OT: Help me stay on track this weekend!

Yes, girls, I need help!

The girls are with their Dad, I'm feeling the best I have in 2 months (YAY - finally!!!), my cleaning contractor was a no-show, so this weekend I am committed to cleaning my house. But, because I'm still very easily exhausted, I'm spacing it out over the weekend and can see me getting distracted when I take my breaks and not getting it all done.

So, I need you guys to help keep me on track and get it all done - if you spot me here for too long at a time, give me a gentle nudge to go do something else OK! I really want to sit around, do nothing and catch up on all the posts I've missed here, finish my wish list for my summer wardrobe, plan a few outfits etc, but my house NEEDS cleaning!

My list (and cleaning order) goes like this:

1. Clean shower whilst having morning shower DONE
2. Change bed linen x 3 beds - ALL DONE
3. Start the washing - my sheets are in machine.
4. Clean rest of bathroom and toilet - DONE
5. Wash Up - DONE
6. Clean inside microwave (eeewww - its disgusting!) - DONE
7. Clean kitchen - DONE
8. Floors - vacuum all then mop tiled areas.
9. Unpack last two packing boxes in Dining area... this is if I am still alive at the end LOL

So, at 10.55am Saturday morning, I still have a fair bit to go, but have at least made a start - I can't believe how much just scrubbing the shower and changing my sheets had me huffing and puffing though - obviously the poor lungs are going to take a while to bounce back to full health!

In 24hrs time I want to be able to sit down and know my house is clean for when the girls come home!

Thanks for helping to keep me on track this weekend!

(PS Kim - definitely NO WIW pic today - you don't need to see my daggy leggings and rugby jersey that I'm cleaning in LOL)

15 years ago

Mae

Active Member

Ok, so how can we help?

Tanya

Veteran

Wow, that's a very ambitious plan Theresa! Since you are still quite exhausted, shouldn't you be taking it easy and not pushing yourself too hard?

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

You are going like a Boeing, T! Be careful though. No crashes.

Glad that you are feeling better :0)

Theresa

Don't worry girls - so far I seem to do about 1/2 hour work, then a break - 1/2 is all I can manage - so I will be very sure to stop and rest often. I'm paying very close to attention to the messages my body is sending me

Although perhaps my house wasn't quite as filthy as I first though - 2 x 1/2 stints and I have half my chores done already! (I'm not used to not having any "helpers" around when I'm cleaning though!)

Mae I think the main thing you can do is hold me accountable to getting it done without killing myself!

OK, I'm on another break, and this one is going to be at least an hour long - so lots of time to catch up here now

Sparky

Well, I'm going to be honest with you. I'd much rather be prodding you to finish your summer wardrobe wish list and help you plan a few outfits!

Good luck with the cleaning. You are going like gangbusters! Keep resting, put those feet up, drink lots of fluids . . .

Mamapicklejuice

I know how it is to want to have a clean house for your kids! I'm rooting for you...don't forget to spoil yourself with little treats and lots of rest in between cleaning spurts.

If you finish early, you'll have some time to admire your beautiful, clean house in peace. And then you can spend the rest of your free time on YLF. How's that for motivation?

Kate

I have total faith in your ability to get it all done!

Also, if you're interested in spreading out your cleaning more, I would check out flylady.com I know some people here use her, and I've found her helpful though I'm not a full convert. But she has some basic principles that are great for getting your house and life under control, developing healthy habits, and keeping things manageable by doing a bit daily. It's certainly not for everyone, but I have taken some good lessons away from reading some of her stuff.

So the cleaning lady never showed up for the first visit? Or is this the second visit and for some reason she couldn't make it?

Yay for work already done! Pace yourself and eat and drink lots of water. Don't wear yourself out and get sick all over again.

My cleaning ladies are due on Monday and we got a lot of clutter to put away before then. Yikes!

LOL you girls rock!!

All that's left now are the floors - vacuum then mop. But I'll do those first thing in the morning. Of course there are still several loads of washing to go (sheets/towels etc), but they aren't too traumatic!

So, I figure that this means this afternoon I can chill and enjoy myself, do the floors tomorrow morning, and then enjoy a few quiet hours in my nice clean house!

Kate I've used quite a few of the flylady methods and am usually not this behind, but being sick meant my house hasn't really been cleaned in nearly 2 months

AJ she never showed for the first time! Called me to say she was a bit unwell, and would phone me back the next day and arrange a new appt - well, she never called me back - even 10 days later she still hasn't called. I know I should probably have called her back & perhaps there was a reasonable explanation, but I'm a fuddy duddy over professionals making an effort in their business, and my opinion is that she mustn't want my job that badly, so therefore, she isn't the type of person I want in my home because her effort wouldn't be what I expect of people I employ. So me being a totally stubborn snot sticking to my principles means I don't have a cleaning person LOL

But, taking a whole weekend to do what I would normally do in a couple of hours is working out to be quite doable and I am saving my $$ which I can now put towards that Summer Wardrobe Wishlist LOL

You can keep the washer and dryer humming while you're enjoying time here, right? : )

Great job! You accomplished a lot!

Absolutely!!!

Thanks AJ!

Hope you're resting with a cuppa tea and biscuit. Perhaps you don't drink tea, or like biscuits! But I wish you the sentiment because that's how I like to relax

Well, Saturday night I was watching a not very interesting movie on TV, so I ended up doing the floors and crossed everything off my list by the time I went to bed! (OK, except unpacking those boxes!).

Angie I am a tea drinker - coffee very occasionally, but tea - at least 2 cups a day - and with biscuits - even better, and I definitely indulged in a little tea and biccie before bed last night!

Thanks to you all for helping me stay accountable and getting it done! The girls haven't even trashed it too much since they came home and both commented how lovely the house looked LOL

Good show, T. Does your clean house make you smile?

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