Cleaning and Organizing Thread February 2019

[midtnmama]

Let's get our homes organized in 2019. I'm disppointed while looking for seeds and seed starting things that they are stashed in many places. NOT HELPFUL.  So I am going to recommit to becoming organized in 2019 and I hope you will too. I follow Flylady, but you don't have to. Just post what you do and what you want to do and how you did it!

This week's flylady tasks : Zone 3: The Main Bathroom and One Extra Room (10-16)


Spend 10-15 minutes per week. IF you have more time, proceed to the detailed list:
Mon:wash the shower door or shower curtain.
Tues: Spend 15 minutes in the office decluttering.
Wed: Throw out empty bottles from under the bathroom sink and make a list of what you need to buy.
Thurs: Take the rugs from your bathroom and wash them. Before you start the rugs in the wash wipe down the top and front of your washer and dryer. Then throw the rags in with the rugs from the bathroom!
Fri:empty the garbage in the bathroom, laundry room, extra bedroom, and the office


Detailed Cleaning list:

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

[lindy]

I was supposed to go out with a friend tomorrow,but the weather derailed our plans. So, I'm committing to taking everything out of the laundry room except the washer/dryer, then clean the whole thing top to bottom including the ceiling and dryer vents before sorting and returning everything to its right spot. A clean laundry room,and mine is tiny, doesn't have the wow factor of say... a living room full of well polished furniture, but it will be a pleasure to open the door and see everything in place again. If, and it is "if" I get the laundry room done in time I'll aim for a thorough clean of the bathroom too. I've noticed that the tile grout could use some cleaning despite me wiping the walls with a squeegee after every shower.

[countrymom22]

I've had extra time on my hands the last few days so I've done a deep cleaning on the entire house. I broke it up into rooms/floors and just kept pushing on until it was done. The only rooms I didn't touch were the office as hubby has all the tax stuff piled up around the room and the boys bedrooms as they take care of those themselves.

It feels great to get to enjoy my nice clean house. At least until everyone comes home and trashes it again. That's what happens when you live with a bunch of mechanics and machinists!

[Maura]

I have so much of my knitting and sewing put in storage, but I still have enough to think about. I have resorted my yarns and projects so they take up less room and are better organized.

[lindy]

I did get the laundry room cleaned out and reorganized and it does look good. Ditto the bathroom.

A few months ago I posted that I had a whole lot of stuff from our families estates, much of it to go here and there. I did give everyone a deadline to pick up their stuff, or I would ship it out to them with money from the estate. I'm pleased to say that it's all gone now, some picked up as everyone is within 1 hour from me, and some was shipped. The room felt so spacious when all the tubs were gone! I did big clean of the area, carpeting washed walls etc and returned it to its normal state.

Now I'm focused on getting paperwork ready for tax returns, mine, one family members that I'm responsible for, plus one estate return. It really is a pleasure to work at a table with all the paperwork at my finger tips, arranged in proper files.

Now, to tackle the hard stuff - my crafting supplies!