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Post by farmchix on Jan 14, 2016 10:49:20 GMT
I've been working on the office and the website. Both need a good tidying. Always do this in January as I start to assimilate everything for our taxes.
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Post by emsmom on Jan 15, 2016 12:46:17 GMT
I have started a "yard sale" pile in the attic. The last weekend of May, our fire department is hosting a community yard sale and chicken barbecue. I plan to rent some tables and sell the excess-and it will be a fun time with friends.
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Post by susannah on Jan 15, 2016 15:13:34 GMT
Yikes, that's a long list for this week - a week that's almost over. Weather's gonna help me, though. Oh yeah. Nothing like a high of -4F this weekend to make me say "I'm not going anywhere." Might as well be productive. Plus I have three bathrooms to clean. The joys of living in a vacation area - we have lots and lots of company. Mainly in summer - for some reason very few seem to think subzero temperatures are good vacation weather. We love having company, and three bathrooms really help when we have a full house. Fortunately for cleaning purposes we've got a powder room in there, so it's not three full baths. Still, they'll need cleaning. Plans for this weekend include washing the area rugs, washing shower curtain/liners, and scrubbing the living daylights out of everything else in the rooms. I'm pretty good about throwing things out - maybe too good sometimes - so there never seem to be too many old bottles hanging around. We use up what will come out of bottles then I slice open the containers to get the rest. Then everything gets tossed. Laundry room is very small - and will get smaller with the next remodel. Seriously, we're going to go with a washer/dryer combo (not stacked unit, in this case the machine is BOTH a washer and dryer) due to needing space for a closet. But the current laundry room is right off the garage so the floor is DISGUSTING almost all the time. I can usually get one FULL dust pan of sand/gravel each time I sweep, and sometimes a second one. I'm also going to really wipe down the machines. They have some pretty blue laundry detergent residue coloring the tops. One of the few things that came with this house that we kept was a grabber. I know they're cheap, but I probably would never have bought one. Due to how the two machines are crammed into a tight spot, I still need to climb on top of them and hold a flashlight to see what clothing items have fallen behind. But the grabber makes picking them up pretty easy. Plus my grandson thinks it's one of the greatest toys ever invented.
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Post by Homesteader on Jan 15, 2016 23:01:55 GMT
susannah, and all of ya's! Speaking of that grabber, I discovered that it works great for picking up pinecones off the ground. I have even gotten good at "flinging" them into the wheelbarrow from quite a distance! I just move the wheelbarrow to a new spot, and start picking and flinging them! It sure beats having to lean down to pick each of them up. We have a lot of pines and I am really careful to keep them picked up as I turned my ankle once on one, not badly but enough that I realized I needed to keep them picked up regularly. Anyway, thought you might like that tip!
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Post by susannah on Jan 16, 2016 1:37:08 GMT
Homesteader, what an awesome idea! I never thought about it, but the grabber could be real handy in the woods!
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Jan 16, 2016 7:52:43 GMT
Those grabbers are really handy when your back goes out, too. I need one. I took a couple days to just work on little things like mending. I need to tackle the utility room and check to see if Abby did a good job on the small bathroom by her room. I'll be able to file the taxes this coming week, too, so it'll be good to get that out of the way (and even nicer to get my money back).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2016 10:55:03 GMT
Talk about like minds - I use a 'grabber' (which is actually a long pair of barbeque tongs) for picking up pinecones as well - and picking up sewing stuff that falls on the floor while I'm working. They are just soooooooo useful. Washed the kitchen net curtains today and am just about to iron them. Spurred on by the prospective visit of a neighbour tomorrow, of course. Crisis cleaning on speed. I fully expect to burn the motor out on the vacuum tomorrow morning.
