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Post by Minerva on Dec 27, 2016 9:55:20 GMT -5
Done: Picked up (most) rubbish on settees and in kitchen Cleared (most) of the kitchen work surfaces Put away previous load washing up (from 11th December I fear) Did a load (maybe two if needing to change the water between batches counts) of washing up Pressed down (and tasted) my sauerkraut
To Do: Hang up laundry (not finished washing yet) Finish clearing kitchen surfaces and give them a wipe-down Sort through the various vegetables that I dumped in the dining room a couple of weeks (or more) ago - chuck any that are bad and make soup with anything that is still okay (plus a few bits and bobs from fridge) Finish clearing settees
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Post by Minerva on Dec 27, 2016 17:26:25 GMT -5
Done: Hung up laundry Fully cleared and wiped down one half of the kitchen work surface (the other half has stuff waiting to be washed up) Cleared some more stuff off settees Unpacked most of two bags and two boxes of presents I brought back from my family (I've had a birthday and Christmas in the past few days) and put the contents away Emptied some old cooked rice out of a container in the fridge Some general tidying and picking up - not very focused, but it's something
That's it for today. Back to work tomorrow. I should really have come home yesterday to give myself more time to get stuff done, but it was Boxing Day so I had a quiet day at my parents' house instead. Probably done me more good than a day cleaning would have!
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Post by Minerva on Dec 28, 2016 15:21:58 GMT -5
Done: Put away yesterday's washing up (except for a few bits that aren't dry that I have just re-positioned) Put junk mail straight into recycling bin
Only got home 20 minutes ago and it's absolutely freezing in my house today. Can't feel my fingers. No way I am doing any more until things warm up - so probably nothing more today. Will try to put my tea things (cooking now) somewhere sensible rather than just leaving them on the settee afterwards. That will have to do.
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Post by Minerva on Dec 31, 2016 8:14:20 GMT -5
It's Saturday and I have about 11 hours to use before the new year. Hoping to have a bit of a mammoth clean this afternoon!
To Do: Put away washing up Do some washing up Clear and wipe down the other half of my kitchen work-top Clean my downstairs loo Clean my bath and bathroom sink
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Post by Minerva on Dec 31, 2016 9:48:24 GMT -5
Done: Put away washing up Washed up all remaining dirty pots, pans, cutlery etc. Took three bags of never unpacked (since I moved 17 months ago) kitchen stuff (mostly tupperware, cutlery, knives, etc.) and washed that up Cleaned bathroom sink and bath Cleaned downstairs loo Put liners in kitchen bin and food recycling caddy
Absolutely frozen now - there's no heating in my bathroom or kitchen. Am going to briefly warm up, and then:
To Do: Clear other side of kitchen worktop and wipe down Clean hob Put paper recycling out Bring main rubbish bin back from street Clear settees Sweep kitchen floor
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Post by Minerva on Dec 31, 2016 12:25:45 GMT -5
Done: Cleaned hob Cleared and cleaned kitchen worktop Put butter into butter dish Swept kitchen floor Put paper recycling out Brought main bin in from street
To Do: Clear settees Clear living room floor Move (very small) pile of stuff from stairs Clear and strip bed
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Post by Minerva on Dec 31, 2016 13:46:08 GMT -5
Done: Clear settees (pretty much) Clear living room floor Clear and strip bed Cleaned upstairs toilet bowl (rest of it still needs a good wipe over) Put cauliflower and broccoli on to roast
Not sure I will get much more done today, but not too shoddy an effort.
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Post by Minerva on Jan 1, 2017 9:46:30 GMT -5
Not feeling too great today (not due to New Year's excesses!) so I suspect today's achievements are likely to be fairly minor. However,
Done: Put dirty clothes in hampers Replaced toilet roll
To Do: Throw away bad food from fridge and dining room Put away other food from dining room Do a load of laundry Strip guest bed
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Post by entropy on Jan 1, 2017 11:20:54 GMT -5
Hi Minerva, you've accomplished a lot! New year, new start... I hope I can be much more consistent with the de-cluttering this year. Three things I must do today.Done: fed indoor cats scooped litter boxes worked on kitchen clean up for 20 minutes worked on financials for 10 minutes cooked chickpeas in pressure cooker sorted mail To Do: work on financial stuff exercise laundry make soup clean kitchen 10 minutes sort and purge boxes in bedroom, one box at a time gather trash for tomorrow's trash pick up vacuum 10 minutes
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Post by Minerva on Jan 2, 2017 8:14:24 GMT -5
Hi entropy , looks like you made some good progress yesterday. I, on the other hand, did precisely none of the tasks I had planned to do! Whoops. Ah well, today's a new day. Done: Put away lots of the mammoth load of washing up I did the day before yesterday Created a "baking things" box (with things like icing bags, biscuit cutters, etc) to free up space in my kitchen cupboards Carried dirty plate from living room to kitchen Scrubbed upstairs toilet (spotted bit I had missed the other day) To Do: Finish putting away washing up Do a load of washing up Do a load of laundry Clear stairs Deal with food in dining room
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Post by Minerva on Jan 2, 2017 9:59:30 GMT -5
I am so cold. Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to have a kitchen without heating??
Done: Put away (almost all) previous lot of washing up Dug out lots of (not unpacked since last move) bags of kitchen stuff from pantry Washed up yesterday's plate, cutlery etc. Washed (more of a quick sluicing as they were just a bit dusty) contents of aforementioned bags Threw away some very out of date food-stuffs (I'll eat a lot of things past their use-by-date but I wasn't chancing it with a passionfruit curd or sodden gravy granules) Continued to add things to the "baking things" box Created a new "baking food things" box (e.g. vanilla extract, baking powder, cocoa powder) Put a load of laundry on Scrubbed some more at a stain that I neglected and that is now very set in a sheet - not sure I am going to get it clean, but still trying
To Do: Hang up laundry Clear stairs Deal with food in dining room
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Post by Minerva on Jan 2, 2017 12:27:47 GMT -5
Done: Dealt with food in dining room Made vegetable soup (to deal with some of food in dining room!) - currently simmering away Hung up laundry Put rubbish and food recycling out
To Do: Clear stairs Blend soup and transfer to bowl I can put in fridge when cool
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Post by entropy on Jan 4, 2017 10:02:14 GMT -5
Hi Minerva. Sorry your kitchen has no heat. Sounds like you made good progress despite the cold. Done:fed cats cleaned and organized spice cupboard emptied dishwasher washed yesterday's dishes put flea treatment on two cats Short List #1: scoop litter boxes put flea treatment on third cat when I can catch her make bed start load of laundry clean bathroom empty dish rack, clean sinks and counter tops Unplanned: clean, sort and organize junk drawer in kitchen start bread dough plant cat grass make coleslaw
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Post by entropy on Jan 4, 2017 11:04:39 GMT -5
Short List # 2: take hose off hose reel and put hose reel in storage room for bulk pick-up in a few months dry load of laundry water plants vacuum downstairs mop kitchen floor work on financial stuff for 30 minutes ---> over an hour working on it exercise sort bins in bedroom bake bread started 2nd load of laundry
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Post by Minerva on Jan 7, 2017 9:46:59 GMT -5
Lots of ticks in the past few days, entropy - good work!
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