My home is a mess

Buddingblonde

I have sorted out all the clean washing for the weekend - it is now in piles on my bed so that before I get in I will have to put it away!
Put bleach in the loo and put the loo brush in - to bleach it too.
Am knackered now - but have done things in between tele and phone calls and posts on here - every little helps eh?
Am off to bed now as I am physically tired (brain is racing 19 to the dozen with other wee jobs to do)

jackieglasgow

Wipe the sink while you're brushing your teeth. (I have those wipes for that ) Night night and well done.

Purpleclutterbuck

I think I'm suffering from window envy!;)

I'm off to clean two rings of the cooker ie half a cooker! and tomorrow I'll clean the rest and my smallest bathroom window - so there you have it- my name is PCB and my house is a mess too

Have to say that it has warmed the ol' heart to know that when you are unwell and can't keep up with the minimum flylady stuff that there is still hope for us "flylazy's"
I am not saying for one moment that we are lazy it's just that when any illness/condition flares up then it seems so hard to keep the mess and everyday life under control
Instead of planning what I want to do (procrastination in other words!) I try to do something in odd bursts - it may be for one min or for 10 mins but I will achieve my ultimate goal
CHAOS :eek:
can't have anyone over syndrome to
CHAOS:D
calm house and organised system
thanks for making it all seem possible ladies! just off to check poorly daughter and tell your brain to chillax BB!

Buddingblonde

Thanks Jackie - you have given me a kick up the bum - am sitting here quite pleased with the little bits done.
Will wipe down after cleaning teeth and will sleep a very deep sleep.

rowsew

Blimey you two will shame the rest of us into doing something now. I haven't cleaned my windows since last summer. Thankfully the living end of the house faces north so the sun don't shine too much up here! Of course, now you've mentioned it I went to look at them, and they definitely could do with a polish & shine. I will do the insides tomorrow and hope to goodness the kids (5 & 6) don't decide to see what happens when they lick them ..... again.
Off to find a bath or something to clean.
Night all.

EstherH

Hi, livalot, could I have the link please? Thanks. Esther

kazmeister

Your home is a mess - its normal! Just take a look at this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/814289 :rotfl:


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I confess

• I left all last nights tea things out in the kitchen so have had to clear them up.
• The remains of the beef casserole was still in the slow cooker but Ive boxed it up and will freeze it. By the time OH gets it out to take for a tea at work he'll have forgotten it was out of the fridge all night. Probably still in there!
• My ironing pile is so big its the width of 2 trolley bags and as high as my utility room window sill. DD actually climbed onto it when OH had to put her through the window when they locked themselves out. Some of it did get despached upstairs to our room and still sits in the trolley bags it went up in, and there is stuff in there from our summer holiday last August. Gave up most ironing and only do work and school uniforms now no ironing pile, very liberating
• Roasting tins are meant to be one use and throw away arent they - have discovered enamels ones are easier to clean if left to soak for about 4 days
• I put the first coat of paint on the dining room 3 years ago oops it was February 2002 and finally got round to the second coat in February this year but only managed to and a half walls. The painting stuff still sits under a chair. Paints gone now but not sure where
• The lounge hasnt had a second coat on it yet and that must be another 3 years - oops its was August 2003 the camera never lies Lounge redone in a different colour now, never did get the 2nd coat
• We have never painted the hall stairs and landing since we moved in as we cant reach it - it has a 24' drop so is still the lovely shade of purple that it was when we moved in , in 2000! Still not done
• I do have patches on the wall in the hall from tester pots and they must have been there since 2003 - theyre still there
• The lampshade on the top landing is minging as I cannot reach it to clean it - DS tried to get it down to clean this weekend but its wedged on so he gave it a wipe over with a cloth. I cant do it as scared of heights
• I cleaned the outside of my upstairs windows about a month ago for the first time since we moved in, when I borrowed the window cleaners stuff from work. Not been done since
• Since we had our attic conversion our room never got finished as the builder went over budget and did a bunk so we have not had a carpet in there since it was built in 2003 still no carpet
• When DD was smaller ie 2003 we used to play eye spy in bed in the mornings and every morning we would have eye spy with WB for window blobs that were the bits of glue and paper left on the velux windows. They are still there yep still there today
• The window blobs on the glass at the top of the spiral stair case can never be removed as none of us can reach and being a spiral stair case you cant use a ladder still there
• We have never built wardrobes into our attic room so constantly live with the floordrobe although I have a mega shoe cupboard under the eves - a spare single bed has become our new wardrobe
• We have a room that is known as the bin. My sons old room should be the office but every time anyone comes to stay and we have a clear up it gets chucked in the bin. Its still a bin
• The bin is also where DD's toys get sent when she wont clean her room up as I got fed up riding round with 5 bin bags full in the car
• When my dad asked me to clear some boxes out of his garage I drove round with them in the boot of my car for a year and a half and only moved them (straight into the attice!) when I sold the car.
• I never clean the car - I think the last car I did was my little Triumph Spitfire which was pre DS so must have been about 1990 - 1991

None of the above matters as we are healthy and happy

PS Page 19 is hysterical

soupdragon10

Have had a frenzy of cleaning amid job hunting as DB and SIL are visiting tomorrow and don't want to completely turn them off!

Am now tired out, but with much less dust / dirt around. DB you are shaming me into cleaning the windows! I had managed to ignore them up to now but WILL clean at least one tomorrow (I have sash windows with 12 small panes to clean :mad:) but am resolute! Thank you for the inspiration - don't think I'd ever be organised enough to do flylady.

Buddingblonde

I dont think I will ever be organised enough but it was lovely to get up this morning and not have to get up to a midden.
Kazmeister - love your post - I have to sit down and read it fully later x

jackieglasgow

It was lovely here too, to get up to a lovely clean kitchen and see past all the splashes, out of them while I rinsed my cup