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Today's goals
2 days ago
Clean the bathroom: 1 hour
Done. It was actually 2 hours.
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How to clean up my house and keep it clean
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How I did it: I agree, flylady made the biggest difference. i'm by no means completely happy and feel my house is perfect, but its presentable and way less junky and dirty than before. we all know how to clean, the key is flylady gets you to think about cleaning in a different way...in fact she doesn't call it cleaning, she calls it blessing your home. the flylady radio show, available as a podcast, is awesome to listen to as you do other thingsand get her good new perspective into your psyche. Lessons & tips: it's about gratitude!! appreciating what you have, your stuff, your home, and taking care of it with daily maintenance. anything you dont need or appreciate belongs with someone else, get it out of your house to goodwill so someone else can use it daily and appreicate it. (and you'll have more space) Resources: flylady.net |
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Hummingbird Medicine keeps having dreams about her lost friend
6/28 - B week starts!
1 week ago
Daily:
-spruce up kitty’s eating area
-wash dishes
-put away dishes
-scoop litter
-sweep kitty litter off floor
-remove any clothing or small objects left lying around in the bathroom
-remove any stray stuff left lying on the table or chairs
29, 1, 3 – Every other day – odd-numbered dates:
-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside
-tidy up kitchen counters and cart
28, 30, 2, 4 – Every other day – even-numbered dates:
-clean under and around the table and temple room cabinet
-put cat toys into cat toy basket so the place doesn’t look like a danged cat sanctuary
Once a week:
-dust bathroom knickknacks
-change kitty litter completely
-laundry
-clean kitchen floor
-check under and around the bed for rogue stuff
-clean the dish rack
-dust the microwave
-make sure nothing’s piling up improperly in the closet
-change the sheets
-straighten up stuff along the kitchen wall
-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house
-get the hair up off the rug and vacuum the place up
Every other week – B weeks:
-clean the stove
-clean the kitchen window sill
-tidy on top of the refrigerator
-clean the windows
Hummingbird Medicine keeps having dreams about her lost friend
This week...
1 week ago
Daily:
-spruce up kitty’s eating area
-wash dishes
-put away dishes
-scoop litter
-sweep kitty litter off floor
-remove any clothing or small objects left lying around in the bathroom
-remove any stray stuff left lying on the table or chairs
25, 27 Every other day – odd-numbered dates:
-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside
-tidy up kitchen counters and cart
24, 26 Every other day – even-numbered dates:
-clean under and around the table and temple room cabinet
-put cat toys into cat toy basket so the place doesn’t look like a danged cat sanctuary
Once a week:
-dust bathroom knickknacks
-change kitty litter completely
-laundry
-clean kitchen floor
-check under and around the bed for rogue stuff
-clean the dish rack
-dust the microwave
-make sure nothing’s piling up improperly in the closet
-change the sheets
-straighten up stuff along the kitchen wall
-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house
-get the hair up off the rug and vacuum the place up
Every other week – A weeks:
-wash/clean sink and toilet surfaces
-clean bath tub and mat
-clean bathroom mirror
-dust everything
Hummingbird Medicine keeps having dreams about her lost friend
This week...
3 weeks ago
I’m reasonably sure this week of my life was sponsored by Satan himself. As desperate as I am to keep my home looking nice, I was even more desperate for some basic sanity this week. I let my cleaning routines slide and am already suffering rather abjectly for it.
Unfortunately, with my condition, there’s a tipping point beyond which I just cannot cope without help, and since I live alone that help usually has to come from within; prior planning and nearly fail-safe organizational structures are crucial. So for this week I think I have to run things a little differently.
