Day 20: Start Of The Cleaning Plan

 

Today is the start of the cleaning schedule before our house inspection... I have 18 days in which to get everything done. It's doable... Most of the heavy lifting will be done when the girls are back at school; that way, they aren't going behind me and pulling everything back out. I love them to death, but in some situations, they can drive me bloody bonkers.

Each day until the time rolls around. on top of my normal daily chores, I will pick one room to deep clean. Not that our house is really messy. This just lets me clean everything from top to bottom> walls, floors, windows, and change all the bedding. A couple of hours a day and I will be done.

There are a couple of big-ticket items that need to be done. Mainly things like take my daughters old broken bed to the dump. and there is one paint stain on the floor of the garage that I'm figuring out how to get rid of. It annoys the crap out of me each and every time I see it.

I burnt my finger the other day on the BBQ, you should see the freaking blister I have now. I can't remember if we're supposed to pop them or leave them go down on their own. So far, I have left mine alone and the blister is the size of a pea... hurts like the dickens.

Until tomorrow, remember: If you have to go somewhere; it's okay to make it as weird as hell.

Day 19: Tired As Hell

 

Well, we were without power for 26 hours... luckily, we have a generator that we could put into action... once we got it started. At least mum could still have a fan, we could charge our phones, kindles and hook the fridges and freezers up... sweltering otherwise.

I ended up reading Harry Potter and The Cursed Child... I really liked it.

Weigh in today was good> 103.9kg... the person I'm keeping weight tabs with lost also this week My niece<weighed in at 147.5kg so we have been keeping each other motivated. So far, it's working.

Graceful had to get new school shirts today, and a school hat. she had a bit of a growth spurt, and the ones from last year are just a tad too small/short. luckily, for us, the smaller ones can be handed down to Hurricane. Eight days until school goes back for Graceful and Hurricane; and 10 days until Monsoon starts kindy (not that I'm counting).

19 days until we have our first house inspection for the year. I'm going to have to make up a job's list/chart to make sure we get everything done in time. it's the only way I know to keep us all on track. At least by the time the day comes the kids will be in school and not at home underfoot.

Until tomorrow, remember: There is no use in going back to yesterday; we were different people then.

Day 18: Made It Through Another Week

 

It might not have been the smoothest running week, but I made it all the way to the end and I'm still breathing and getting shit done... I've knocked a few things off of my to do list for the year. So, I'm happy about that

JOBS DONE:

1) Loo deep cleaned> from scrubbing the loo to washing the walls, windows, and floors.

2) Built the 3 shelves for the plate pantry so it's now not looking so cluttered and there isn't all the wasted space at the bottom.

3) Changed out the wheels on the BBQ (only some touch up painting and swapping out the switches to go... my niece did the wheels and is doing some research on the switches).

4) Got the new beds, mattress and chair. 

5) Hemmed the curtains in the lounge room and dining room (Mum did it).

6) Gotten over half of the yard (paddocks 1.48 acres) done. Slow going, but I'm making progress in that area. Best part is... as yet I haven't seen a snake.

7) Inventoried the freezers so that I know what food we have. Just so we don't have end up buying multiples of the same stuff over and over. this year is going to be different. I wish I had somewhere else to keep the linen that way I could have two pantries as isn't quite big enough. right now, I'm just going to have to make do with what we have because we really don't have any spare space.

8) Reorganised the kitchen, trying to make it more efficient for my use. It's all part of my deep cleaning process. I'm not rushing it but getting it done slowly but surely.

9) Made some new charts up to add to my folders. Some for cleaning, and some for my weight and health.

10) Got rid of the last dump-run stuff (thanks to the girl's grandad who did the runs for me).

Until tomorrow, remember: Don't be afraid to start over; you may like your new story better.

Day 17: Let's Dance

 

Hurricane is going to an open dance class today to see if she likes it, and if she wants to do it full time like big sister Graceful. I can't see it myself as she gets bored too easily; but that's what you get when you have ADHD.

I'm tired today. So, freaking tired, but I'm pushing through to get my jobs done. It's just taking me longer to get them done. I'm catching up on all the washing. With all of us being sick at some stage over the last couple of weeks, it's just gotten away from me.

Also, I'm deep cleaning the laundry to get that job off my list. Luckily, it's the second smallest room in the house. It's not going to take me that long, which is always a blessing.

I'm also hoping to swap out the school bag hooks on the side of the bookcase, seeing as we need to add an extra bag this year, and the ones there are just way too small. It won't take long to do. I just have to make sure the drills are charged.

until tomorrow, remember: You don't have to be related to be family.

Day 16: Why Is It?

 

Why is it when you've hurt yourself; you keep bumping said sore spot over and over.

1) I don't keep bumping my back, but I do keep moving in a way that really twinges it and has a shooting pain run through it.

2) My fingernail on my right pinky tore off right down to the quick; so of course this is the one I keep bumping.

3) I bit the inside of my cheek (left side), You guessed it, I keep biting the damn thing. so damn sore.

4) I think my ear infection is back in my right ear; it feels weird. Feels more swollen than actually sore.

5) and at the moment I am suffering a case of the travelling sciatica. it keeps swapping between my leg and my back. Just when I think it's gone the bitch comes back and yells surprise. 

Until tomorrow, remember: Somedays I'm not sure if I'm just in a bad mood or if everyone else around me are idiots.

Day 15: Fixing Day

Today the guys are coming out to see what has to be done about the ceiling in the girl's room. It's going to look so much better than what's there now. I might even ask for suggestions on how to get the paint stain off the garage floor. I'm hoping it's as simple as paint stripper. I could even ask about the one on the exterior brick wall. They are the next big jobs on my list of shit to get done. The ones I do in between rounds out in the paddocks getting that cut down. 

I'm proud that I have done over half the yard in total. I know I will eventually get it all done. I'm just not going to push myself to the point of exhaustion again like I did for the first week. The paddock now is going from scrubby grass to reedy grass and cobbler's pegs (so many cobblers' pegs) have I mentioned that I absolutely loathe cobbler's pegs. They c stick to freaking everything and are so hard to pull out... well not hard... just time consuming.

My back is still sore, but I'm trying to push through the pain because I have so much shit that needs to get done, and it won't get done unless I do it.

until tomorrow, remember: Don't put off until tomorrow what you should be doing today... because let's face it; you won't want to do it then either.

Day 14: Getting Back To Normal

 Today, even though I'm still stiff and sore, I have to get back into cleaning mode because I have the maintenance guys coming tomorrow to check out the ceiling in Monsoon and Hurricane's room (water damaged from the rain).

I'm not sure I'll make it down to buy the groceries today. A) because I have a screw in my tyre and it needs to be changed out, and B) I don't want to have to take the 3 girls with me, that would be a mission all on its own, and I don't think I'm up to that. It's tough enough having to deal with them at home (I just keep telling myself, 13 days until school starts again).

The girls were so excited because yesterday and they got to show their grandad (dad's dad) before he left to go home... Don't know when he'll get back down for a visit. The girls will miss him like crazy.

Thank God the bins are emptied today so that I can start filling them up again. At least now they should begin to just be normal size bin days, because thanks to the girl's grandad who did a few dump-runs for us most of the trash is now gone. We still have to cull the kid's toys and clothes seeing as they have all had growth spurts. That is the last big job inside the house to do. though my daughter has to do with her clothes and stuff. Me, I'm always getting rid of my clothes (giving them to my sister) especially if I haven't worn them for a long time. If my sister doesn't get them, I donate them to the op-shop.

Until tomorrow, remember: One person's trash is another person's treasure.