My home is a mess

StickyNikki

Morning All.

Made a good dent on the ironing pile last night, will try and get to the bottom of it tonight. Looks like its going to be another wet day I think Autumn has arrived all ready!:(

Snookey - Dogs peeing in the kitchen thats probably going to be a frequent occurance in our house in the near future when our litlle puppy arrives. I think the mop & bucket will be my new best friend! :rotfl:

MessyMare

Rant alert!

Oh god, I got the keys to my new house yesterday. Ok, I knew it wasn't going to be perfect, as the woman had SIX greyhounds/lurchers in what isn't a huge house, but oh god, oh god, oh god. We spent hours and hours and litres and litres of bleach just scrubbing the kitchen last night...OH also did the conservatory and I made a start on the living room. Her dogs have peed up the breakfast bar stools and the bar holding it up, so it's all rusty...dog hair is ground into the carpet and in several places that were hidden by furniture it looks like a cat has been sick several times and she hasn't cleaned it up, so the carpet is really badly stained. Our poor little hoover cant cope, so my mum is bringing the dyson over tonight. I used an entire thing of shake and vac and it still stinks, I smell like I've been swimming because I've used so much bleach.

And that's only one and a half rooms.

Upstairs, more cat sick stains that were hidden by the bed, and I wondered why there was a bedside table in the wrong place, the carpet is stained there too, mildew it looks like. The bathroom doesn't look too bad on first glance, but the drains (all of them actually, the kitchen one too) are blocked with gunk and hair. I was almost sick last night at the state of the place. She's left a sky box and the remote is crusted with this brown stuff, I dread to think what it is.

Then there's the garden...broken ornaments everywhere...it's gone to rack and ruin in the short time since our last viewing (about a month and a half). Weeds absolutely everywhere, old bags of clay, broken ornaments, overgrown and half dead bushes.

Oh and in the kitchen, bits of dog food and hair EVERYWHERE. I mean, everywhere...in cupboards, on top of cupboards, in drawers, down the drains, everywhere. I'm glad my OH has a stronger stomach than me

Honestly, I know I'm not the cleanest person in the world but I don't know how anyone can live like this...I don't know if it's because we're habitual renters, and used to leaving houses clean and tidy when we leave them, but I feel really upset that she's left it in such a state...I don't know what she was doing in the last few weeks because there's also massive holes in the plaster that weren't there before

I just want to cry

Skint_but_Optimistic

Lord ColleenPamela, thats a midden!

I was going to say what I had been up to, but its not up to that standard. I feel like I am quite rubbish. I just make pies and mop. x

MummyEm

Haven't done much in the house yet as have been running errands / docs app this morning.

I did post out 13 Ebay parcels though so very happy about that as that's about a cardboard box full all gone and decluttered :j

I did manage to list a few more this weekend - now up to 36 only have bids on 4 but a few have several watchers including one item which my husband wanted to bin (5 watchers on it at mo!!).

Today must -

-defrost something for dinner
-empty DW
-load DW
-hang out washing
-make up parcel for sis on Oz
-DD's thank you cards for bday
-Do 1 hour ironing
-mealplan and shopping list for the week (need to keep this super frugal)

That's as far ahead as I can think just now but I'm sure there was something else!
Off to get DS down for his nap then will crack on

candygirl

Hi messies:D:D
Not up to much today as am seriously knackered as need my B12 jab, which I am having tomoz thank god:D
Might do a bit of decluttering later, as the floordrobe is seriously out of hand at the mo:o:o:o
CP the dirty gits, leaving the house in that state!!Poor you:(:(
SNOOKEY laughed my head off at the dog pee story, as my boy peed on the kitchen floor on Sat when OH's parents came round.He's such a nervous boy :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
SN what breed of pup are you getting?:D:D
Right best get showered and move my bum, TTFN xx:A

MummyEm

Scrap my last post, jobs will be put on hold for a bit longer as Doc has called me back so now need to make trip back to Doctors to collect prescription for my son !

Rummer

Hello Messies

Put a laundry on this morning but had a friend round so not got much cleaning and tidying done. Cleared some tubs out in the garden so I can plant some fresh lettuce. Going to tackle a bit more of the garden and the bedroom today, still not cleaned the cooker .

short_bird

ColleenPamela wrote: »

She's left a sky box and the remote is crusted with this brown stuff, I dread to think what it is.

Um... if it's any help, the innards of my mum's TV remote went brown when she dropped it in a cup of tea

Deepest sympathies on the state of the house. Do you think your dogs may be tempted to mark territory when they move in?

Skint_but_Optimistic

Lordy Short_bird all she needs is more dog wee!

We need some old style odour killers / wee deterrants... wasnt lemon meant to be really effective?

MessyMare

Scrubbing with bleach and keeping dogs on leads when first let into the house and being firm with them is meant to be the best way apparently...

Got some flea powder for the carpet just in case.

Been scrubbing the bathroom today. Ack. Bleach bleach bleach. May even bleach myself when we're done!

Thanks for the kind words everyone