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 16, 2016 14:34:04 GMT
farmchix, susannah,@kiwifarmgal,kiwifarmgirl: I love your signature: Good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help someone up. Anon. Does your username imply you are from Australia. If so, I'd love to hear your garden water miser ideas! ------------------------- I tried to keep up by washing the dishes by hand and reusing the same plate, fork and glass. By golly! How can two people make such a mess!!! ----------------- I'm taking my mending on a long car trip so that at least that little pile can be put away!!! I have many, many little fixit projects that need to be DONE AND GONE!! -------------------- You can teach an old dog new tricks. My dh is putting away things where they belong so that I don't have to spend 30 minutes looking for ingredients or cooking tools. I told him that if it takes me 30 minutes to look for stuff, I'm not cooking the meal!!! It's very frustrating to get all your ingredients ready to put in the food processor to puree and there is no blade! --------------- I have been slowly organizing my sewing stuff and found a box full of accessories for a sewing machine I used to own. Every imaginable accessory or foot is there for that machine. I just remembered that I saw that machine in a friends home--it was her mothers (as was mine before it bit the dust). I plan to gift it to her and get it out of my home!!!! -------------------- Catching up on my laundry and notice that I need to do a sock matching organization in the sock drawer. Even though it's happening slowly, its happening: every time flylady has us clean out a drawer or get rid of things like empty shampoo bottles/laundry bottles. Well, maybe I just grab one or two things, but over time it makes a big difference. Today, I'm going to spend 30 minutes gathering books/videos that will be sold! I get store credit that I will use for music, videos or books. We don't have netflix, so those $1.50 videos are great when they are things we love. I'll take my list of old bbc miniseries I love. --------------- I really believe in Flylady's goal of keeping up with things.I keep a scrubber thingee filled with a 50:50 ratio of vinegar and dawn dish liquid. When I take a shower I scrub a different area. In the winter,I lay down cardboard and top with free mulch from the dump in all my gardens. This keeps things easier to weed in the spring. All that shoveling is good exercise for this lady! I sprint while taking cardboard boxes to the garden (boxes from dollar general, donchaknow) About using the grabber to pick up stuff off the ground. I do plies, lunges,and squats, etc. to pick things up or weed, because it strengthens the muscles around my knees--helping me to avoid long term knee problems in older age. ---------------------- I have a lot of plastic shopping bags. I use these to donate items or sell books. I like to use the cardboard boxes for organization or when torn to put in the garden.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2016 20:43:50 GMT
farmchix , susannah ,@kiwifarmgal ,kiwifarmgirl: I love your signature: Good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help someone up. Anon. Does your username imply you are from Australia. If so, I'd love to hear your garden water miser ideas! Hi Midtnmama - no, not Australia. New Zealand. Easy trap to fall into and although we have much in common in many ways, neither nationality would thank you for lumping us together, haha. And we speak differently, but those in the Northern Hemisphere probably couldn't tell much difference. Both often have the annoying habit of having an upper inflection at the end of a sentence, turning it into sounding like a question (I deliberately don't because it grates on my ears). Your question reminded me of the infamous words of a now deceased but long-remembered NZ Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon when commenting on the flow of New Zealanders emigrating to Australia: that it improved the IQ of both countries.
I'll give some thought to what I used to do to save water get back to you. We now have our bore working again so have ground water 'on tap', but when we were reliant on rain water it got a bit hairy at times.
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 18, 2016 16:38:06 GMT
farmchix, emsmom, susannah, Homesteader, manygoatsnmore,@kiwifarmgal Week of 1 17 2016 This week we are in 2 Zones: Zone 3: The Bathroom and One Extra Room Zone 4: The Master Bedroom This month's Habit is: Shining Your Sink Mon:Spend 15 min getting things out of the bedroom that don't need to be there. Tues:Put away the "clothes Pile" Wed:Go through your shoes and get rid of any that should be donated Thurs:declutter the nightstands Fri:declutter the dresser 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 manygoatsnmore on Jan 18, 2016 20:56:23 GMT
Yay, I'm actually working in the zones listed this week, lol! I just finished cleaning and straightening the closet in my bedroom, and the rest of the room was just deep cleaned about a week ago, so it won't take much to keep it that way. I really need to tackle the utility/laundry room this week. The upright freezer is in there, too, so defrosting and inventorying it is on the list. Thanks, midtnmama, for posting the flylady lists for us.
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Post by krisinmi on Jan 19, 2016 20:06:09 GMT
I am so behind! I've been overwhelmed at work for the past week or so (coworker ended up getting fired for his laziness/rotten behavior while boss was away on vacation) and I've been fighting what seems like a losing battle with a cold/cough for a couple of weeks now. Finally got the dr to presribe me something other than cough meds yesterday, so hopefully I will be back on track soon. I've been keeping up with my regular housework (taking more time than normally does due to health) but would really like to tackle some of this extra stuff. Because for me, dusting falls into the category of 'extra stuff', lol.
