Todays Mission

...was to wipe over big appliances. *Looking* at the freezer last night made me see how grotty it was, and without kids around. How does it do that? So this morning I got on the floor with the toothbrush and window cleaner (out of 'general purpose' spray) and scrubbed the drain hole plug. Then the whole front had a wipe over. I should do the other available side.

I loved wiping down the fridge. It was the first BIG appliance I bought with work money. I'm proud of myself for a) having work enough to get one, and b) living frugally for many many years. The first years of having very little [income] meant that bills and the like were pared RIGHT down. I have no bills, no debts, and I own my car. Any work money NOW is luxury money. :D

I cleaned the kitchen window, and got Flyladied enough to take the grotty venetian blind down for a wash. Thats is in a bath full of hot water at the moment. I've scrubbed it a bit, but I think it needs a hands on approach - with rubber gloves, coz that water needs to be hot. I'm not sure if I will put it back up, I quite like the light coming in. Who would have thought that blinds being up would block so much light? However, if I don't rehang it, where do I store the blind?

Next on todays list is to take down the dining room sheer curtains, and maybe the kitchen one, then wash them. Might also do the loungeroom one if I need to make up 'enough' for a load. PLUS I am going to get the vacuum hose down the back of the freezer. That has to wait til teh sheers are down, coz they will get in the way.

Man this is satisfying.

Grossed out

Man, I tell you. The things you see when you start looking.

I've just 'scrubbed down the fronts of the cabinets' - the bench ones. I had thought they 'weren't too bad.' Things look very different with your Flylady glasses on, let me tell you. There were flecks of things and drips of others down the front, and the knobs were filthy. Then I opened the doors to take the knobs off...inside was worse. How I don't know, I have an aversion to having things left open/ajar.

Yeah..gross huh? Tomorrow I'll do the sink cupboard doors and hope they aren't quite as festy.

Scrubbing the front of the oven door leads me to think that I will need to actually get a screwdriver, unscrew the screws and wash INSIDE the glass on the door to get the [what looks like] fat drips that are in there.

Completed Zone 2 things

I have NOT emptied the fridge, or cleaned it thoroughly - but I did get out the things that are going to be science experiments in a week or so, and bagged up the last of the bacon and put that in the freezer. (060311)

The microwave isn't done - though I did wash the plate yesterday. (05/060311) Microwave done now.

The oven/stove isn't done. (Partly done 070311)

There are no canisters or nick knacks in my kitchen :)

Pet dishes are already done - though I am thinking of using some of those micro-suede samples as place mats to stop them going all over the place and make picking up spilled dry food easier. However, I think that the resulting cluttered look (there are 4 bowls for 7 cats) would be more negative than positive. (I have done one - they had stinky fish from a can - o9o311)

The drawers are ok. Crockery cupboard will be done directly. (o6o311) The other top ones were done the other day.

No walls for finger prints, though I did wipe down the stove ones PROPERLY. (060311)

Window is not done. (100311)

The fan and vent are done on the outside only. Taking them off scares me. I have a great imagination. (060311)

The top cupboard fronts were wiped down with the mop. (060311) The sink ones (o9o311) and bench ones can wait (070311), there is another few days of Zone 2 after all.

I'm not getting under the sink. Not this cycle anyway.

If I get it all done today, there wont be anything for tomorrow :D

I have however, washed the ceiling. (060311)


When I have completed Zone 2 things over the next few days, I'll edit this post with the dates I did them on.

Back in Zone 2 - the Kitchen

This is provident, because last night a light globe exploded, and this morning, while opening the cupboard, two bowls fell out and smashed.

This means that when I was getting the silver part out, and *looking* (go on, when was the last time *you* actually looked at your light fittings?) I saw what would amount to many years worth of fly specks. So, before I put the new light globe in, I wiped down the immediate area. Working above my head is a killer, so there HAS to be an easier way. let us Google how to wash ceilings.

While they and the Cozi calendar are loading (that is dead slow) I'll waffle on about the kitchen cupboards. They aren't wonderfully organised. I have all my dinner plates, bread and butter plates, saucers, and bowls all in one area, say 40 by 25 cm square. I don't wish to change where they 'live' but I am sure that the bowls I don't use (we all have favorites, don't we?) can be moved UP a couple of shelves. There is a whole shelf there that can be utlised. I don't usually because to get to it, requires getting a chair. And getting the chair - from all of 6 metres away - would be just too hard O.o

Ok, Google says this on how to wash a ceiling. About how I was going to do it, although they say to RINSE the mop between passes. I might actually load up the spare mop with a fresh sponge and use that for ceiling work, seeing as I plan on getting the entire ceiling done sooner or later.

Well, even though it is Sunday, I think I will get on with the ceiling and moving the bowls up.

Oh, I just got side tracked and read this on the Facebook page - "It doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be done." I cant tell you how many times I have needed to hear this over the last...31 years or so!