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07-13-2014, 02:24 PM | #1 |
Rose Trellis
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EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
I'm always a messy as in "the house is clean, what's wrong?" kind of messy, sigh . . . and right now it's worse than usual.
Finally a week or so ago, I started getting back in the swing of things (not needing to spend large chunks of my day helping dh with his shower and taking him to appointments and such) but, since I had no plans to have company over anytime soon, I've been focusing on decluttering in the school room and the girls' room, so the parts of the house that people actually SEE are still a disaster. . . This morning I got a text from my aunt. She's about 3 hours away, visiting my grandmother, and wondered if they could come up for the day one day this week. EEk!! She has NEVER come here! My parents and grandmother live in the same area, so she comes to see them, and once in awhile we go down to my parents house. This time my parents aren't home, I knew she would be visiting my grandmother while my parents were gone, but it never crossed my mind that she'd want to come up here (we saw them last time they were at my grandmother's). So, they're coming on Tuesday! So far today I've: - cleared the kitchen butcher block (huge hot spot, right inside the back door) - cleared the area at the end of the hall where things tend to pile up - put away laundry in my room and rearranged the clutter so that as long as I position the door JUST RIGHT, it looks relatively tidy (it's across the hall from the only bathroom, and our only a/c is a window unit in our bedroom (main floor) and the girl's bedroom (upstairs), so shutting my bedroom door isn't an option, but nobody should actually need to go IN the room) - gathered the recycling ready to take in and swept the pantry where it collects - cleared off the appliance counter in the pantry of everything but the appliances that belong there - collected plastic grocery bags to take to the farm stand when I go tomorrow What I still NEED to do: - take recycling in (hoping dh will do it), absolute worst case, put it in the garage so it's at least out of the way - take plastic bags to the farm stand - put thing that I need to take to the church in the car so I don't forget them next week (and so they're out of my way in the meantime) - clear out the corner by my recliner, it's a DISASTER - Put the books that are sitting on the steps somewhere (upstairs, back on the shelf I took them off of, SOMETHING) - deal with the pile of JUNK blocking teh door to the basement (some is recycling, some is stuff that needs to be carried to the basement, not sure what else might be hiding there) - grocery shop for, and make food for lunch when they're here (they suggested we could go out for lunch, but there's no place close, so I said we'd just eat here) - make sure all the chores taht are SUPPOSED to get done daily actually get done (putting toys away, sweeping, cleaning up after meals, wiping down the bathroom counter, etc) What I'd LIKE to get done: - more decluttering/organizing in my room - take 2 bags of stuff to goodwill - straighten up pantry shelves (there's lots more that I was already PLANNING to do this week, but that's the stuff that would impact areas they're likely to see). So, hopefully having this list sitting out here where people can see if I do it or not, will help me to actually DO it! And on that note, I need to get back to it!
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07-13-2014, 03:48 PM | #4 | |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
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07-13-2014, 04:54 PM | #6 |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
You're getting lots done! Keep up the good work!
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07-13-2014, 06:07 PM | #7 |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
You can do it!!
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07-13-2014, 06:07 PM | #8 | |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
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Now I need to get kids to bed, then I should figure out a menu/shopping list, so I don't get to the store tomorrow and wonder what I need LOL.
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07-14-2014, 08:21 AM | #9 | |
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07-14-2014, 11:32 AM | #10 |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
Good work, Mama!
My DH and I are the same way. Clean, but (usually) messy! Then when someone's coming, we can get it show-ready in a little while. But that's not fun. We have to have someone coming, though, it seems, or *I* don't make a priotity of tidying. P.S. Don't forget the bathroom wipe-down |
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07-14-2014, 11:58 AM | #11 |
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
You are doing awesome!
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07-14-2014, 12:34 PM | #12 | ||
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07-14-2014, 05:31 PM | #14 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: EEEEK! I Need Accountability!
Whew! Thanks for all the cheerleading! After supper Ashlyn did a great job of cleaning up the kitchen while Lexie swept better than usual. So things are as good as they can get in the time we have. We'll do our normal morning routines tomorrow, do some school, and enjoy our time with family!
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07-14-2014, 06:49 PM | #15 |
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