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 20, 2016 14:03:15 GMT
farmchix , susannah ,@kiwifarmgal ,kiwifarmgirl: I love your signature: Good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help someone up. Anon. Does your username imply you are from Australia. If so, I'd love to hear your garden water miser ideas! Hi Midtnmama - no, not Australia. New Zealand. Easy trap to fall into and although we have much in common in many ways, neither nationality would thank you for lumping us together, haha. And we speak differently, but those in the Northern Hemisphere probably couldn't tell much difference. Both often have the annoying habit of having an upper inflection at the end of a sentence, turning it into sounding like a question (I deliberately don't because it grates on my ears). Your question reminded me of the infamous words of a now deceased but long-remembered NZ Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon when commenting on the flow of New Zealanders emigrating to Australia: that it improved the IQ of both countries.
I'll give some thought to what I used to do to save water get back to you. We now have our bore working again so have ground water 'on tap', but when we were reliant on rain water it got a bit hairy at times.
Kiwi Farm girl: Sorry to lump you together! I see now after a little research that Kiwi is a nickname for New Zealanders! Love the story about the emigration--That's hilarious!
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Jan 21, 2016 6:55:18 GMT
Today I tackled the clothes hanging in my closet...I hate how crowded the closet rod had become. Impossible to find what I was looking for, and the clothes were so squashed in there that they wrinkled hanging up. I tried on every single piece and only the ones that fit properly and that I really liked made the cut. Everything else was either folded and stored for when I lose more weight, or put in a bag to go to Goodwill. I had dropped off 3 bags of clothes there today, and nearly have another bag ready to go. I love having room between my clothes now! I ironed my scrub tops (all 2 of them - since I'm only going to be volunteering twice a month), and a few other items that needed it, and did some mending and spot treatment. Have a small load in the washer and another one ready to wash, and then I'll be done dealing with clothes for a while!
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 23, 2016 23:33:44 GMT
farmchix, emsmom, susannah, Homesteader, manygoatsnmore,@kiwifarmgal, midtnmama, krisinmi I'm taggin' you to find out what you are getting done!! I've been working in my basement today. - Four boxes of garbage, one box of recycled paper to go in the garden.
- Located five chairs that are awaiting small repairs that could be used when we have company and need extra chairs (I always intended to make saw horse tables that could be covered with tablecloths when we have a large group for a party. These are antique chairs that are mismatched but vintage. They will be lovely. Tasked husband to help with repairs pronto!!
- Staged four boxes of books near the door that will be sold.
- Found lamps and lampshades that are being saved for kid's eventual homes (put in one area so that they can be found)
- Unloaded two bookcases that are going to DD's apartment
- Found a bag of sweet potatoes I forgot were in the basement--some have rotted, some have sprouted. I'll be chitting them and planting them indoors to make vines to plant out in apr/may.
- Located containers for my winter seed sowing.
- Found a clear shower curtain that I will use to cover some furniture in the basement keeping them clean while stored
- Moved my large pots that were scattered near the window so that I can plant various things (celery bottoms, carrot tops, onion roots) and they can get a little sun until spring.
Here is my question: I have four printers that I don't need. They were used at my last job and had error messages I never had time to fix/research. I know someone might get a couple working and one works, but I don't know which one. I just want them out. I don't think I have time to deal with craigslist. Can I just donate to goodwill and hope they find a goood home? They all have cartridges in them and that reminds me that I need to get rid of or donate any cartidges that don't have printer homes....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 1:08:22 GMT
That's just plain sneaky, midtnmama Making me account for my cleaning and organising!!! Hrrumph!!! No, actually, it's really great, and just what I need. OK, so I have a plan and have started. Still so much to do but, hey, it's progress - albeit miniscule. So far I've: Asked DH to move his stuff off the dresser to his office so that I can keep it clean. He's half done that. 50% success. Cleared my quilting table so that I can start on a couple of fabric postcards that I need to do. One's for a swap and I'm late. I'm about to make them now. Kept the kitchen bench area lovely and tidy, washed the kitchen curtains, cleaned the window ledges (one in particular collects grease if we use the electric frypan for anything). Emptied 3 large containers (of about 15) on the deck. These previously had plants in them but they've either died or now have weeds growing in them. Chucked a clip of old raffle tickets that DH bought from his workmates - some of them dated back to 2011!!!! Can you imagine why we're still keeping them??? Kept up with my swish & swipes, making the bed and laundry. Better than nothing, I suppose. Need to significantly improve on the decluttering this week, though. Re your printer question: same problem here, but I only have 2 old printers lying about. One I can probably still get the cartridge refilled, but I found out that we can send them to the recycle centre for free. They repair what they can and resell. The money's then used for employing or finding employment for people with disabilities or mental issues. Asked myself WHEN I would be likely to try and get the cartridge refilled on the working one. Couldn't answer, so this is my solution. Just know that I'm not going to read any of your replies to midtnmama's question - I don't want to get disheartened before the week's even started, LOL.
