Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!

milann

Does the cleaning routine feature a rest day 😂😂😂😂

Seasidegal58

It's not too bad @beanielou - I get out of some of the routines as I've already carried out a few jobs recently before taking on the Full Monty, plus some of them don't apply to me, like not having a Laundry room to clean!😂
I can take a day off if I want to @milann!😀. You can take your own time with everything as long as you follow the order set out in the book.

Didn't  do much today - I picked up some coats from the dress agency that she didn't want - she has kept one coat though to sell. I'm going to put the rest on Vinted tomorrow. Later that afternoon I had a walk up to Iceland as I'd nearly run out of frozen fruit. It was a nice walk as the weather, although changeable today, is still mild and I didn't need a jacket. 

I did today's cleaning routine when I got back, then read a bit more Poldark. This evening I've been watching 'The Girlfriend' which is the new thriller series on Amazon Prime. Not bad so far. 

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS
Apart from the frozen fruit, nothing else was spent. 

CLEANING ROUTINE
Saturday - Day 9
Cleaning - Shower Curtains - which I don't have. I have a glass shower cubicle. I do wipe down the insides every time I shower but gave the outsides a good wipe with a microfibre cloth then polished them. 

Organising - Linen Closet/Shelves
i don't have a specific linen cupboard. My clean bath sheets are rolled up in a bottom shelf in one part of my wardrobe. The bath towels and flannels are stored in a deep drawer in my bedroom tallboy.  Bedding lives in a wicker laundry basket in the bedroom. I only keep enough towels for my needs and if I have any guests staying. Also the same with bedding - I keep enough for me and guests. I'm quite ruthless with linen as I don't have a lot of room to store it so when I replace anything the old stuff leaves the house! So apart from dusting the shelving and straightening, there was nothing else to do here. 
Maintenance - Daily Cleaning with Emphasis on Living Room
Vacuumed the blind, dusted lamp shades, pictures, shelving and TV. 

Wiped down light switch and door
Vacuumed the sofa and chair and floor
Thats it for today! 

jwil

I started watching Alien Earth yesterday as a colleague was nagging me to.  It's not really my thing, but I'm invested now and want to know what happens  

Seasidegal58

Yes I know!  It's rather compelling isn't it @jwil!  If you're not into Sci-fi or even the whole Alien franchise it won't be for everyone, but they are my favourite Sci-fi films. I was a bit sceptical going into it but it's been updated well. 

I had a nice brunch today with my pal - it felt quite a bit chillier this morning - the jacket went on. Got warmer if you were in the sun later on, but definitely an autumnal feel in the air. 🍁

Afterwards I walked down to our local high street and filled up on pharmaceutical bits and bobs to replace everything in my medicine box that was out of date when I had a clear out the other day. What with the Listerine I needed, I walked out of there £32 lighter - plus I bought Superdrug generic brands as well!

This afternoon I put some bits on Vinted and then did my cleaning tasks - what there was of them today - and caught up on my favourite YouTube channels as quite a few drop on a Sunday. Later I'm settling down to catch up on last night's Strictly. 

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS
Spends were my brunch and the Superdrug medicinal haul. One of the coats that didn't pass muster at the dress agency sold on Vinted within the first hour - probably for more than what it would have done at the shop!  I'm sorting out some other bits tomorrow to put on there.

CLEANING ROUTINE
We are now one-third of the way through the whole system!
Sunday - Day 10
Cleaning - Bathroom Grout
i didn't have to do this as the only grout I have in the bathroom is on the tiled walls that are nowhere near any water. I have the shower boards in the shower cubicle and on the wall next to the washbasin. I had already cleaned down the tiled walls the other day so skipped this (hee hee!). 

Organising - Hair Acessories
Apart from a shower cap, shampoo and conditioner that are in current use, all my brushes, combs and styling tools/products are kept in a drawer in my dressing table. So I washed all my brushes and combs and sorted out and straightened the drawer. There wasn't anything to get rid of. 

Maintenance - daily cleaning routine and I was supposed to catch up on laundry. There wasn't anything to do today as I'd washed my coloureds yesterday. 

So a very easy day today!  Tuesday is going to be a biggie though......🫣

 

Seasidegal58

Another quiet one today - I just went out to take my Vinted parcel to be posted off. I had some sad news - my cousin has passed away - he was in his early 70s and since he was in his mid-20s suffered from an awful debilitating disease. He was such a brave soul - his family was with him at the end but they're all distraught as one can imagine. This news has come on top that of my other late cousin's widow who passed away a few weeks ago. 😞
I also caught up on the phone with a couple of friends then read this afternoon. 

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS
NSD today. 

WEIGHT
Jab day.  This week's average daily calorie total came in at 1360. Weekly weigh in tomorrow. 

CLEANING ROUTINE
Monday - Day 11

Cleaning - Finishing Off The Bathroom
Dusted the ceiling light and ceiling. 

Wiped down the door and gave mirrored surfaces an extra polish
Cleaned the toilet inside and out. 

Vacuumed the floor and then mopped. 

Organising- Items On The Vanity
I sorted the inside out the other day, but I don't keep anything on the washbasin itself except a nail brush!  I do have a glass shelf above the sink that holds handwash and hand cream so I polished this and wiped the little tray that holds the bottles and wiped the bottles. I also washed out the toothbrush holder glass that sits above it. 

So this basically finished the whole bathroom. However the one thing the book never mentioned was cleaning the window. So I did this inside and out and also wiped the blind. 

Maintenance - Daily Cleaning with Emphasis on Kitchen
A once over to keep it looking good after the deep clean a few days ago. Wiped down cupboard doors, big and small appliances, checked the fridge for anything to be thrown away (no) and wiped the shelves. Vacuumed and mopped floor. 

Today is the day I take out the rubbish and recycling bags so did this and wiped down the bin. 

beanielou

So sorry to hear about your cousin.

jwil

Sorry about your cousin x

maggiem

Very sad news about your cousin, too young. 

doingitanyway

Sorry to hear about the cousin. It sounds as if he did very well with the circumstances he found himself in

milann

That’s sad news about your cousin. Take care of yourself 👍