Before, and after. I'm not sure there much of an improvement. The cords are frustrating..but I hope to shift the whole modem/router mess to the spare room soon enough.
Monday, March 28, 2011
lounge room tidy up
Before, and after. I'm not sure there much of an improvement. The cords are frustrating..but I hope to shift the whole modem/router mess to the spare room soon enough.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
another Sunday
And as I sit here I can see a few things that should have been dealt with quite a few 'nows' ago. Like the bag I took to work...on Thursday. :s
I think my 'bleh-ness' has been mainly not eating right, and bugs. I took a multi vitamin on Friday night and woke up perkier than I have been, and even got going on lunch at 10am. This morning I've been sneezing more than I normally would, and I am not prone to allergies.
So even though its a day of rest here, I will be doing things, simply because I have been 'resting' at least the last two days. I don't have the motivation to do it though :(
There is one curtain left in the spare room to bin, and I will try to get in the dead zone of the kitchen. Also, as we are now in Zone 5, I plan to sort out my 'coffee table' and the craft clutter under it. I know I am having visitors this week, so its a good time to get it done.
The polar fleece out of the car has been washed, and again there are many little piles of lint. Horrid stuff. Maybe when I tidy the 'coffee table' I will find the fabric brush.
On Thursday I took the coffee mugs I'd offered on Freecycle (with no response) to work with me and left them at the bus stop, with a note saying they were 'free to a good home, or for mosaics' - four hours later I went past and they weren't there, OR in the bin (though my note was). I loved it. I might do the same thing with the spare bowls another day.
Right, time to post this and get offline. Dealing with the 'coffee table' will entail moving the modem and power board and is likely to disconnect it.
I think my 'bleh-ness' has been mainly not eating right, and bugs. I took a multi vitamin on Friday night and woke up perkier than I have been, and even got going on lunch at 10am. This morning I've been sneezing more than I normally would, and I am not prone to allergies.
So even though its a day of rest here, I will be doing things, simply because I have been 'resting' at least the last two days. I don't have the motivation to do it though :(
There is one curtain left in the spare room to bin, and I will try to get in the dead zone of the kitchen. Also, as we are now in Zone 5, I plan to sort out my 'coffee table' and the craft clutter under it. I know I am having visitors this week, so its a good time to get it done.
The polar fleece out of the car has been washed, and again there are many little piles of lint. Horrid stuff. Maybe when I tidy the 'coffee table' I will find the fabric brush.
On Thursday I took the coffee mugs I'd offered on Freecycle (with no response) to work with me and left them at the bus stop, with a note saying they were 'free to a good home, or for mosaics' - four hours later I went past and they weren't there, OR in the bin (though my note was). I loved it. I might do the same thing with the spare bowls another day.
Right, time to post this and get offline. Dealing with the 'coffee table' will entail moving the modem and power board and is likely to disconnect it.
Friday, March 25, 2011
lint
ok, the picture is sideways. But you get the idea. the first row, is all the lint that I collected in the wash cycle. From ONE load of clothes. I even let them run through two more wash cycles and kept emptying out the lint filter every few mins. Had I not done this, the lint at the top/furthest left would have been about all there was. The little smidgen next to the 5c coin is what the rinse cycle offered up.
If I was anal enough, and have electronic scales, I'd dry it out and weigh it.
I wonder how many wash cycles it would take until I had NO lint in the filter?
End of the week
...and also rubbish day.
Today, and Wednesday, I slept in until 9am! Almost unheard of. No, there were no late nights or interrupted sleep. I'm thinking I am either fighting off bugs (picked up at work), not eating decent meals, and or maybe am just not used to working (though that doesn't make sense, coz I should have slept in last week as well, yeah?) Getting up for work yesterday was an effort as well, Woke at 7 and rolled over for another 15 mins! Would have been so easy to go back to sleep.
Yesterday, being a work day, I didn't have much to do in the way of dishes. I even bought fish and chips on the way home so there were no lunch dishes, and being so full, I didn't need tea. So, sadly, I didn't wash the morning things and they are still in the sink 24 hours later. My bad.
Todays mission is to put away the laundry in your room, with a bonus 'toss five things you don't wear.' Yesterday was 'clear the night stands' and 'toss five things you don't wear.' Well, I don't have night stands, or piled up laundry to put away (its still in the washing machine - we've had rain), and I tossed a pile of clothes last zone 4. I did manage to find a few things to toss from my room though. One was a book I'm not going to read, a couple of other things and a couple of items of clothes. I could have done the trousers properly, but there isn't any room in either bin.
Looking in the trouser drawer though, I think I will get the polar fleece things out and wash them to see if I can get the fluff off, before I need to wear them. I don't want to have fluffy trousers on a day I need to go OUT! Hmm..I best get the polar fleece out of the car as well :)
Still, even with a day off, the house is ok. A day off isn't going to kill me.
My sister just posted this link about displaying kids artwork. If I had kids, I'd be tempted to try this.
Today, and Wednesday, I slept in until 9am! Almost unheard of. No, there were no late nights or interrupted sleep. I'm thinking I am either fighting off bugs (picked up at work), not eating decent meals, and or maybe am just not used to working (though that doesn't make sense, coz I should have slept in last week as well, yeah?) Getting up for work yesterday was an effort as well, Woke at 7 and rolled over for another 15 mins! Would have been so easy to go back to sleep.
Yesterday, being a work day, I didn't have much to do in the way of dishes. I even bought fish and chips on the way home so there were no lunch dishes, and being so full, I didn't need tea. So, sadly, I didn't wash the morning things and they are still in the sink 24 hours later. My bad.
Todays mission is to put away the laundry in your room, with a bonus 'toss five things you don't wear.' Yesterday was 'clear the night stands' and 'toss five things you don't wear.' Well, I don't have night stands, or piled up laundry to put away (its still in the washing machine - we've had rain), and I tossed a pile of clothes last zone 4. I did manage to find a few things to toss from my room though. One was a book I'm not going to read, a couple of other things and a couple of items of clothes. I could have done the trousers properly, but there isn't any room in either bin.
Looking in the trouser drawer though, I think I will get the polar fleece things out and wash them to see if I can get the fluff off, before I need to wear them. I don't want to have fluffy trousers on a day I need to go OUT! Hmm..I best get the polar fleece out of the car as well :)
Still, even with a day off, the house is ok. A day off isn't going to kill me.
My sister just posted this link about displaying kids artwork. If I had kids, I'd be tempted to try this.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Bathroom screen
A mission a while back (last time it was zone 3?) has us wash the base boards, which showed me, quite clearly, that the baseboards in the corner of the bathroom, under the bath, were rotting from the water that escapes during a shower. As a result of that mission, I called Maintenance and asked if they could do something about it. The maintenance boss man duly showed up and said they would replace them, AND he would see about getting a half shower screen put in, to stop the water.
Half an hour or so ago the guy who is to put in the new screen called. He will be here today.
But the best thing?
We just had a Zone 3, so the bathroom is NOT a complete write off. The ceiling is washed, the bath scrubbed. Nothing at all to be ashamed about.
The man is here now, so when he is done I will take a picture, but this is what it looks like now, with the shower curtain down.
Todays mission was to wipe down the tops of the window and door frame (I regularly vacuum my hinges, so thats ok, not that I have a door on the bedroom, but the cobwebs DO collect in the top corners still.), then a bonus mission of a 27 fling boogie. I did the wiping down, but the 27 fling boogie ended up being a 27 fly spot wipe. I didn't actually count them, but I did wipe away what I could reach. I will do it properly today (I hope)
Half an hour or so ago the guy who is to put in the new screen called. He will be here today.
But the best thing?
We just had a Zone 3, so the bathroom is NOT a complete write off. The ceiling is washed, the bath scrubbed. Nothing at all to be ashamed about.
The man is here now, so when he is done I will take a picture, but this is what it looks like now, with the shower curtain down.
Todays mission was to wipe down the tops of the window and door frame (I regularly vacuum my hinges, so thats ok, not that I have a door on the bedroom, but the cobwebs DO collect in the top corners still.), then a bonus mission of a 27 fling boogie. I did the wiping down, but the 27 fling boogie ended up being a 27 fly spot wipe. I didn't actually count them, but I did wipe away what I could reach. I will do it properly today (I hope)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sunday - a day of rest
well, sort of anyway.
The rubbish has been collected, so I can start on the spare room again. Although, the recycling hasn't, and a lot of whats in there is papers.
Yesterday, with 15 mins notice, I went out for much of the day. In the 15 mins, I got dressed, hung two loads of washing and started another. It was a good day out, and I only bought two books. Had I realised it was a 2nd hand book fair we were going to I may well have taken the books in my room that I *know* I am never going to read. Handy that this weeks zone is the master bedroom, huh?
Before getting the 'lets go out' phone call, I stripped the bed, turned the mattress and vacuumed the house AND under the bed along the foot board. When I got back (to a tidy house) I hung the started laundry, remade the bed and washed the bedroom window. I have no idea what was on it, but it had spots of something...higher up than the cats can reach too! Wasp poo maybe?
Friday I washed the bathroom ceiling. During Zone 4 I plan to wash the bedroom one as well. That might be a bit tricky with the suds dropping onto the bed..but it still needs doing.
I also plan to get under the head of the bed and vacuum the dust from there. And sort out the boxes of stuff that are there. With access to the spare room and the wall unit again, I can relocate a pile of things. Feng Shui likes you to keep under your bed free of stuff. Another link.
Well, best get on with the day.
The rubbish has been collected, so I can start on the spare room again. Although, the recycling hasn't, and a lot of whats in there is papers.
Yesterday, with 15 mins notice, I went out for much of the day. In the 15 mins, I got dressed, hung two loads of washing and started another. It was a good day out, and I only bought two books. Had I realised it was a 2nd hand book fair we were going to I may well have taken the books in my room that I *know* I am never going to read. Handy that this weeks zone is the master bedroom, huh?
Before getting the 'lets go out' phone call, I stripped the bed, turned the mattress and vacuumed the house AND under the bed along the foot board. When I got back (to a tidy house) I hung the started laundry, remade the bed and washed the bedroom window. I have no idea what was on it, but it had spots of something...higher up than the cats can reach too! Wasp poo maybe?
Friday I washed the bathroom ceiling. During Zone 4 I plan to wash the bedroom one as well. That might be a bit tricky with the suds dropping onto the bed..but it still needs doing.
I also plan to get under the head of the bed and vacuum the dust from there. And sort out the boxes of stuff that are there. With access to the spare room and the wall unit again, I can relocate a pile of things. Feng Shui likes you to keep under your bed free of stuff. Another link.
Well, best get on with the day.
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