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Post by farmchix on Jan 24, 2016 12:27:25 GMT
farmchix , emsmom , susannah , Homesteader , manygoatsnmore ,@kiwifarmgal , midtnmama , krisinmi I'm taggin' you to find out what you are getting done!! I've been working in my basement today. - Four boxes of garbage, one box of recycled paper to go in the garden.
- Located five chairs that are awaiting small repairs that could be used when we have company and need extra chairs (I always intended to make saw horse tables that could be covered with tablecloths when we have a large group for a party. These are antique chairs that are mismatched but vintage. They will be lovely. Tasked husband to help with repairs pronto!!
- Staged four boxes of books near the door that will be sold.
- Found lamps and lampshades that are being saved for kid's eventual homes (put in one area so that they can be found)
- Unloaded two bookcases that are going to DD's apartment
- Found a bag of sweet potatoes I forgot were in the basement--some have rotted, some have sprouted. I'll be chitting them and planting them indoors to make vines to plant out in apr/may.
- Located containers for my winter seed sowing.
- Found a clear shower curtain that I will use to cover some furniture in the basement keeping them clean while stored
- Moved my large pots that were scattered near the window so that I can plant various things (celery bottoms, carrot tops, onion roots) and they can get a little sun until spring.
Here is my question: I have four printers that I don't need. They were used at my last job and had error messages I never had time to fix/research. I know someone might get a couple working and one works, but I don't know which one. I just want them out. I don't think I have time to deal with craigslist. Can I just donate to goodwill and hope they find a goood home? They all have cartridges in them and that reminds me that I need to get rid of or donate any cartidges that don't have printer homes....
Got all the food on shelves and some of the kitchen items. I was able to pull one of the racks out of the garage and get it into the "food room" by myself. Just about killed myself doing it, but I got it done. My Momma's voice kept nagging me in my head...."never have to depend on a man for anything"....so, I persevered. Got the laundry done and the laundry area cleaned. Did a bit of a clean out in the kitchen. Today, I need to clean out the fridge. I usually work on it while I am fixing Sunday dinner, but we are meeting the kids at a Mexican restaurant to celebrate the Hubs' birthday. Did get the drain fixed in my bathroom yesterday morning, so I am good to shower in there today. I'm a little *ouchy* this morning, so I'm trying to find things to do all by myself.
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Post by susannah on Jan 24, 2016 16:25:31 GMT
midtnmama , you caught me! As I mentioned on a different thread, we've been moving several face cords worth of basswood from down near the lake (where we moved it this past summer) to up in or near the shed at the exact other end of the lot due to being able to actually burn the woods this year - thought we'd have to wait until next year. And it's burning fast. So YES. I am making excuses but with the unusually nice winter weather outside work took priority. We'll finish today, though. Darn good thing, too, because my house has apparently been having a wild party while our backs were turned. Good grief, how does it get so chaotic so quickly? What I want to work on today - what I WILL work on later today because I'm going to report back tomorrow so this will keep me accountable - is that giant closet in the powder room once again. Honestly it's the biggest storage closet I've ever seen, it takes up the longest wall - and when we do the next remodel, the powder room will become a full bath and a shower or shower/tub will replace the giant closet. So I decided I needed to pare down and keep first one of the five shelves completely empty, then move on to having two empty shelves...until I find a new home in our house for much of what's in there. There will be a small closet in the full bath but nothing...NOTHING...of the size of what's there now. I did get two shelves emptied. Then...somehow...they filled in again. I mean, really - how did that happen? Enough is enough. I WILL have one empty shelf by tomorrow. I hope.
