I have cleaned my fridge. I do various sections regularly, but I have cleaned everything today, throwing out anything that won’t keep for the next five days.
Our cleaning marathon continues.
Yesterday evening I tackled the hob & grill of my elderly gas cooker, even removing the tops of the burners and vacuuming all the fine rust that has accumulated underneath them. The pan supports were difficult, as I have arthritis in my hands, and I find getting round all the bars is painful. I used to put them in the dishwasher, when I had one, but no room for one in this kitchen.
I washed all the cupboard doors first thing this morning, and when MrRoS got up, set him on to cleaning the kick boards while I went out and watered the tomatoes - for a change of scene.
I keep finding more things that need attending to, but anything not done by Monday evening will have to stay undone, as I need a day or two to get myself in celebration mode.
I will continue finding things to clean after it is all over, but at a gentler pace.
@Roseofsharon your cleaning activities have my admiration. You've done a lot!
Things have slowed down here a bit, mostly maintenance dusting and vacuuming. I am delighted to have ordered a new furniture polish which has worked well on my bookcase and sideboard.
There has been some cleaning up in the garage by Cheery husband. He is re-organising the pegboard above his workbench and it's looking good so far! Now we just have to get rid of the hoarding stored out there!
Thank You!
It's a good job we had no visitors in the months before I had my cataract done, while my eyesight was so bad.
I am still finding grubby places, but I am doing no more cleaning this week, (other than the kitchen counters & floor).
I was going to go to the garden centre to look for a small garden table this morning, but last night a friend gave me a table that he had found in his shed, which will do very nicely to sit next to my deckchair to hold drinks and snacks.
So this morning I tackled my craft storage boxes, and managed to re-arrange everything so it's more logical (all the paper craft materials in the same box), and I had an empty box at the end that I can get rid of!
In the process of doing that, I found some embroidered squares I'd been given when I was a re-enactor, with medieval scenes on them (a monk writing a book, that sort of thing). I've got a piece of black velvet that is just big enough for a cushion cover, and I will sew the squares onto the cushion cover and send it back to the people who gave them to me in the first place - they were made originally by a friend of theirs who died, and they passed them on to me because they are not remotely crafty, so it will be a nice keepsake for them.
Thanks, @Boogie
The cushion was actually really quick to finish, and is now on it's way - and not long after I'd put my new table outside (and taken a picture of it to show the generous donor), one of my neighbours asked me if I'd like an old garden bench! It needs a bit of TLC - a bit of rubbing down and a new paint job - but it's lovely.
I'll be having garden parties next!
@Eigon your cushion sounds perfect and I'm glad you were able to complete it and send it off to it's new home. Good job on the garden stuff too!
Good luck @Graven Image, if it's anything like the hall closet at my old house, you'll need it! I'm sure you'll feel really good once that's done!
Today Cheery husband unpacked a cardboard box of the son's school portfolios. He just unpacked it looked through, and repacked it into a much better plastic box for storage. I don't know if he planned to label it, but it's labelled now so our son will knows that it's stuff when the time comes!!
I managed to do a bit of vacuuming and bathroom cleaning in anticipation of a guest for afternoon tea on Thursday. It was good to get that done as the kids are a bit unreliable when it comes to the main bathroom. There will be a chat next week about that!
Hope you managed to get out of the hall closet @Graven Image as well as in and it is now just how you want it.
Your new house sounds like its really coming together @Eigon.
I did half of the closet; it is a start. My twice-monthly fresh farm delivery box arrived, and I ended up washing, storing, and cooking from it. That was my energy level for the day. Monday back at the closet.
This quiz names me a ladybug. Bit cutesy but the analysis is right - it wasn’t till I really started to understand my organising preferences that I started to get on top of things. I used to try for very detailed solutions and hen I just couldn’t keep up with them.
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I like her, lots to watch - thank you 🙏
Yesterday evening I tackled the hob & grill of my elderly gas cooker, even removing the tops of the burners and vacuuming all the fine rust that has accumulated underneath them. The pan supports were difficult, as I have arthritis in my hands, and I find getting round all the bars is painful. I used to put them in the dishwasher, when I had one, but no room for one in this kitchen.
I washed all the cupboard doors first thing this morning, and when MrRoS got up, set him on to cleaning the kick boards while I went out and watered the tomatoes - for a change of scene.
I keep finding more things that need attending to, but anything not done by Monday evening will have to stay undone, as I need a day or two to get myself in celebration mode.
I will continue finding things to clean after it is all over, but at a gentler pace.
Things have slowed down here a bit, mostly maintenance dusting and vacuuming. I am delighted to have ordered a new furniture polish which has worked well on my bookcase and sideboard.
There has been some cleaning up in the garage by Cheery husband. He is re-organising the pegboard above his workbench and it's looking good so far! Now we just have to get rid of the hoarding stored out there!
It's a good job we had no visitors in the months before I had my cataract done, while my eyesight was so bad.
I am still finding grubby places, but I am doing no more cleaning this week, (other than the kitchen counters & floor).
So this morning I tackled my craft storage boxes, and managed to re-arrange everything so it's more logical (all the paper craft materials in the same box), and I had an empty box at the end that I can get rid of!
In the process of doing that, I found some embroidered squares I'd been given when I was a re-enactor, with medieval scenes on them (a monk writing a book, that sort of thing). I've got a piece of black velvet that is just big enough for a cushion cover, and I will sew the squares onto the cushion cover and send it back to the people who gave them to me in the first place - they were made originally by a friend of theirs who died, and they passed them on to me because they are not remotely crafty, so it will be a nice keepsake for them.
The cushion was actually really quick to finish, and is now on it's way - and not long after I'd put my new table outside (and taken a picture of it to show the generous donor), one of my neighbours asked me if I'd like an old garden bench! It needs a bit of TLC - a bit of rubbing down and a new paint job - but it's lovely.
I'll be having garden parties next!
Good luck @Graven Image, if it's anything like the hall closet at my old house, you'll need it! I'm sure you'll feel really good once that's done!
Today Cheery husband unpacked a cardboard box of the son's school portfolios. He just unpacked it looked through, and repacked it into a much better plastic box for storage. I don't know if he planned to label it, but it's labelled now so our son will knows that it's stuff when the time comes!!
I managed to do a bit of vacuuming and bathroom cleaning in anticipation of a guest for afternoon tea on Thursday. It was good to get that done as the kids are a bit unreliable when it comes to the main bathroom. There will be a chat next week about that!
Your new house sounds like its really coming together @Eigon.