Day 257: I Feel Worn Out

I'm absolutely buggered today. my lower back is burning, and my upper back is aching from all the washing I've been hanging out and then folding up once it's dry.

Today I did even more washing, though I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have a couple of blankets and a coupled of sets of sheets, but they are actually off the beds,

I'll have a busy day tomorrow as I have to run the drop my daughter off at work... the girls off at school... then pick my daughter up again after her shift because her car has something wrong with it. I suppose I should get off of here and get some sleep. Morning is going to be here long before I want it to be.

 

Day 256: To Do List

 

For the next little bit, I have a specific to do list...

1) Swap out the drawer runners in Graceful's chest of drawers.

2) Fix board to top shelf of open wardrobe to sit trophies on.

3) Fix the rungs on the bunk beds.

4) Paint the toybox

5) Fix Graceful's bike (Front wheel and training wheels) how hard can it be?

6) Try and reattach the netting around the trampoline

8) Paint the cubbyhouse

9) Paint the outdoor/mud kitchen

10) clean out the BBQ cupboard.

If I can get all of this done by the end of October, I'll be happy. The girl's grandad is coming for Christmas, and I'd like to have everything done by then.

Day 255: Hurricane & Monsoon.

 

Tackling this room... mainly it's just toys, and three bits of furniture that has to be removed. For the size of the room, it just seems cluttered. though while cleaning, I notice we're going to have to fix the rungs on the ladder for the bunk beds. the paint has chipped off. and the bare metal is showing. I might have to buy some grey rust proofing paint and paint them. I also want to repaint the toybox as it's hideous. Mind you, we're only going to use the leftover paint from the uniform chest of drawers, pastels in green, purple, pink and blue.

I'm going to have to wash their bedding. It looks like all of the cats have been napping on them at some point in time. That and it's getting to the point where we're going to be swapping from winter to summer bedding.

Graceful had an eisteddfod this morning, and she had dance lesson in the arvo. I have a headache today. Mainly, I think it's because Monsoon and Hurricane have been singing to me all day long on the top of their lungs. I swear to God they don't know the meaning of inside voices.

Day 254: Dang It...

 

I tried to buy a staplegun today, but they were out of stock. They told me to come back next week and try again after they get new stock in. Looks like I will have to come back next week.

I got myself a little sketch book so I can sketch out ideas of thigs I want to do/build. Like I want to build a series of screens that I can hook together to stand in front of the plastic tubs in the garage so I'm not always looking at the storage tubs. I showed my eldest sister and now she is going to get her own book and do the same thing.

You guessed it, I'm still washing. I'm doing at least 4 loads a day to get it all done. we also dropped of seven bags into the op-shop donation bin, and got them out of the house.

Day 253: Graceful's Room

 

Today while I was washing. I decided to get some empty tubs and sort out the stuff in Graceful's room. Toys in one tub, clothes in another, and crap for her mum to go through in the last tub... then I turned the desk around because it overlapped the cupboard door by about 1cm. I figured either the desk, or the door was going to get damaged. At least the room is small, so it really didn't take that long. I also picked up the surplus toys off Monsoon and Hurricane's floor. I'll tackle the room on another day.

I'm now going to figure out a way to make the top of Graceful's open wardrobe sturdier, as she wants to display all her dance trophies on there. Hers is also the chest of drawers that I need to replace the runners on... How hard can it be? I'll google it and teach myself a new trade to get the job done.

Day 252: Big Day

 

Today is grocery day, and we also got a gurney and to massive plastic storage boxes that we're doing to use. One will be to store doons in, inside the house, and the other will live on the back patio and have all the kid's toys in it. For something so simple they were so freaking hard to put together. I wasn't strong enough to clip them into place.

The septic service was today. So grateful to the man across the road for getting the grass down around the septic tank to give the waste guys access to the tank. I didn't realize just how many downed limbs there are lying around the tank. We'll have to eventually get them moved.

Really overcast today. I hope the rain holds off until after the washing is dried. I hate leaving washing hanging in the rain.

Day 251: Wardrobe Day

All the wardrobes in this house are small like this. They have a shelf up the top, and a rail just underneath. and nothing else. You wouldn't think it would take me four hours to clean one out... and yet it did. I found yet more washing. not that it was dirty per say. More that it smelled musty for being crammed in there for so long. and just by looking at the clothes I know they had been in there for years as they were mostly baby clothes. I'm just going to freshen them up before I bag them up for donation. At least I only have two wardrobes to deal with. The other one I know is mostly filled with toys and an empty set of drawers. I think I might wash all the toys that we are going to keep as well. All the soft squishy ones at least. give them a new lease on life... I started washing right away just to get it done.