Day 204: Rearranging The Pantry

 

Today, Monsoon and I decided to rearrange the kitchen pantry. We only have a small one, and it just wasn't working for me. At least now I can easily find what I need in there. 

I think tomorrow I'll have to add two shelves to the plate pantry as thar's the other kitchen cupboard that isn't working for me. If I add two it will be much better use of the space that's in there. I might even add one to under the kitchen sink, to make better use of that space.

I also washed... but only because I bought some more school uniforms from the op-shop, and I want to wash them in our laundry liquid before the kids wear them. Hurricane has reactions to some other laundry liquids and soaps. Better to be safe than sorry.

I get to go down and pick up my care form the mechanics today.

Day 201: Today's Job

 

Today I have the daunting job of defrosting and sorting out all the fridges and freezers. Not really a job I relish doing while it's winter... but it has to be done.

My niece on the other hand is happy because she ended up taking home all the meat I wasn't sure on, to feed to her dog. Now that I know what's in them all I will be able to stocktake and shop smarter, not harder on our grocery days.

It took me nearly all day, because I couldn't stand having my hands in the cold for so long. the hardest one was the chest freezer as I had to defrost it and clean it our completely. 

The other job to get done was to re-bag all the cans and bottles to take them for trade in. It's how Graceful pays for her solo lessons at dance.

Day 198: Getting It Done

 

Today I'm just doing some general tidy up while I do some more washing. I'm liking the look of the neater house. I still have to rearrange some stuff because the way I have it now isn't working for me... Mainly the pantry. I'm not like the fact the stuff getting shoved into the garage. That is my next big job. I'm going to sort it out into (1) dump run, (2) op-shop run, (3) stuff to give to my niece, & (4) stuff that we are keeping... once that's done; I'll be able to rearrange the shelving stuff... just so it's easier to grab stuff as we need it.

I'm not feeling the best... I'm always waking up tired no matter how much sleep I get. I think it's because I can't shut my brain off.

I've been watching 7+ a lot lately, there are so many series that I haven't seen that I'll be happily watching when I have the time.

Working on reading through Elsewhere Realms and trying to catch up on where I was going with it all. I forgot how much I liked this story.

Day 194: School Is Back

At least one of the little monsters is back at school.  The other is still too sick to attend school.  As predicted, Monsoon was cranky that she didn't get to go to school as well.

You guessed it we have more washing today... all of the stuff that got soiled due to Graceful being sick, at least it's all done now.

Still tired as hell, but at least the house is starting to look like a home now. A comfortable lived in one. Instead of the jumbled mess of squishing in of two houses into one.

Tired but happy.

Day 192: Swimming & Stuff

 

Had kids swimming in the morning, then a quick trip to the grocery store, and bunnings for supplies. Coming home we swapped out the washing machine and moved the dryer. It made me able to deep clean the laundry.

For lunch... I made mum and my eldest sister, liver, gravy and vegetables... the rest of us had a BBQ...  It was much easier this time around. I'm still trying to get the BBQing station set up properly.

Then I did some more whipper snipping, because if I don't do it than it won't get done, and I'm tired of waiting for stuff to get done around here.

Not that I'm really complaining... because my daughter has been doing other stuff. I know it all needs to get done, and it will eventually get there. At least the house is 99% clean now.

Day 191: Inspection Day

Well, we passed... as I guessed Monsoon and Hurricane followed the poor guy all over the house and yard. The guy told me he couldn't believe the difference between this inspection and the last one. For starters with all the new furniture in the house looks full and not half empty. That and me and my daughter have different cleaning styles.

Then they tell us the owner is coming by in a few weeks to look at some issues... ones that I asked the real estate about. So, instead of resting. I've just got a couple of more weeks of reorganising to do, and of getting everyone to keep the house clean and tidy.

Now I'm back to catching up on the yardwork. I need to finish all the whipper snipping that I started.  And catching up on all the washing I've been finding all over the house... the truth is most of it was probably clean, but it had been sitting there for so long. It had that stale smell to it. At least by rewashing it all I know it's fresh.

Day 190: One Day To Go

 

One day left to go until our house inspection. There are still a few things that need to get done; but I know they will be. I wish this wasn't happening during school holidays, because I know pounds to peanuts those two youngest ones are going to follow the guy around the house and chat his ear off.