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 24, 2016 22:09:03 GMT
Flylady Week of January 24 - 30, 2016: Living room and one other room (of your choice)
If you have a family room, game room, sun porch, or other room that is used by the family for living purposes, then concentrate on decluttering one room each month (or as you find more time)
Monday: Look around and see if some of your knicknacks can be gotten rid of to help you keep surfaces clean Tues:Clean under the cushions Wed:Put away the hotspots (stuff that shouldn't be in that room and are piling up) thurs:Take some time to clean at the junction of the baseboards and the floor (I know my corners need it and while i'm at it, I'll clean the baseboards) Fri:Do something nice for you in this room like a bouquet (I'm too cheap for this, but I do need to spray my lemon tree with soapy water for aphids)
Living Room/Family Room/Den Detailed Cleaning List
Clean cobwebs Clean windows Straighten bookcases Wash ornaments and knick-knacks Clean out end table Straighten closets/ drawers Wipe fingerprints from walls Polish furniture Clean out magazine racks Clean phone Clean under cushions Clean out fireplace Move furniture and vacuum Shampoo carpet
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Jan 25, 2016 0:00:11 GMT
midtnmama, Goodwill takes all electronics, including printers, for recycling. A good way to get rid of them. I've taken the last couple days off after a hectic week. Friday, I ran back and forth to town twice taking care of dental and GI health needs. I also managed to run the rest of my errands, including getting 9 bales of hay brought home for the horse, and I worked on the utility room. Refilled the cat box after a good scooping (Annie has decided to be an indoor cat now that winter is here), sweeping the floor and cobwebs, and sorting out a box of stuff that needed to be put away or thrown out. There's still work to be done in there, but it can wait for a day when I am inspired. While I have taken time off from deep cleaning the last couple days, I have been going through old receipts and throwing out the ones that are no longer relevant. I save all my receipts, but I don't need to know what I paid for a Sausage Biscuit from McD's 3 years ago! Time to purge lots of receipts. Problem is that I have to go through each receipt to make sure I'm not throwing away anything I actually want or need. I need to save receipts from home improvements, so that if I ever sell my house, I can add those to the purchase price for any capital gains offset. I want to save some of the receipts for tools, or for prep supplies. So, I have spent hours squinting at blurry receipts and deciding to keep or throw. I'm about 1/3 of the way through - I haven't done anything with them since about 2007!
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Post by susannah on Jan 25, 2016 16:19:40 GMT
I did get one shelf completely emptied in the giant closet in the powder room. I'm pretty sure that I can condense another one this week. I need to go through all the storage containers of "bargains" and take inventory before I end up buying even more of something I have too much of already. Got that? As far as this week's list: Monday: Look around and see if some of your knicknacks can be gotten rid of to help you keep surfaces clean
I'm not much of a knicknack person, but I do have several duck and fish decoys that I love and that ARE allowed shelf real estate in the living room. But a quick glance at them shows they are all in need of a real good dusting. And a good dusting they will get today. Freezing rain will keep me indoors. Clean out fireplace We're pretty obsessive about doing this before each burning. But the fireplace tools aren't in the right places, and the mantle sure could use a good dusting. So I'll sub in that. As far as picking another room, it'll be the downstairs family room. We don't use it as a family room all that often - heck, we don't use it all that often ourselves. But it's also the "guest suite" (it has sort of a "kitchenette" and its own bathroom) and we're going to be having more guests soon, so it seems like a good candidate for a thorough cleaning and reorganizing. Am I strange in that I'm looking forward to this cleaning?
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Post by krisinmi on Jan 26, 2016 18:04:30 GMT
midtnmama, thanks for keeping me accountable This lingering cough has really got me frustrated as it leaves me so blasted tired once I get home from 4-5 hours of work at the horse farm that I'm not getting as much done at home as I'd like. Dr. did finally give me an antibiotic and a steroid (to help w/the lungs) last week, so I am finally picking up speed and hope to be back to normal pace by the end of this week. Meanwhile. . . I got my bedroom closet mostly cleaned out and organized. I wanted to move a few things from the back shelves to the front shelves and vice versa, so that is what I did. Weeded out a little bit of clothing in the process, but since I'd gone through clothes last summer there wasn't much I could get rid of this time around. This week I am concentrating on cleaning out and organizing my dds' old bedroom. With them both away at college, it now needs to be able to function as a guest room, yet still hold their things left at home. They might both be home for the summer, (one definitely has a summer job in the area, the other is looking for an internship wherever she might be able to land one related to her major) so it still needs to be 'their room' with their belongings in it. So far I have taken the liberty to go through all their clothing left home and remove everything that is way too small. Special 'memento' clothes such as sports and extra curricular activity t-shirts I'll save in a box on their closet, but regular clothes that are just outgrown are going to be donated. For their non-displayable treasures (notebooks, old play scripts and playbills, etc) I bought a couple of underbed storage boxes and have been sorting each girls' stuff into her own box to be kept out of sight under her bed.
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Jan 28, 2016 5:51:23 GMT
krisinmi, I have that same cough...last night I hacked and coughed for a couple hours before the meds finally kicked in. Ugh. Today, I swept the master bathroom, including shaking out the rugs and combing Abby's hair off of them...waist length hair shed in the bathroom adds up to a LOT of hair stuck in the throw rugs, and it doesn't vacuum well! I also swept cobwebs and did war on the daddy longlegs. Is it awful that I find killing those things oddly satisfying, lol? Also swept my bedroom, did some general straightening around the house, and worked on the receipt pile again (soooo tired of working on these!). Tomorrow I need to work on the living and dining room areas.
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Post by susannah on Jan 28, 2016 16:23:29 GMT
Tuesday - clean under the cushions. Well, I was feeling all smug and "I got this!" because all of our living room furniture is leather and reclines, so it doesn't have flippable cushions. However. Sticking my hand in where the seat cushions meet the back cushions was a humbling experience. Wednesday, check. The wide open layout of the living room/kitchen/whatever makes leaving things out NOT a good idea, so I'm ok there. Thursday - baseboard junctions and corners - that's on my to do list for today. The way dust accumulates in this house, the broom's going to get a good workout. Deep cleaning of the family room continues. I should finish today, and it will be company-ready when company arrives tomorrow. These threads are doing me so much good, and making my life a lot easier!
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Post by Homesteader on Jan 29, 2016 21:34:12 GMT
Tuesday - clean under the cushions. Well, I was feeling all smug and "I got this!" because all of our living room furniture is leather and reclines, so it doesn't have flippable cushions. However. Sticking my hand in where the seat cushions meet the back cushions was a humbling experience. susannah, do tell..........
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 4:34:09 GMT
I've been working on the office and the website. Both need a good tidying. Always do this in January as I start to assimilate everything for our taxes. I keep a manilla envelope (9 x 12) in a prominent place in the office. Any piece of paper I deem needed for taxes I put in the envelope through out the year. My CPA sends a checklist each year so it makes it easy to cross-reference to my "envelope" come tax time. I also paper clip my "ask the CPA" note to the envelope.
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Post by farmchix on Jan 30, 2016 10:47:23 GMT
I've been working on the office and the website. Both need a good tidying. Always do this in January as I start to assimilate everything for our taxes. I keep a manilla envelope (9 x 12) in a prominent place in the office. Any piece of paper I deem needed for taxes I put in the envelope through out the year. My CPA sends a checklist each year so it makes it easy to cross-reference to my "envelope" come tax time. I also paper clip my "ask the CPA" note to the envelope. I keep a Lpngaberger basket that is only for tax documents. January 1 I start printing off inventory, profit & Loss, etc. throw it into the basket and wait for the W-2s. I'm not a procrastinator to get those taxes done. Don't like having something hanging over my head.
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Post by midtnmama on Jan 30, 2016 16:18:57 GMT
Funny that you mention how the electric fry pan affects the cleanliness of your ledge.....On another forum for plant-based eating, someone pointed out that now that they don't use oil, their kitchen isnt so difficult to clean, no gunky countertops and appliances. You know, it's true. I don't have to scrub and scrub and use a special cleaner to get the gunk off! Needless to say I'm saving 4 bucks a month and many calories!! I now sautee veggies in water( I was never a deep fryer/frier/friar ha,ha sp?). -------------- Finally got all the christmas decorations put up in plastic storage boxes and everything is organized so it will be much eeasier to decorate next year. DH sees the light! ------------ Floors were filthy after all that putting up of stuff, so I swept, vacuumed and washed the kitchen floor. Phew!!!
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Post by krisinmi on Jan 30, 2016 19:41:34 GMT
Made a lot of headway in the dds' old bedroom this week. Helps that the eldest one is home for the weekend (her college is about 90 min away) and she was willing to go through some of the desk drawers, etc and sort through her keepsakes from growing up. It was nice to reminisce with her this morning about some of the things; also to see her expressions of 'what was I thinking?' in regards to some of the 'treasures' she saved as a small girl.
In other parts of the house, I've been thrown a massive curve ball. It'll be good, cleaning-wise, in the end. But for now it's a little bit of a mess-maker. My eldest son and his family, who have been living with DH and I for the past 16 months, are moving into their own place. In another week, my house will be much, much emptier. Which will make cleaning (especially deep cleaning) much easier. It is also going to prompt DH to rearrange the living room furniture, something he's been talking about since Thanksgiving but keeps putting off. With DS taking his couch out of there, we definitely will need to change the layout of the rest of the furniture!
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Feb 1, 2016 14:24:33 GMT
I'm off to start the new month's thread - see you all there!
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