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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 6, 2016 21:48:31 GMT -5
good work in the dining room, Betsy Marie. Didn't track anything today. Just been a humiliating week of letting people into my house Thanks, entropy. I think today's work will be significant in making progress.
I'm sorry that you had to let people into your house. I had to do that about 2 months ago, and I felt so bad about it, it really spurred me back into action to get the place back in shape. I too felt humiliated, and bad for the guy having to work in my mess... That feeling in that circumstance was far worse than the angst of getting rid of 'good stuff'. I never want to feel that way again.
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Post by entropy on Oct 7, 2016 7:52:26 GMT -5
done:
fed cats and refilled water containers
made bed
short walk; mailed package
to do:
~ unload dishwasher
~ dishes
~ clear and clean counters
~ scoop litter boxes
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Post by entropy on Oct 7, 2016 10:10:36 GMT -5
to do:
~ prepare item for shipping
~ dry laundry
~ go to grocery store
~ vacuum living room
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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 7, 2016 15:47:55 GMT -5
-errands done
-shopping done
-perishable groceries put away
to do:
-empty back of car - it's in the driveway...
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Post by Minerva on Oct 8, 2016 7:14:42 GMT -5
Done:
Emptied my rucksack and put my dirty uniform and yesterday's clothes in the washing machine rather than on the floor (er, the other stuff that was in the bag may have gone on the floor...)
Did a supermarket shop
Put the frozen stuff I bought in the freezer
Put today's post (junk-mail) in the recycling bin
To do:
Put away the rest of my shopping
Do the washing up
Wipe down kitchen surfaces ready to bake later
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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 8, 2016 10:27:58 GMT -5
The day ahead. So many possibilities.
Done:
-minor recycling
-feed cats
-looked in kitchen... 
To do:
-organize dishes
-wash dishes -find videos to binge watch while working |
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Post by Minerva on Oct 8, 2016 11:19:16 GMT -5
Done:
Washed up everything in the sink/worktop
Got a pile of bowls/plates/cutlery from living room and washed them up too (after tipping old food into compost bin)
Toasted nuts in oven ready for baking later
Took apart hob, picked up big gubbins and sprayed with cleaner - now soaking
Wiped down right side of work-top (left side covered by cooling peanuts and bits of hob)
To do:
Put away today's shopping
Finish cleaning hob
Put compost and rubbish out
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Post by Minerva on Oct 8, 2016 12:29:58 GMT -5
Done:
Cleaned hob
Put compost and rubbish out
Ground toasted nuts, wiped out and put away coffee grinder
Put flour in oven to toast ready to bake later
Cleared remaining work-top
To do:
Put shopping away
Bake
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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 8, 2016 14:00:53 GMT -5
Done:
-put away dry dishes
-collected dishes from other places
-washed more dishes
To do:
-work in dining room
-saw two wooden shelves
-put stuff away in dining room
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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 8, 2016 15:51:03 GMT -5
Done:
-cut one shelf
-made supports for shelf
-put shelves in - one homemade, one 'official', plus the base, so 3 levels on which to put things.
-started to put stuff on shelving.
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Post by Minerva on Oct 8, 2016 16:20:04 GMT -5
Done:
Combined all the ingredients for my biscuits/cookies (but it's getting late so I'll not put them in the oven until tomorrow)
Put away baking things/tidied things into sink ready to be washed
Wiped down surfaces
Wiped some grime away on a light-fitting (it's been there since before I moved in)
Oiled my wooden spoons and chopping boards
Put a new liner in the kitchen bin
Tomorrow:
Put away shopping (thankfully nothing that will suffer from being out overnight)
Sweep or vacuum kitchen floor (with that done and the current standards maintained, my kitchen will be about as good as any kitchen I have ever had - yes a few pots waiting to be washed, a full draining board and untidy cupboards, but still up to Real Person standards I would say)
Bake biscuits/cookies
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Post by BetsyMarie on Oct 8, 2016 17:20:41 GMT -5
-cut second shelf and put in cabinet
-put more things (bowls, pots, etc) into new cabinets
-washing more dishes
-putting dry dishes away
I'm liking having more storage space. Fewer large, unmanageable stacks. Much easier 'put away'. This is going to make kitchen work easier, even if it means a wee bit more walking.
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Post by Minerva on Oct 9, 2016 6:30:00 GMT -5
Done:
Baked my biscuits/cookies - now cooling on racks
Washed up baking things
Brought some plates/bowls/cutlery from living room and washed them up
Put on one load of laundry
To do:
Vacuum/sweep kitchen floor
Put away yesterday's shopping
Coat biscuits in icing sugar and bag/box up
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Post by Minerva on Oct 9, 2016 8:13:39 GMT -5
Done:
Coated biscuits in icing sugar and boxed them in the one piece of tupperware I can't find a lid for - grrr
Put icing related bits in sink
Hung up laundry
Gave downstairs toilet a quick scrub
Mopped floor of downstairs toilet
Gave bathroom sink and bath a quick wipe over
Vacuumed (kind of - don't know where any of my vacuum end-pieces are) kitchen then mopped it over
Sorry - I know that's a lot for the short-list thread and I don't want to make anyone feel bad. However, my plan a couple of weeks ago was to draw a line in the sand in the face of the squalor. That line was going to be the back extension, which contains my kitchen, bathroom and downstairs loo. While it's not perfect, and there are some dishes in the sink and on the draining board, I now consider all of these areas to be less than first degree squalor. Now I have to keep them that way, and start steadily moving the line further and further into the house.
To do:
Put yesterday's shopping away (still!)
Put washing up away
Do some picking up in the living room
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Post by Minerva on Oct 9, 2016 8:54:58 GMT -5
Done:
Put yesterday's shopping away (finally, if somewhat haphazardly)
Threw away some old food from fridge
To do:
Put washing up away
Do some picking up in living room
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