"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."
-William Shakespeare
Spring Cleaning projects at the Chased Household
1. Laundry Bonfire
2. Carpet Cleaning - starting by actually putting carpet back in the basement. You might remember that the carpet down there was lost in the great flood of 2008.
3. Editing the amount of plastic from China in this house (donating the salvagable stuff)
4. Scrubbing all scrubbable surfaces including the children (re-grouting too)
5. Throwing away every single thing in all 32 junk drawers to make room for new junk.
6. Eating everything in the Pantry (that's not a cleaning project - I'm just hungry and the girl scouts have been here)
7. Throwing away every single case for DVDs in this house. Storing the DVDs in space saving cases. Editing the collection down to just the movie I ever want my children to see again. No, Spy Kids 3D will not make the cut.
8. Throwing away all old pillowcases filled with old socks who remain mateless despite their best efforts at the disco in my laundry room.
9. And I have a spare tire that needs to go....who takes those. Do I get a receipt for that?
You are going to regrout the children? That is new on me. Does it work?
Spare typre? 20 sit ups a day just shifted mine so I don't want another, thanks!
Posted by: Rock Chef | March 10, 2009 at 07:16 AM
Hmm...a laundry bonfire. Now there's a thought... :)
Posted by: ElleBee | March 10, 2009 at 07:43 AM
I love your list. This is the 2nd blog that I've read this morning that is doing cleaning and organizing and now I have the itch. Looks like that is what my day is going to consist of.
Posted by: Lynette3boys | March 10, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Okay. I heard something at lunch that may help. Ever heard of Fly Lady? Apparently, she gives you a "chore" every day. The woman who was telling me said that she had been to her son's house recently and realllly noticed how much cleaner it was (they have two very small children) and she mentioned it. Her DIL gave the credit to Fly Lady! I'm going to check it out. You may want to too.
Love, Mom
Posted by: Sandra | March 10, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Your list makes me tired but giggly....does #6 reconcile with #9? I have a drawer in my laundry room where all the mateless socks go....I am now inspired to throw a disco ball in there to see if it helps thin out the crowd!
Posted by: Jenn | March 10, 2009 at 06:53 PM
My girlfriend swears by Fly Lady. I'm not that organized but her book is suppose to be good and her website looks interesting. I'm not ready to take this step. www.flylady.net
When you are done with your house, can you come by mine?
Posted by: The Eastsider | March 10, 2009 at 07:59 PM
Gee wizz...sounds like the Bon fire may need to be let off in the middle of the house !....
Dont know about the tyre, over here they charge you to take it away....
How about you just find some rope and tie it to the nearest tree ?- LOL
Posted by: Miss Danielle | March 10, 2009 at 09:57 PM
Oh my! Scrubbing all the "scrubbable" things, including the children, was really funny. I agree that the fastest way to clean the carpet is by throwing it at the back of your basement. Kidding aside, I guess I should start preparing for my next spring cleaning.
Posted by: Lyda Tavorn | October 12, 2011 at 03:58 PM