Hi household warriors,
I had a great time with the January Housekeeping Habit Challenge and I don't want to stop.
Please join me here to keep motivated and help fight clutter and mess. Figure out what is causing you the most stress in your household, and pick just one manageable chore that you'd like to do more frequently.
The rules are as follows:
1) the chore has to be doable/reasonable so that you set yourself up for success (no "I will polish all the bathroom tiles with a toothbrush daily" please),
2) come here and update frequently so that we can all share together in our quest for world domi... err... cleaner less stressful life.
The chore doesn't have to be done daily either, it's ok to have a every 2 days or similar schedules, just add the "day off" smiley, which brings me to the last rule. 3) gratuitous use of smilies is encouraged - we have so many funny smilies on MDC I never get to use.
So without further ado here is my challenge. I have a 1 yo and 3 explosively shedding border collies. I also have muddy backyard and perpetually shedding pine trees all around. So every time anyone goes in and out of the house tree needles get in and dog hair gets on everything. My floors need help! And did I mentioned we have beige carpet that we can't replace just yet (I hate carpet!).
Recently I learned about and bought a new steam mop to help with the never ending battle floor dirt. My goal for february is to alternate in rotation vacuuming the carpets and steam cleaning the linoleum and tile. I will have 3 chores - vacuuming upstairs bedrooms, vacuuming downstairs, and mopping - this gives me a nice 3 day rotation.
My smiley list key
task done (aaahh...)
I procrastinated
I really wanted to by couldn't (see )
I'm taking a well deserved day off.
And.... drum roll
, day 1!
starting with a LAME - I'm in bed with a stomach flu (thank you daycare!) and have no energy whatsoever. I will start tomorrow (hopefully)
I had a great time with the January Housekeeping Habit Challenge and I don't want to stop.
Please join me here to keep motivated and help fight clutter and mess. Figure out what is causing you the most stress in your household, and pick just one manageable chore that you'd like to do more frequently.
The rules are as follows:
1) the chore has to be doable/reasonable so that you set yourself up for success (no "I will polish all the bathroom tiles with a toothbrush daily" please),
2) come here and update frequently so that we can all share together in our quest for world domi... err... cleaner less stressful life.
The chore doesn't have to be done daily either, it's ok to have a every 2 days or similar schedules, just add the "day off" smiley, which brings me to the last rule. 3) gratuitous use of smilies is encouraged - we have so many funny smilies on MDC I never get to use.
So without further ado here is my challenge. I have a 1 yo and 3 explosively shedding border collies. I also have muddy backyard and perpetually shedding pine trees all around. So every time anyone goes in and out of the house tree needles get in and dog hair gets on everything. My floors need help! And did I mentioned we have beige carpet that we can't replace just yet (I hate carpet!).
Recently I learned about and bought a new steam mop to help with the never ending battle floor dirt. My goal for february is to alternate in rotation vacuuming the carpets and steam cleaning the linoleum and tile. I will have 3 chores - vacuuming upstairs bedrooms, vacuuming downstairs, and mopping - this gives me a nice 3 day rotation.
My smiley list key
task done (aaahh...) I procrastinated I really wanted to by couldn't (see ) I'm taking a well deserved day off.And.... drum roll
, day 1! starting with a LAME - I'm in bed with a stomach flu (thank you daycare!) and have no energy whatsoever. I will start tomorrow (hopefully)
Could have but didn't for some reason (generally exhausted or laziness)
Baby/girls kept me from it and it didn't get done
Something extra got done
Hospital, taking some time to heal/recover
I accomplished my goal!!!
Didn't accomplish my goal.
Accomplished an extra chore in that room!!
Heres to a new month, new goals/habits and clean homes!!
The worst room in my house is my kitchen. It's just so tiny that if everything doesn't have a place and is put away it gets really hard to be in there. I often have to take one thing out to get something else out. It's been decluttered as much as possible, it's just to small for what I need. When I move it will be easier to keep clean and organized. My next thing is laundry, so that's the habit I'll add this month. I have coin op laundry in the basement and don't mind washing and drying, it's the folding and putting away that I get lazy with. Right now I have a pile of clothes sitting on my dresser that needs to be put away. The top drawer is stuffed with clothes that never got folded or that was nice and neat and got messed up when I couldn't find something.
done each night before bed and the stove and counter wiped.
done twice a week washed. dried and folded right after it comes upstairs!
Got both habits done ALL week
Got some of it done (maybe I left the pots to soak or only folded the clothes and didn't put them away)
Didn't even try today
task done (aaahh...)
I procrastinated
I really wanted to by couldn't (see 
I'm taking a well deserved day off.
, day 1!
starting with a LAME - I'm in bed with a stomach flu (thank you daycare!) and have no energy whatsoever. I will start tomorrow (hopefully)
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