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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 25 2010 : 08:51:46 AM
Last year we had some GREAT challenges for cleaning up. Each day I will post a new challenge, feel free to jump in at any time, then at the end of the day or at the start of the next day, come back and let us know how the challenge went for you!
Today we are going to start out in the with our main Junk Drawer. Some of us have more than one junk drawer, so lets pick the messiest and clean it out. Get it as organized as is possible, wipe out any crumbs or messes that might be at the bottom etc. If you have time and more than one junk drawer tackle another for extra brownie points!
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 27 2010 : 08:22:35 AM
LOL! I wish I could! It would make a fortune!
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 8:58:23 PM
Oh! I am so buyin one of those! Now, who's gonna build the dang things for us?
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 6:14:51 PM
How about a conveyor belt where you just clip things to the line, then it gets washed and the line moves it outside and then comes back in when things are dried...like a car wash but for clothes! ;)
Alee
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| phonelady |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 07:12:10 AM
Hey, there's the next great invention!
Now how do we get the conveyor belt to lift the clothes out of the drum ...?
Smiles!
Carla
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It's an adventure!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 05:38:57 AM
Angela- I agree! A washing machine with a conveyor belt would be EXCELLENT!
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 11:13:06 PM
I have to be gone almost all day tomorrow, so I started my laundry tonight. I have four loads done and ready to hang, but that can wait till mornin. I have the dishes dne and the kitchen wiped down. I'm gonna hop in bed for about 5 hours sleep, then I have to get DH off to work and hang clothes and gather my things for sittin at the hospital with my mom. Dad's finally gettin the corrective surgery for his leg, so I'm there till 5:00 tomorrow night. I'll get a lot of my readin and garden plans for next year done, plus I should have time to make a still room book entry or two. I'll get back on the challenges in ernest tuesday.
Wish someone would invent a washer that could change the loads on it's own! Then I could come home to all the laundry washed and then all I have to do is hang it!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 10:17:00 PM
Oleta- Don't worry about being behind! :D Jump in where ever you can :)
Alee
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| vintage saver |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 1:53:04 PM
Well, I'm already behind, no cabinet wiping yet, no junk drawer yet. I'm just lying around watching tv on and off. My laundry's done but not put away so I'm going to get cracking and as my mother said"blow the stink off".lol |
| Alee |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 05:54:19 AM
Good Morning Ladies!
Since it is Sunday, this challenge can either be for today or Monday-
Let's get the laundry taken care of. If you can't get it all done today then have it sorted into loads and ready to wash. Also wipe down the washing machine and if you use your dryer wash the lint filter.
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 2:06:08 PM
Hi Ladies!
I am going to start issuing challenges as of tomorrow (for Monday)! Time to get cracking before school starts!!
Alee
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| tawandasister |
Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 07:18:41 AM
I'm just joining but what a wonderful thread!! I LOVE it and can't wait to get started :) Thanks girls!
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| vintage saver |
Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 12:46:19 AM
I'll start in on this with wiping down the kitchen cabinets and maybe get the junk drawer done,too. |
| phonelady |
Posted - Jul 23 2010 : 06:11:38 AM
Well, moving means that I am going to be starting with a tidy home.
I have made a resolution to make sure that I keep it up from the beginning.
[This is quite a challenge for someone who uses the "Pile it" instead of "file it" method of keeping paperwork].
Smiles!
Carla
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It's an adventure!
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| njaw09 |
Posted - Jul 23 2010 : 06:11:35 AM
My house is a disaster every other day. One day it is super clean and next week it is in chaos.
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 4:44:13 PM
OKay my house is a disaster again with all the emergencies lately. I am going to try to turn over a new leaf next week but I also signed up for over time since we need the money! LOL
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 21 2010 : 11:40:47 PM
I have been goin through my house daily tryin to make one pile a day disappear. I have had to re-do my junk drawer twice, but it gives me a temporary home for the little stuff till I have enough to justify the walk to the barn where it really goes. I have used the 3 box idea several times to sort whole sections of rooms. It works nicely. I am almost ready to jump into the new room we've begun adding on to the house and deal with it. Right now it is unfinished, but ever since the floor and outside walls and roof were done it has be aquiring lots of stuff. It is so out of control that you can hardly walk through it. I have not allowed anything to be put there since I decided to declutter the house, but it was already a disaster. It will be the last place I start on.
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 06:26:06 AM
That's a good idea Barbara. I also am going to institute a "S.L.O.B" Bucket as soon as I can. The house is looking better. The only place with dirty laundry is our bedroom and Doug is going to get the dishes done today and the bathroom. When I get home I'll be able to finish the house. Or that's the plan at least!
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 05:10:23 AM
Barbara, what a great tip! I like that idea and think it could work for a whole room organizing as well. I may even try that on my walk through pick up trips. I always wind up with a pile of stuff from all the rooms that just don't seem to fit anywhere and they usually wind back up on a table somewhere to be collected agian another day. The box would let me know if they really need kept or could be tossed based on the amount of dust and other junk piled on top! LOL!
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| craftystranger |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 04:11:57 AM
Alee I found it helpful to have three boxes for that little stuff when I am doing big cleaning. "Trash of coarse", "need to keep but where?", and "just not sure". Then when the box gets full I empty just that one box. The "need to keep but where?" box is the biggest challenge to me....but when it is full I try to deal with it!! I was putting things back in drawers but then the drawers needed to be redone. Oh some times the "just not sure" stuff quickly became trash over time:) Barbara
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 5:49:30 PM
I'm glad the break was good timing! :D I am finding so many bits and pieces while I clean and I am on a time limit so unfortunatly some of the stuff doesn't really have a home at all- so into the junk drawer etc it goes. I might have to start over on some of my previous challenges! LOL
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 2:54:37 PM
I was kinda glad for the break. I have been so busy cookin and freezin from my garden, and from others gardens. I was given a wonderful gift of 4 dozen eggs and they needed turned into breakfast burritos along with a bowl full of peppers, cherry tomatoes, and onions from my garden. I now have a full shelf of ready made meals for grabbin out when I really need them, and breakfast ready for two weeks! I love the food this time of year!
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| craftystranger |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 2:09:17 PM
Alee nothing like getting back on the horse!! I love your thread:) Keep us going...just think that you have a small army of "cleaners" going about makeing their homes a better place!! My hat off to you, Barbara
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 1:58:04 PM
Sorry I haven't posted a new challenge in a couple days. We had that incident at Nora's daycare and life has been crazy busy pluss a tad depressing since. I am trying to get organized before the mad dash for school starts in September. Eeek.
Just took two garbage bags full of toys from Nora's room to the thrift store. We had triplicates of some things and hadn't really weeded out her toys for a while. I know what she mostly plays with and that stayed but now she has more room for her things. I also am in the middle of rearranging the furniture in the living room which is a great way to have an excuse to clean off every shelf, pull the cushions from the couch for vacuuming, vacuum under things. I basically turned the living room 180 degrees and got the TV in a better location. It is now higher up and less convenient for munchkin to touch it.
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 1:21:39 PM
That is too funny, Angela. No I am just sitting here thinking abut what is a disaster in our house- our houses must be equally messy!
Alee
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 11:31:02 AM
ALEE! Mine is a total disaster and I told my DH when he gets home he's gonna make me a few shelf inserts to organize them better! LOL! How are you doin this? Have you bugged my kitchen table? You've mirrored me morning announcements 3 times now! You are right in line with the way I am workin through my house. This is so cool.
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