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Countdown to SPRING (cleaning)

Yes, I WANT spring.  Desperately.  I am ready! (I will have the most fantastic garden this year, I just KNOW it. And I will love it and weed it and name it George, and by mid May, be over it) BUT.

There is that other part of spring, I’m not a fan of, and that is spring cleaning.  (actually, it is a known fact that I am not a fan of house cleaning on the whole, but that is another story altogether.) I’m sure I can find something to do that is more exciting. Absolutely anything.

“A place for everything and everything in its place” SOUNDS nice, but the practical application leaves much to be desired, as I like having my things out and around and available.  I do love pretty containers, but more often than not, I buy them for the wrong reasons, and they don’t get used the way they should. And, truth be told, while I probably have too much stuff, this house has too little storage. There isn’t even a coat closet, broom closet or mud room area!

My thought this year is to break down the house into manageable chunks, and assign tasks and days, and hopefully be finished by March 21. Then I can spend the vernal equinox trying to balance an egg on its tip in celebration!

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If I start on the 4th (I am away on the 1st and 2nd, the 3rd is my birthday and not particularly how I planned on celebrating….) AND I am of course, working 40 hours a week… lets see, thinking out loud here, can’t do it on Mondays, that’s Laylabug day…

Kitchen 4, 5, 6

  • clean out all drawers and cabinets
  • wash curtains, windows, floor
  • clean fan, cabinet doors
  • Refrigerator,-emptied, cleaned
  • stove, microwave

Dining room 7, 8, 9

  • clean out all drawers and cabinets
  • wash curtains, windows, door, floor
  • clean fan, all art

Living room   11, 12

  • Vacuum under/behind furniture
  • Remove rug, put liner down.
  • Vacuum couch, cushions/chair
  • wash curtains, windows, door
  • clean fan, all art
  • China Cabinet
  • Get rid of winter clothes/clutter at door

Den  13, 14

  • Vacuum under/behind furniture
  • Vacuum couch, cushions/chair
  • wash curtains, windows, door
  • clean fan, all art
  • all bookcases and side tables

Bath one 15

  • Under vanity
  • basic deep clean
  • Do linen closet as well

Bath two 16

Under vanity

  • basic deep clean
  • utility area

Bedroom one 18, 19

  • Vacuum under/behind furniture
  • wash curtains, windows
  • clean fan, all art
  • side tables, headboard
  • closet
  • change out clothes
  • dresser

Studio 19, 20, 21  Notice that it is conveniently at the end.

  • Vacuum under/behind furniture
  • wash curtains, windows
  • clean fan, all art
  • closet
  • scrapbook side
  • desk
  • fabric side
  • cutting tablepickerimage2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Anyone interested joining me? Keeping me honest?

 

 

This WEEK in photos…W/E 2/8/14

2. A Silhouette
3. Soft
4. Heartwarming
5. From The Top
6. Shadows
7. Old School
8. Hand Tinted

 

Kind of went my own way this week….
1794641_10203652074326362_1275265419_n3. Soft — During the Olympics I usually find a hand work project. This year it’s un-quilting this double bed sized quilt that I started in 2000. I had started hand quilting it but plan to have it machine quilted (AKA, FINISHED)
1904251_10203660933907846_672623605_n4. Heartwarming
1551481_10203638875876409_808981650_n5. From The Top
1797526_10203657740988025_2039506757_n7. Old School– See this ring? It was given to me by my great aunt when I was 10 against my grandmother’s better judgment. I lost it when I was 13. I found it two years later in the pocket of the jacket I had taken it off to wash dishes. Now it only comes off if I am having surgery. So I’ve had it almost 40 years since the last time I lost it. The foot ring does not come off either. That’s from my dad. I was maybe 14? I should say that the turquoise ring was purchased by my grandmother in California in 1927 and given to my great aunt as a gift.

1780842_10203642517727453_1760603762_nThe scent of smelly socks is hard to resist…

1898605_10203630787314200_1335498659_oPanera for dinner… this caught my eye… may have to manipulate language to make it fit heartwarming  (but settled on something else for that, so here are these pretty colored bowls)

1653332_10203648148788226_1336987714_nAll food should be played with. Stalked, attacked, spied on and batted about. Only after serious hunting and proof of superior skill should a worthy opponent be devoured. Neko spends a lot of time chasing pieces of kibble after he liberates them from the food bowl.

Photos of the Week ending 1/25/14 CY365

19. Abandoned
20. Upset
21. In a Bowl
22. Eight
23. Umbrellas
24. Fresh Air
25. Caring

IMG_645019. Yesterday’s #CY365 but very apropos for a Monday morning!!!

IMG_646620. Upset  #CY365 This photo was taken shortly before the iron plunged to its death, aided by the ruckus of these two…
20140121-DSCN085721. Maybe there will be more snow in the morning??? (turns out NO)
IMG_648922.#CY365 The number 8. Gathering my things for Quilt Retreat.
IMG_649623. Umbrellas
IMG_650724. Fresh Air — The other day the prompt was the number 8. Today, the temperature was 8… Today the blue sky is all I saw before going in for day one of Quilt till You Wilt…
IMG_651925. Caring –This is Cannoli, our quilt retreat mascot and chief shoe thief.

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