Daily:
-spruce up kitty’s eating area
-wash dishes
-put away dishes
-scoop litter
-sweep kitty litter off floor
-remove any clothing or small objects left lying around in the bathroom
-remove any stray stuff left lying on the table or chairs
17, 19 Every other day – odd-numbered dates:
-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside
-tidy up kitchen counters and cart
16, 18, 20 Every other day – even-numbered dates:
-clean under and around the table and temple room cabinet
-put cat toys into cat toy basket so the place doesn’t look like a danged cat sanctuary
Once a week:
-dust bathroom knickknacks
-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house
-get the hair up off the rug and vacuum the place up
Category done:
Every other week – B weeks
Breakfast0fChampions Redivivus
June 3
4 weeks ago
Cleaned two different cupboards and one shelf area with my sister. Over the weekend I shook out and washed the curtains in the dining room, as well as removed the cobwebs and dusted the curtain rods. Oh – and I cleaned off and organized the stuff on top of the microwave and cleaned out the bottom of one of the kitchen cupboards.
I finally have everything planned out in a two-week time frame. : )
gohiking Had the chit scared out of me on the X2 roller coaster
Clutterholic
4 weeks ago
My family is very OCD when it comes to keeping things. My Mom is average, but my Dad’s house is a complete mess. I’m sort of in between, with my garage full of stuff and one bedroom in the house too. I’m slowly trying to wean myself off of saving all the papers, but it is still building up faster than I throw it out. Mainly I want to scrapbook stuff I’m actually involved with, but too much additional stuff is kept too. Now that I am finished with school, this will be one of my priorities to just throw the old stuff away if its older than a couple of years.
Hummingbird Medicine keeps having dreams about her lost friend
Today and 6/1-6-7
4 weeks ago
So, here’s what to do today/this week…by the way, I think I’m just going to keep editing this one entry instead of copying and editing and reposting constantly.
What I’ve done so far:
-tidy up kitchen counters and cart
-spruce up kitty’s eating area
-clean kitchen floor
-clean bathroom mirror
-check under and around the bed for rogue stuff
-scoop litter
-sweep kitty litter off floor
-dust the microwave
-straighten up stuff along the kitchen wall
-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house
-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside
-put away dishes
-clean the dish rack
-remove any clothing or small objects left lying around in the bathroom
-remove any stray stuff left lying on the table or chairs
-wash dishes
-change kitty litter completely
-wash/clean sink and toilet surfaces
-clean bath tub and mat
Once a week:
-dust bathroom knickknacks
-laundry
-make sure nothing’s piling up improperly in the closet
-change the sheets
-get the hair up off the rug and vacuum the place up
Every other week – A weeks:
-dust everything
Lilibeth87 is running errands
Untitled
4 weeks ago
House is much cleaner than normal doing 5 or 10 minute blasts are great. Also I divided my laundry basket up into according to colour and delicates. Doing laundry is much easier now.
Hummingbird Medicine keeps having dreams about her lost friend
here’s my list and schedule of regular maintenance stuff so that the house doesn’t become a pit like this again.
Daily:
-spruce up kitty’s eating area
-wash dishes
-put away dishes
-scoop litter
-sweep kitty litter off floor
-remove any clothing or small objects left lying around in the bathroom
-remove any stray stuff left lying on the table or chairs
Every other day – odd-numbered dates:
-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside
-tidy up kitchen counters and cart
Every other day – even-numbered dates:
-clean under and around the table and temple room cabinet
-put cat toys into cat toy basket so the place doesn’t look like a danged cat sanctuary
Once a week:
-dust bathroom knickknacks
-change kitty litter completely
-laundry
-clean kitchen floor
-check under and around the bed for rogue stuff
-clean the dish rack
-dust the microwave
-make sure nothing’s piling up improperly in the closet
-change the sheets
-straighten up stuff along the kitchen wall
-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house
-get the hair up off the rug and vacuum the place up
Every other week – A weeks:
-wash/clean sink and toilet surfaces
-clean bath tub and mat
-clean bathroom mirror
-dust everything
Every other week – B weeks:
-clean the stove
-clean the kitchen window sill
-tidy on top of the refrigerator
-clean the windows
Monthly:
-wash fleece pad in kitty cage
-check dates on emergency supplies and other non-refrigerated food
Quarterly:
-change ant traps
