products are.......back in the old days, when I was younger. But what you say is funny to me. We're at the stage of no incontinence products and no grandbaby diapers so we are out of luck.  I do have rags, (who doesn't), and honey, but he came home tonight and they are healing so much better now.
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