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Hummingbird Medicine GAAAAAAHHHHHH! I'm feeling a little stressed these days.

Dear Cat, 1 week ago

I’m sure you’re aware that I have been trying very hard for the last several months to keep this house clean for myself, my guests, and yes, you. Your conduct this morning did not help.

I don’t mind when you leave bits of food splattered all over your eating area; you’re a messy eater, I know that, and that’s why you have a place mat. Neither do I mind when you go careening out of your litter box and kicking litter all over the bathroom floor; for whatever reason, male cats in particular seem to find pooping an occasion to celebrate, and if that means rocketing yourself out of there like you’re on fire, lovely. That’s why I keep a whisk broom next to your box. Nevertheless, this morning was a bit much.

First you tore my shelf off the wall. I don’t know how you managed to tear all five screws out of the wall, but somehow you did. My mother says I should just forget about it and be grateful nothing broke. My mother, as usual, missed the point. You are a CAT, and you somehow tore an entire SHELF off of the WALL!

You did this while I was asleep, and I was so exhausted I didn’t much care what the thunderous crash was – I only knew that your feet were galloping away from the scene, and that I’d likely have one heckuva cleanup job waiting for me when I finally got up. Then a short time later I heard you throwing up in the bathroom. Okay, cats throw up. They don’t like it any better than I do. Not your fault. And heck, you even threw up on a non-carpeted surface, which is pretty skillful.

Then when I woke up I discovered the true nature of the damage. Stuff EVERYWHERE. The vase of flowers you knocked over soaked several things on the way down, including a very sweet note from one of my best friends. When I went into the bathroom I discovered that you also had elected to sample the flowers from said vase at some point; I know this because that’s what you threw up. The flowers have been here a week and a half and you hadn’t shown the least interest. I’ve had flowers here regularly since I adopted you four years ago and you’ve never shown any interest in any of them, including flowers of this exact same variety. I might also add that you weigh about 15 pounds, so you can’t really make the excuse that you were starving and desperate, so…WHY??? And to top it all off, you caused another small avalanche in the bathroom that I had to dig through just to get to the toilet and pee.

If my screaming fits this morning disturbed you, my apologies, but well…let this be some indication that when I tell you repeatedly to stay away from the area near my desk, this is why it’s a good idea to LISTEN! I love you dearly but you drove me even nearer the precipice above utter insanity, and I was already doing the cha-cha pretty close to the edge of it with all that’s happening. It has been a LOUSY day for both of us ever since; I’ve been depressed and overwhelmed, so much so that I stayed home all day, and I’m not fun for you when you have to share the house with me that way. So, a humble request:

No more kittycat demolition games! Please! Or if you’re going to do something half this obnoxious, at least wait until I’m awake so I don’t open my eyes to this kind of chaos first thing.

Luv,

The Human



steps 1 week ago

1. trash
2. clean
3. set cleaning schedule
4. get all tools i currently don’t have
5. keep up with the schedule



Hummingbird Medicine GAAAAAAHHHHHH! I'm feeling a little stressed these days.

Sunday, the house gets cleaner, praise the Lawwwd! ;) 1 week ago

And today, as part of Sunday’s usual boogie, I have…

cleaned the cat box

cleaned up after the cat in other various ways (boy is he a messy little eater – only cat I know that needs a place mat!)

taken out the trash and recycling

cleaned the windows

washed the dishes and the kitchen floor

washed the bathroom sink, the bathtub, the shower curtain, the toilet, and the bathroom mirror

dusted



wasmith21 back to work...more files to transfer. Yipee

One Week 2 weeks ago

I’d say it’s been a good full week of regular maintenance. I have been a tiger on the dishwashing ;) Laundry needs some work still, but the little things have been kept up all week.



naughtyminx78 Finding the Balance

We need a routine! 4 weeks ago

I love cleaning, I just never seem to have time. I’ve been focussing on decluttering with the aim of keeping a simple home that is easier to clean.

Unfortunately with two adults, a teen, four year old, baby and hairy dog all living in a two bedroom house it is just not going to happen!

The plan is to plan a routine and devise a chore rota that includes the children (well, Stinky Pinkleton is let off for a few years) and see whether we see any improvement!



Stephen is Thankful

I had company... 1 month ago

...and I managed to move my piles around to keep my front room clean. I realize I waste alot of space with small piles of papers and should get 1 or 2 more cabinets that could make the organization better. I also have 2 empty drawers in my filing cabinet. Somethings wrong with this picture!



I'm afraid of the doorbell! 1 month ago

I love my house, but it is such a mess I am hiding it from guests. My goal is to clear out the clutter so I can think more clearly and spend more time on things I actually enjoy—and stop fearing the doorbell!



Hummingbird Medicine GAAAAAAHHHHHH! I'm feeling a little stressed these days.

Things are getting somewhat more organic now... 1 month ago

I’m finding it somewhat easier to keep up with some things just because I keep cleaning the house over and over for guests – someone or other almost every weekend now – and once it’s that nice I don’t want to mess it up. Putting stuff in my daily planner also helps; I’ve come to realize nothing gets done unless it’s in there.

There are areas where things could still improve though…

Booster projects:

-clean the table so I can work/eat on it comfortably

Continual:

-whatever I take out to use, put back where I found it as soon as I’m done with it, yes, even if I’m inspired or in a hurry to do something else

-wipe down surfaces as soon as I’m done with them

Daily:

-spruce up kitty’s eating area

-scoop litter

-sweep kitty litter off floor

Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday:

-take out trash in the bathroom and drag all the trash out to the roadside

-clean bath tub and mat

Monday-Wednesday-Friday:

-put cat toys into cat toy basket so the place doesn’t look like a danged cat sanctuary

-vacuum

Sunday:

-change kitty litter completely

-clean the windows

-wash/clean sink, toilet, bathtub, bathroom mirror

Monday:

-dust bathroom knickknacks

Tuesday:

-clean kitchen floor

Wednesday:

-just kinda dust everything

Thursday:

-change the sheets

Friday:

-straighten up stuff along the kitchen wall

Saturday:

-straighten up CDs, tapes, DVDs, and books which I KNOW will otherwise tend to become strewn all over the house

Monthly:

-check dates on emergency supplies and other non-refrigerated food



Logophile had a good day yesterday

There seems to be a miasma 2 months ago

of roses and decay around it.



Stephen is Thankful

With a little help from my kids 2 months ago

Had a very productive weekend so far tackling a lot of the paper clutter and my boys helped me sort through it too for the first time. At least got through one big pile that was sitting in the corner of the living room, and it really only took a couple of hours to do.



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