My home is a mess

pollys

Afternoon all, Rummer I hope you are feeling better today. Well done to all who have managed to get something done. Football/rugby takes up most of my time at the weekend and work during the week so I end up playing catch-up most of the time. DS (13) and (15) now do their own ironing which helps, I did do their school uniforms for them a while ago but have decided ironing shirts is a skill they need to master, so I leave it all to them now.

Have a lovely afternoon.

Pollys x

Rummer

Slept most of the day today as I am still not 100%, yet certainly much better. Still have huge amounts of laundry to plough through, doing it as fast as I can however it doesn't seem to making much of an impact.

The car is very sick, the garage called and the min cost will be £250 :eek: mercifully though I am getting a lift to work tomorrow so it will save me the taxi fees. Maybe it is ill in sympathy with me, except I have been cheaper to treat :rotfl:

Tonight I will have the usual joy of doing the ironing to prepare for the week ahead, not to mention a huge pile of paperwork. Don't really feel as if I have had much of a weekend as I have slept through most of it, however it was probably exactly what my body needed.

Oh since I have been keeping the house clean my OH has said that we will be able to paint the dining room and he will help :j. So I have picked the colour and when I get paid I can buy the paint

Spendaholic_Chick

pollys wrote: »

DS (13) and (15) now do their own ironing which helps, I did do their school uniforms for them a while ago but have decided ironing shirts is a skill they need to master, so I leave it all to them now.

a 13 year old that IRONS?!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Mine can barely put the dirty shirts in the washing basket - I'm so jealous!

Spendaholic_Chick

I feel as if I've spent the whole weekend tidying and cleaning (well, to be fair, a fair amount of time online listing stuff on ebay and facebook selling groups too)...and although the place looks reasonable now, I still have a mssive pile of ironing (despite 2 hours done this morning) and at least 3 loads of washing to do :mad:

So sick of the constant drudgery of trying to keep on top of things...only been out the house for half an hour all weekend, and that was to the enviroclothes bank (got a whole £1!), asda for milk and b&m's for gravy granules...my life is just so exciting.

Back to work tomorrow...for a rest! *sigh*

MummyEm

Rummer - That's great. I makes such a difference painting a room. I think it really lifts the spirits and always helps me as it encourages me to keep it clean and tidy.

Yorkshirelass - Yes you should get on ebay. I go through phases where I do loads then get so bored of it. I don't really enjoy listing it all but it's great to have the money coming in. Last year, it paid for all our Christmas, then in May gave us spending money for our holiday.

On the home front. I did manage another hour ironing this morning. Then I cleaned all of upstairs :j Decluttered a few bits from kids bedrooms - DD is such a hoarder, she wants to keep everything. It's bin night tonight so I've put a few things which can only be described as rubbish straight out as I know that she won't even remember saving them
DH ironed his work shirts and watched kids whilst I cleaned.
3 loads of washing, hoovered downstairs and done my mealplan and shopping list for the week. If only I were this organised and productive all the time, the house would be spotless :rotfl:
Went out this pm to some friends for a few hours. Back for kids tea, bath and bed. Now off to cook dinner, then plan is to watch Downtown Abbey later on. So much to choose from on telly tonight, Spooks is on at 9pm too and it's the last series so I'm expecting good things! I'm recording it to watch tomorrow. At least I know the ironing will be done for the next few weeks as it's only when I'm ironing that I feel I can justify watching telly otherwise I feel lazy!

Plan for tomorrow is post ebay parcel, return rental film, food shopping, clean downstairs and prep dinner. Then a lazy evening.

Rummer

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

So sick of the constant drudgery of trying to keep on top of things...only been out the house for half an hour all weekend,

Back to work tomorrow...for a rest! *sigh*

I completely empathize with you! That is exactly how I feel most of the time.

rosalie-lavender

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

I feel as if I've spent the whole weekend tidying and cleaning (well, to be fair, a fair amount of time online listing stuff on ebay and facebook selling groups too)...and although the place looks reasonable now, I still have a mssive pile of ironing (despite 2 hours done this morning) and at least 3 loads of washing to do :mad:

So sick of the constant drudgery of trying to keep on top of things...only been out the house for half an hour all weekend, and that was to the enviroclothes bank (got a whole £1!), asda for milk and b&m's for gravy granules...my life is just so exciting.

Back to work tomorrow...for a rest! *sigh*

That more or less sums up how I feel at the moment too. I am working hard at clearing the clutter in the hope I will have more time if the place is tidier. I really need to get the family on board more but it is an uphill battle.

helen_jelly

Morning messies

Back from the weekend away - weather was really good, we had 1 shower in the daytime and 1 storm in the evening, kids even managed to get in the sea!!!! Water was far too cold for me to even dip a toe in but they loved it.

So far this morning I have been for a blood test, finished unpacking, filed months and months worth of paperwork, online banking sorted, washed up. Now the isssue for the rest of the week is what to do [DH is away till Friday lunchtime and there are several jobs I want to do but I don't know where to start and that's whats stoppping me from starting so if you don't mind I'm goona make a listy on here and see what I can get done

[STRIKE]Clean fish tank[/STRIKE] Done
Finish painting kitchen tiles
Shampoo LR carpet
[STRIKE]Sort out DR[/STRIKE]Done
Clean stair carpet
Line hall curtains
Paint BR wall
Put skirting back in BR
Get carpet for BR
Lay carpet in BR [never gonna happen on my own]


Right then fish tank it is then

Have a great day everyone and hope you are all ok

Helen x

natlie

Hi
sorry I haven't posted for AGES. Finally got around to doing some cleaning yesterday, hoovered tidied the living room, did half of my everest-sized washing mountain, just getting used to life with baby again now and hes getting into a routine hes 6 weeks old now - and hes put on nearly 4 pounds! I have terrible toothache so off to the dentist at 2pm - that'll be fun with baby eeek. going to try and catch up on posts soon and am updating my avatar
Nat
xxx

laurel7172

Welcome back, Natlie

Well, the floor in DD's room is completely finished. I have rued many times over the last fortnight my decision to replace the skirting boards rather than use quadrant at the edges, but I'm so glad I took the harder option now. :j

Even better, all her stuff is off my bedroom floor, and I can get to the wardrobe again.

I spent yesterday cooking all the food in the fridge with a use-me-or-lose-me look about it. The freezer is full, and I'm shattered. And I've just written a list of things that need doing in the house and garden that spreads to two sides of paper, without including any large jobs like tiling and painting, and no cleaning either.

Came home on time for a change, as had a headache. But I suppose I'd better drag my sorry rear out of bed and do one of the things on the list. Something nice like no 7-plant daffodil bulbs.

Is it the weekend yet????:rotfl: