My home is a mess

Buddingblonde

Ellie83 wrote: »

I'm like you though, there is no way I could do the tip thing alone. For once, our car is really tiny, so has to be packed following DH's instructions :rotfl: And I am a very nervous driver, so dealing with all the cars at the tip? No thanks And DH feels all manly when I say I really need his help We are all winners

There is an element of that with me too - it is a fast road that you need to turn onto after the tip and I get panicked if I cant see a break in the traffic - Im a wuss!!

Buddingblonde

Professional cook eh? I love cooking but not the mess so I dont do as much of it as I should. I am thinking about baking some bread this afternoon and also some pizza dough and maybe some garlic dough balls.

GreyQueen

Wandering around Mum and Dad's home and we're smiling at some windows which we've cleaned (doesn't happen too often around here). Small oases of calm in a desert of disorder. My daughterly job-role this weekend seems to be the gofer as am going hither and thither fetching provisons. Am a Demon Supermarketeer and plan to rifle a big Mr T after luncheon plus will get to play with a car (can't afford my own but like to practise my driving so the folks' have me on their insurance). Think I will take the automatic as it's zippier in the car park and jjust like driving a dodgem car IMO.

I've done lists and everything, feeling so proud. And I've got my Clubcard vouchers all cut out and lined up im my purse, but first visit will be the whoopsie section, of course.

:T Congratters on your kitchen, jackie, a woman with a spotless kitchen is a woman to be reckoned with!

parsniphead

Buddingblonde wrote: »

Professional cook eh? I love cooking but not the mess so I dont do as much of it as I should. I am thinking about baking some bread this afternoon and also some pizza dough and maybe some garlic dough balls.

I just made some bread so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it will turn out OK. It doesn't do well usually. :mad:

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Buddingblonde it took me about three weeks of going back and forward and walking around a pile in the middle of the kitchen floor before my cupboards were done. The worktops and table etc just took a day - I was a bit gobsmacked when I got up and saw it this morning again, and going to try my hardest to keep it like that. The Flylady list for the kitchen will now be much easier to do because it is already tidy and clean. I am determined to be better organised.

It is nice to get up to a tidy room. I have one like that, but need to do a lot of work on the rest.

I did get up to a lovely gift this morning. A mangled bird, beyond repair but still breathing - just. So my first job of the day was to dispatch the poor thing quickly and humanely. The questioning of the three fluffy monsters is still going on to find out who is the guilty party.:mad: I don't like these sort of presents at 6.30am.

I'm having a pottering day today, but achieving more than when I set out for a big clean up day.:T I just need to keep at it.

Sorry will stop rambling now.:)

Buddingblonde

Mangled birds are horrid arent they - especially if you have to put them to sleep. Mine are killers (mores the pity) but they bring us perfect mice, voles, and shrews, dead but with not a mark on them. I used to get dead birds but the girls are getting old now and go for easier prey. My young male is out and about but I dont know if he has killed anything yet although he is equipped with a loud bell (which I would rather not have on him but I dislike them less than dead animals). My old boy who died 2 weeks ago was a killer but his fave trick was bringing in live birds - again with not a mark on them and letting go of them in the living room! His best kill was a mole!!! No idea how he got it but again perfect not a mark on it.

GreyQueen

Buddingblonde wrote: »

Mangled birds are horrid arent they - especially if you have to put them to sleep. Mine are killers (mores the pity) but they bring us perfect mice, voles, and shrews, dead but with not a mark on them. I used to get dead birds but the girls are getting old now and go for easier prey. My young male is out and about but I dont know if he has killed anything yet although he is equipped with a loud bell (which I would rather not have on him but I dislike them less than dead animals). My old boy who died 2 weeks ago was a killer but his fave trick was bringing in live birds - again with not a mark on them and letting go of them in the living room! His best kill was a mole!!! No idea how he got it but again perfect not a mark on it.

BB, you should meet my parents' two cats. Apart from the usual lot of mice and birdies, one of them has taken to bringing is strange kills; a slice of pizza, 2 sausages and a chicken drumstick which didn't originate indoors have all appeared on the floors in recent weeks. We think one of the cats is robbing next door's patio meals.(blush)

Ellie83

GreyQueen wrote: »

BB, you should meet my parents' two cats. Apart from the usual lot of mice and birdies, one of them has taken to bringing is strange kills; a slice of pizza, 2 sausages and a chicken drumstick which didn't originate indoors have all appeared on the floors in recent weeks. We think one of the cats is robbing next door's patio meals.(blush)

Urgh, I don't know what I would do if my kitty did that Our cat, however, is disabled and is an indoor cat (allowed in the garden when I'm out though ). She is a great fly killer though!!!

Very busy day today: another carload to the tip again (garden waste this time), big box given to charity (the lady was so happy!), 7 hamster cages (yep, 7!) given back to my friend at her rescue. I helped her while there: 3 hours in this hot weather. I'm knackered but I still want to do some washing. I also need to do the weekly clean of the kitchen. I took so long de-cluttering and cleaning it 2 weeks ago that I don't want to let it go all dirty again

All in all, I see we all had a busy day!

snookey

Hi I want to join in to keep me motivated. Iv scrubbed the kitchen floor with a stiff brush and bleach. Iv a dog who cocks his leg and pees on anything upright.:mad:. I know it wont stop him as its amonia but a least my white floor is spotless. Have other disinfectants for animals smells that are used in kennels.
Iv also done my oven ,thats my most hated job of all. Kitchen worktops and table also scrubbed. Iv cats that like to walk on all surfaces. Iv tried lots of tips to stop them but nothing works. I think Ill buy them little slippers,lol.
Now washing clothes and towels and sorting them into piles to take upstairs. I always end up with piles of clothes ect stacked on the side. I dont mind washing its the sorting and putting away I hate. Its a good job my kitchen is big otherwise I would have no worktops left.
Iv decided that I need to put things away once dried. Thats my goal anyway.:D

soupdragon10

Well baby steps certainly works. I did a bit more ironing last night before I went to bed. May not seem a lot, but in the past I'd just have looked at the huge pile of clothes and gone to bed. Now instead of feeling guilty because I didn't do the lot I congratulate myself for what I have achieved.

Also emptied the dishwasher before I went to bed, so it was ready to start loading this morning.

I'm sure it's memories of my mother insisting that tasks should be started and finished that puts me off getting started sometimes. If it's a huge task that I know I might not finish then I'd never get going. Now I can do it a baby step at a time. :T

snookey

I know what you mean about walking past the clothing piles and feeling guilty. My mum always had moutains of clean clothes stacked on sides as she had five of us and one who was disabled . Iv only got two children and Iv moutains. Iv no excuse really just being lazy.
Iv got to sort our cellar but its a giant job . Iv got to sort through lots of boxes. I think Ill do it in those babysteps you mentioned. One box a day.