So the past week I have been trying again to get the house in order. I started with the kitchen floor, nothing more, on the weekend. I swept and removed everything and swept it again. I got under the refrigerator and stove the best I could and swept overall again, then I mopped it twice with steaming hot water with a touch of bleach. Why I started with the floor I don't know. I just didn't like the feeling of walking on it and I had to fix it.
Then homework took over and I worked on that. The next day I washed all the dishes. Nothing else mind you, just dishes, so there wasn't any silverware unless it was in the drawer and that was depleted pretty darn quickly. Then Honey and I went out to the stores because I got my federal refund and we needed to stock up on some things. We hit JoAnn Fabrics, two stores, to get the yarn I need to finish his afghan and I got myself an assorted pack of crochet needles for a decent price at Walmart. I even treated us to Starbucks since I left the house without coffee, which I am not normally prone to do. We went to the pet store and bought Jack more bedding. Turns out that stuff that comes in the bricks is a heck of a lot of fun. You are supposed to put it in a bucket and add four cups of water and let it expand, then you stir it and let it finished expanding. Honey thought my big mixing bowl would be big enough. He was wrong. It was a mess, but he cleaned most of it up and the bowl is sitting outside waiting to be hosed off. I don't want that stuff going down the drains. I don't know what will happen.
Today I have been doing laundry and again dishes. I took the huge tote that I normally keep extra blankets and sheet sets in and emptied it onto the bed after I made it up. There was a lot more than blankets and sheets in it though. Clothes got mixed in over the months of my lazy time. So the bed is made but covered in stuff. Nevertheless I got a ton of the clothes off the floor and dragged the tote out to the greenhouse for washing. I can see some of the bedroom floor now.
There are still more clothes.
I have to figure out what to do with the stuff on the bed because I know I am not going to be able to finish all the laundry in the tote today. I used to do the laundry in the big and little tote over at mom's in just a few hours. I never ran the machines at the same time but it seems like there is a ton more laundry in just that one tote than there ever was in the two.
I got the one counter completely scrubbed and wiped down. After I did that (it was hell I swear) I decided to make myself a salad. So I took a break and ate. Now I'm hungry again and I'm debating on what to eat next.
All the silverware, knives, and cooking utensils are washed. Some are even put away. I've gotten to the last of the dirty kitchen stuff but I haven't finished it yet. I have the burners from the stove soaking in hot soapy bleach water so they come clean easily. I still haven't been able to get the crud off the stove. I let it soak in Lysol with bleach but it doesn't seem to have done any good yet.
Have you noticed the use of a ton of bleach? I swear I don't normally use so much. I use only a capful in a sinkful of hot soapy water and the same goes for mopping the floor. I open the window above the kitchen stove to let the fumes out so I don't suffocate myself, too. Smart, I know.
I'll be thrilled when the kitchen is done again, when I can do just a little a day to keep it the way it'll look when it's done. That probably won't be until tomorrow. I am so pooped. Once I finish the burners and sweep the floor I am so done in there for today. I have to figure out what to do with the stuff on the bed and that will take up the rest of my afternoon.
So I am off. Laters.
Comments (2)
You're an inspiration, Chelle. I've got so much around the house that I need to do, and yet I keep getting overwhelmed. Laundry's my worst bane: every time I spend a day getting caught up, there's another load or two to be done the next morning. I'm seriously thinking of implementing a nudist policy in my house.
Posted by Kate | March 7, 2008 6:52 AM
Posted on March 7, 2008 06:52
I think the same thing about you, though. I wouldn't be able to handle home-schooling. You handle your household, five blogs, homeschool your son and do the housework! I try to FlyLady it but it doesn't always work when they want you up and around all the time. I have other things to do that take hours (such as homework) and even a five minute break can throw me off. I didn't finish the laundry yesterday but it's there waiting for me. Three loads got finished and put away, so that was good enough for me.
Posted by Chelle | March 7, 2008 9:04 AM
Posted on March 7, 2008 09:04