Pre-Holiday Whole House Cleanup Accountability Thread - 2019 Edition
It's been almost 2 years since I managed to get a whole-house cleanout done because I broke my ankle in mid-November last year and my house is hurting.
I've managed to get my kitchen (mostly) decluttered, progress has been made on my dining room table (despite DD and DH insisting that it's the place to store all of their random crap ... I've already warned DD that the table is not for storage and I will ask her ONCE to put her stuff away before I proceed to toss everything), and my endtables aren't in horrible shape.
BUT ... I still have stuff to do and two weeks left before the family party we're hosting.
Here are the house zones:
ZONE 1
Living Room
ZONE 2
Dining Room
ZONE 3
Kitchen
ZONE 4
Upstairs Hallway - includes linen closet (4C) and guest bath (4B)
ZONE 5
3rd Floor - includes three closets
ZONE 6
Entryway, Stairs, & 1st Landing - includes coat closet (6C) and powder room (6B)
ZONE M
Master Bedroom - includes linen closet (M-L), clothes closet (M-C), and bathroom (M-B)
ZONE DD
DD's Bedroom
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
DAY 1 - 12/2/2019
- Cleared kitchen table
- Cleared kitchen countertops
- Threw away miscellaneous paper trash under kitchen table
- Steam-mopped most of kitchen floor (under table, area near sink/stove, area under trash can)
- Cleaned trash can
- Dry-Swiffered baseboards
- Dusted (with Pledge!) table and chairs
- Started dining room table declutter
- Laundry (cold water, washed)
DAY 2 - 12/3/2019
- Laundry (warm water, washed)
- Continued dining room declutter
- Rubber broom started on stairs
DAY 3 - 12/4/2019
- Folded & put laundry away
- Cleanup supplies laundry (hot water, washed/dried/put away)
- Laundered DVD storage totes (cold water, air dry)
- Alphabetized DVD collection
- Put alphabetized DVDs away
DAY 4 - 12/5/2019
Morning was a wash; DD stuck paper in her ear on Monday (insert eye-roll here) and we attempted to flush it out using various techniques, but none worked. So ... I called the pediatrician & took her in just before lunchtime.
Accomplishments so far:
- Washed new jeans (cold water, hang to dry)
- Washed crummy towels used in yesterday's cleanup of DVD totes
Remaining TO DO for ZONE 1 (Living Room) and Laundry:
- Wash regular towels
- Declutter top/bench of shoe shelf
- Swiffer behind TV stand
- Clean window behind TV
- Toss & replace pest traps in living room
- Sweep leather peelings from under loveseat
- Declutter 1 x 2 shelving unit
- Declutter end table
- Declutter niche area
Tomorrow is my final GS meeting prep for our game night - the goal is to have them earn their Detective (Junior & bridging Brownie) and Special Agent (Cadette & bridging Juniors) badges by working through the activities I have planned for them.
