My home is a mess

parsniphead

I hope your DD is feeling better Hart.

I'm due on Friday but DH reckons on 1st June. I hope the cleaning frenzy passes, it's not natural.:rotfl:

Rigsby I like the idea of doing a bit of de-cluttering on bin day. I will try it tomorrow and see if it works.

Have done some vacuuming but CBA with mopping the floor. Tomorrow is another day.

hart44

Parsnip DD is feeling ok, enjoying the day off I think she is doing some revising for the last of GCSE exams (or maybe Facebook :rotfl:) but anyway she is doing what she does best, hiding in her room :rotfl:
I hope everything goes realy well for you when baby arrives
Im going to my mums for the weekend, just me and little dog as DD has to work and OH said he will stay with kids so I can have some time on my own with my family

Dont worry it does pass :rotfl: I scrubbed my house all the time before each of my lot but CBA after :rotfl:

Not done anything this afternoon as my friend called in for a coffee Im just glad she is as bad as me when it comes to housework as the dogs carpet surfing session as resulted in black hair all over my rug :(

I am going to finish a bag to take to mums tonight so hope to pop back later to see how everyone has been doing

sharnad

mine is a right now havent had time to do anything way to depressed to care - im bagging up loads of stuff to get rid off car boot or charity and starting again

helen_jelly

Hart - glad your stiches are out and poor DD - my dog surfs the carpet too when he's had a bath, he also side rams the doors!!

Parsnip - not long to go now, it does sound like your nesting instincts have kicked in though!!

Been busy today - went food shopping with DH, cam home and put it all away, had food, decided that as the shredder is broke I would be really naughty and have a little bonfire in the garden to get rid of all the paperwork - OMG, there was smoke everywhere!! still its done now but I think I might invest in a new shredder, I've also hoovered the Kitchen, hall and stairs but was interrupted by school phoning to say DD was unwell and could I go and get her, theres nowt wrong with her!!! She'd got hot and just needed a drink and to sit down for 5 mins - letter going in with her tomorrow to tell them to do that next time!! Now I have to go back to other school to pick up DS [DD wants to go but DH has just offered]

Off to declutter the coffee table now - I may be some time

Helen x

snookey

Hi everyone. Iv had quiet a productive afternoon giving the kitchen a spring clean. The units seem to cling to every bit of dust and grease. Its sparkling now. Dont know how long that will last with my messy lot.
Im having a sit down before I put the bags ,yes bags ! of laundry away. There was a mountain of towels,clothes and bedding on the kitchen side so I bagged them up and took up stairs. Had visions of one of us found buried under a clothes mountain,lol.
My dd has trashed her room so thats going to have to be spring cleaned. Im determined that whilst Im in a more positive frame of mind Im going to plough through the house.
Id like to get the kitchen painted this weekend. Its a big job as its a big kitchen. Every room in this house means a big job as its got high ceilings so it takes a few days. Wish I had the money to pay a decorater.
Do other people have stuff they dont need but just keep. Iv mounds of stuff that I dont know what to do with. I feel guilty when I throw stuff away even though I can not give it away . For example I have quilts that have seen better days but I keep. Iv countless scissors that are blunt, mops that are broken and carrier bags that I buy to use again and then dont . I really need to start throwing things away.
Ill pop in later and catch up on everyone. Take care.

Bexterragga

Hey Messies,

I've had a very unproductive week. Was on a holiday and since I've been back, there hasn't been a lot of cleaning action. Think it's to do with tiredness and general lazyness. Sometimes I feel that I'm always doing cleaning or cooking and this leads to days where I just can't be bothered.

On the other hand, I did do 2 classes at the gym yesterday and today I've been Health and Safety training so I'm pooped! Also planted out our tomato plants yesterday evening - it's a first attempt at growing!!


Right, I think I'll get on with some ironing, then maybe catch up with what I've missed on the thread. Hope you're all ok xx

gilly1964

snookey wrote: »

I feel guilty when I throw stuff away even though I can not give it away . For example I have quilts that have seen better days but I keep. Iv countless scissors that are blunt, mops that are broken and carrier bags that I buy to use again and then dont . I really need to start throwing things away.
Ill pop in later and catch up on everyone. Take care.

Quilts can be given away - try the vets or the local animal rescue centres

fannyadams

Hi fellow messies,

I just popped on her to say I finally got my butt in gear and shifted three boxes of outgrown children's clothes from the conservatory (aka the dumping ground) to my car for my work-mate whose son is 18 months old.
Flushed with success i then took another box out of the conservatory (dumping gorund) and shuffled through the magazines and chucked them in the recycling.
and then moved the plants that are cluttering my kitchen windowsill to the half landing windowsill and cleaned the kitchen windowsill.
found some chili peppers with seeds in so split them and kept the seeds. Note to self should wear gloves as chili in my eye stings a bit.
It's a start!
Tomorrow I will have a look in another box from the conservatory to see if there is anything worth keeping and toss out/recycle what I don't want. baby steps indeed.
resting now.

Whilst I am here Can I plug this
http://www.bookbridge.org/Bookbridge__Building_Bridges_with_Books/Start.html
if anyone has ANY books that they don't want please get in touch with your local scouting group (Beavers/Cubs/Scouts) as they are collecting books for Bookbridge.

snookey

Thanks for the tip Gilly.
Iv cleaned the two livingrooms thick with dust. We get coal dust so Ill blame that and not my lack of cleaning,lol . I have filled a binbag full of rubbish from one of the livingrooms,sorted out my bills into a file , hoovered, cleaned the bird cage, he is a parakeet and loves destroying things so you can imagine the mess. Stripped our bed and tidied the room. Iv done the washing and washed up the tea things. All the shelving unit and fireplaces are cleaned.
The funny thing is I still feel full of energy. Im off to make our bed as it needed time to air thanks to sweaty oh.
Hope I feel as enthused for the rest of the week .

EstherH

Hi fellow messes, I'm still not feeling well so cleaning etc has been kept to a minimum. I did get three loads of washing done and dried yesterday. Decided to do a Sainsbugs order as I had a voucher so that arrived this morning. Sad to say that the fruit and veg are still in carrier bags in the kitchen and spare stock cupboard groceries in bags in the bedroom because I still haven't got round to clearing out a double cupboard which has alsorts in not least a million carrier bags. I did do a quick clean of the washbasin and loo this morning and wiped down some cupboard doors while waiting for my porridge to do.
Welcome to all newbies.
God bless. Esther