whoop whoop! Hot spots!!!! I can do this!!!! lol, spend 2 minutes, just 2 minutes cleaning up hot spots. 2 minutes I can manage, on top of all the other minutes.... biggest hot spot for us... THE COFFEE TABLE, followed by any other flat (or not so flat) surface, that will hold anything without it falling off.
Ok, so we had a long weekend here, and truth be told I followed the first few steps quite well, I ensured that I had clean sinks in the kitchen & bathroom before hitting the bed each night... but however Friday held an interesting activity... CLEANING! it wasn't just the pick things up and move it around kind either. It was the sort it out and throw stuff out, freecycle stuff, etc kind of clean. And for the first time since we moved into the house, I'd say that its like 90% CLEAN!!!!!!!!! The 2% I'm alotting to the hoard of stuff that is in the kitchen that I need to find homes for, such as the breadmaker, etc.... that and the box of food that needs to go and be put into the cold store room. 3% for the mess by the big freezer & under the stairs in the basement... and the last 5% happens to belong to the master bedroom..... where so much stuff ends up.... the bed is clean though!!!! :)
and low and behold, we've managed to maintain the cleanliness..... in the living room and kids bedrooms have managed to maintain this 'clean'.... some carpet even got washed & some of the hardwood got a nice drink of oil yesterday too..... even the yard was mowed.
Ok, for those of you that know me... and know my house cleaning abilities & nightmares, you'd be surprised that I actually got this accomplished. But I have!!!!!!! worst bit is that I've managed to do it before, but I listen to that little voice... the one that goes 'Jenny..... you know it can wait until morning.... ooooh look! shiny object! knitting.... you can do the unfun stuff later'....... and then nothing gets done.... lol. I am endeavouring to not listen quite so much.
John, as always THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! You help so much and keep us on task when neither of us wants to be doing it. But we did fantastic honey!!!!!!!!! :D I'm so proud of us.
Soooooo anyhow, tonight its back to hot spots... I can do this, the house is currently a testiment to the fact that once its clean I can actually keep it that way with very little effort..... I just need to take the time and that little bit of effort to start it. :)
next big mission, sorting through kids clothing..... 3 kids..... 1 girl, keep summer & too big stuff, freecycle the rest; the boys, keep the big stuff and put away winter stuff & freecycle the small stuff....... I will get there. I will.
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