Filed under: Cleaning | Tags: Cleaning, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 8, Day 9, Other
This was definitely more a week of “cleaning out” more than “cleaning up” or straight up “cleaning.” Mostly in the bathroom. I filled a garbage bag with stuff to get rid of, and I think there’s still more that needs to go. The guest room closet is really coming along well. I need to decide what books I want to keep and pack those up and sell the rest, then it will really be nice. I need to find a good home for the shelves in there. Anyone need some plastic shelving? They’re pretty decent as far as plastic shelving goes. This upcoming week I’d like to focus more on the “cleaning” side of things. Scrub the bathtub and take a bath, for example. 
Filed under: Cleaning | Tags: Cleaning, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Other
Week 1 went fairly well. Unfortunately I am not yet at the “maintenance” stage. So far I have gone through a lot of stuff to clean it out, and I got rid of a lot of stuff, which always feels awesome. The closet in the guest room is starting to empty out, finally. I only did two loads of dishes, which is kind of silly, but it’s better than nothing.
My bathroom is currently a disaster area. I’m trying to clean out things I won’t use. It’s much harder than it seems like it should be! I may need to have someone come over and help me go through each item and say “Yes I use this” or “No I will never use this” to get this figured out! My goal for this week is to get the bathroom done, then clean it top to bottom, and clean the kitchen top to bottom. Wish me luck!
OK, back to the routine. I’ve been slacking so much, and I’m running out of excuses!
I am putting in my 60 day notice on my apartment this week, so I will be moving out by the end of June.
This means I have this week to get the place show-worthy, and then I’ll have to maintain it for 2 months! That’s the worst part about moving out of an apartment.
The goal needs some concrete definitions. By the end, all I should need to do is a little daily maintenance (make sure there are no dirty dishes in the sink or laundry in the hallway, for example), but to begin with I’ll need to do some serious cleaning every day. I’ll do at least 30 minutes a day until it’s as clean as I’d like it to be.
I start tonight! I SWEAR this time. 