In other news: we are all still under the weather here. Mostly coughing (not a full-on cold) just an annoying cough. Let's just hope the two eldest ones are well enough to go to school on Monday, because I need the break.

As soon as we got all the walls clean... Hurricane (ADHD) decided to draw on them again because she couldn't find paper. Ticked me off to the max... I made her mother rewash the wall.

I'll be glad when we get a new hot water system. I'm sick of luke-warm washing up water and showers. We need hot water in winter... Hell, I need hot water in summer. I'm one of those crazies that like to shower in mega hot water.

Day 188: Another Busy Day

 

Today I'm trying my hand at touch up painting. if it goes well, I will be done in a jiffy, if it goes badly, I might be repainting the whole interior of the house. Not that I would mind either way... the only problem is its still school holidays.

I also have to go and book my car in for a service at some stage today. I'll be happier when it's been done.

I also have to work out with the neighbour when he and his dad are coming to collect all of the stuff from the yard and taking it away for us (this will be the last of the major jobs); before I organise the carpets to be cleaned and the paddock to be slashed.

We (and by we, I mean my daughter) have two rooms to go (her room & Hurricane and Monsoon room). Other and that it's just the general tidy every day. I'm getting everyone joining in on the whole cleaning routine (well, everyone except mum). I make a game out of it for the three kids. the 7-year-old complains a bit, but the HDHD one and the youngest one love it... it might take ten times as long, but it gets done eventually... at this stage that's all I can ask for.

Day 185: Walls

You guessed it... today I taught myself a new trade. how to patch walls. It might not be the prettiest job, but it is better than what was there. I'm proud of what I've accomplished. It was a little hard when I had a Hurricane and a Monsoon trying to help and just getting in my way. At least I got the job done.

We moved the last of the sons-in-law's plants and we broke it. The one thing he told us not to do. Sadly, if he didn't want it broken, he should have come and taken it six months ago when we asked him to. Then he had to cut it down to move it anyway.

I got all the dry washing folded and ready to be put away, in readiness for the next lot of washing to be done... there is a heck of a lot of it to get through. The cats being locked inside that first week and freaking out had a few accidents in baskets of washing, so just to be safe I'm rewashing everything.

 

Day 184: Spider Bite

 

Today while hanging out the washing, I got bitten on the hip by a spider. the little bugger must have crawled up the leg of my pants to do it. I didn't have any reaction except for a bit of tenderness and a headache I've come to realize that this new line is much bigger than the old line. So, I'm going to need to invest in more pegs and a bigger peg bucket.

We are almost halfway through the house. I will be glad when we are finished. Not only because it's school holidays and it's so hard to get anything done while the kids are home and driving each other bonkers... but because it's winter and most of the house is felling poorly to some degree; and sick people are always a pain in the arse. 

I must admit the place is starting to look good. I can't wait to see the end result. I have a list. Sadly, every time I cross two things off of it, I realize I have to add at least three more things. The latest one is I need to replace all the wheels on the BBQ as one is missing and the other two are splitting.

Day 183: Cleaning, Cleaning, & More Cleaning

 

Today I almost finished setting up the laundry. I have a bit more scrubbing down to do of it. I also need to finish cleaning the bathroom. someone's cat. by the name of Robson, decided the bathtub was the best place to go potty in the middle of the night.

Good news is we found mum's missing telephone under the couch. obviously, I didn't put it somewhere safe like I thought. I just left it on the couch, and it fell between the cracks.

I finally managed to sort through all our spices and combine and get them down to one basketful instead of three. We cleaned out the toy boxes, my daughter, and granddaughters picked up all the toys and rubbish in the backyard.

Day 182: Hot Water Systems & Such

We had our hot water system looked at today... it needed topping up, but it did absolutely jack shit for fixing the heat problem so I'm going to have to put in another request for them to come and look at it. I'm afraid hot water is a must.

I love my granddaughter's, but I'll be glad when school is back in, because grocery shopping with all three of them is a nightmare... if they weren't complaining because they weren't getting candy/treats. they were complaining because we were taking too long, and they wanted to go home and play. At least the pantry and fridge are restocked.

It's windy as hell at our place today. I don't think the kids will be playing outside much in this weather seeing as they all have colds to some degree. Though we did manage to move the heavy-arsed bar around so we can use it for the BBQ servery. and my daughter did a hell of a lot of cleaning on the back patio area... I love it when she gets hit with the cleaning vibe... because she really gets stuff done.