... cleaning my house!

seriously, it's a mess. a wonderful combination of chronic illness, depression, and being busy with work apparently equals my house becoming a horrid unmanageable mess.

but thanks to someone screwing up the scheduling, i have a week off of work! (after this week, it's back to normal) so, i'm going to take advantage of all of this free time and CLEAN. MY. NASTY. HOUSE.

how about you all? you been putting off anything that you know you need to get done? tell me about it! keep me entertained while i work on my horrible home.

first room i'll be tackling: THE KITCHEN!

UPDATE: 4:22pm okay, i've thrown away almost all of the trash. now i just need to sweep, vacuum, throw a bunch of dishes in the dishwasher... good lord, my back's about to snap. i'm so tired.

UPDATE: 5:00pm finished throwing out the garbage in the kitchen, i sweeped, wiped off the table.. now it's time to start on the dishes and get some stuff done in the living room. oh, man.

My apartment is always a mess. I usually let the dishes pile up, let the counter be left unseen and have clothes strewn all over the back of my couch. I normally start cleaning when I can't stand looking at it anymore. The kitchen floor is always kept clean because the last time I left it unswept for months, I had these little worm things all over (they weren't maggots)., and other bugs. I was so grossed out, I thew the trash outside on my balcony until it was garbage day.

oh, god, we've done the same, WRT bugs. on the plus side, we're getting a lot better about getting rid of food ASAP instead of letting it sit! we're also guilty of piling up dishes and letting them just hang forever and having clothes everywhere... OTL

i'm gonna try to catch up on cleaning and actually keep up with it this time. that's the hardest part, i find! just keeping up with the little things. it can get out of control so quick. :^( ugh

proud of myself so far, though! swept, put a load of dishes in the dishwasher, put some particularly gross ones to soak in warm, soapy water. i'm about to scrub down the stovetop next!

I'm jealous. I don't have a dishwasher. I just leave the washed dishes in the rack to dry and put them away weeks later. I'm bad sometimes lol. Also, one time I let the bathroom go for two weeks. It was gross. The toilet had this dark pink rim inside the bowl. I clean once a week and pick up my clothes if/when I feel like it. I also leave clean clothes that came out of the dryer on my bedroom floor for weeks. I've had bugs in them before.

oh, man, yeah, we're guilty of that, too... the bathroom thing AND the leaving washed dishes to sit forever.

i'm so thankful we have a dishwasher. for like, years, we didn't. then we moved into this house. it's wonderful, i never thought i'd be so thankful for something this simple but it really makes life easier. we also didn't have a washer or dryer for several months, but we found some nice ones on sale and i'm so in love!

i know there are some nice countertop dishwashers available online, but they're pretty expensive, like 200-300 bucks a pop. :^(

First, I don't have the money to spend on a counter top dishwasher and secondly, I have very limited counter space.

yeah, i figured. it was just a suggestion, sorry, friend.

i'm taking a short break from cleaning now. my back is screaming bloody murder at me

Go b go!!!!!!!!! I hope your back stops being hellish asap!

The kitchen is always the worst place for me to start. You are inspiring me to do some cleaning tasks, thank you! I hope your back pain recovers quickly :)

Congrats on tackling that! I know it can be a little overwhelming at first, but I always find it really satisfying when you can get something tidy and clean. Makes thing seem way more orderly, haha!

I'm not a huge fan of cleaning, but once I start I turn into a bit of a whirlwind and just want to do everything.

thank you, belle! ;v;

woo! thank you, i appreciate it, and i'm glad i could be of some inspiration! the kitchen looks great now. :')

right? it feels so nice to just look around at a clean space, it's really uplifting! tomorrow, i'm gonna try and do the living room. >:3 it's a huge mess, we haven't really organized it since we first moved in, RIP...

my pleasure~ u3u/

So... You're coming to my place to clean next, right?

Really though, great work!! I hope your back is okay. I'm sure you'll feel so much more at ease the cleaner it gets. :)

Myself, I keep my space very clean, at least in terms of clothes and dishes. I'm fairly methodical with cleaning them, as I really don't like to look at a mess. When my ex-boyfriend stayed over often, I tried to tone down how clean I liked things, but he ended up driving me up a wall with how messy he is. ;-;

Keeping everything clean is such hard work, because it feels like as soon as you've done your washing there's another dirty load to go in, as soon as you've done the dishes it's time to cook and make them dirty again... etc. But a clean house is so damn nice, I especially love it when my desk is wiped/dust free, the floor is vacuumed/mopped and the bathroom mirror is clean (I'm messy when I brush my teeth, I can't break the habit :p).

Taking that first step to get started is super hard, I usually adopt the 'clean 3 things per day, even if I can't be bothered' routine, but sometimes a full-day blitz is necessary to 'reset' everything. You can do it!

cheers on from a distance

There's a blog on tumblr called ufyh (un-f**k your habitat) and it is inspirational. After my father died, my mom&I hit rock bottom emotionally and hoarded a lot of items we had inherited or never sorted through. Anyway, it can be a long process but you've got to be patient with yourself and set realistic goals. It's relieving once it's all said and done and you start seeing your progress!

hah, thank you! and my back's alright, just sort of sore, but i'm alive! i wish i was methodically clean... i'm the total opposite. i'm a mess, but i can be clean when i really work at it, which is where i'm trying to be! :>

it really is a lot of work, and it just never ends.. but it is refreshing to at least get something done, you know? it's nice! being in a clean(er) environment at home is a really good feeling. i try to at least clean one little area per day

loud cheering back at you

god, i LOVE that blog! they honestly inspire me a lot, and one of my posts even got reblogged by them. :'^) it's really motivating to see the before and after pictures, it's like magic! and absolutely, i try not to do a LOT at once, or i get overwhelmed. i relax, clean some, relax, do a little bit, etc. i try to break it up so it's not one HUGE task, just a bunch of small, easy ones.

Where's the update on your journey today? Did you succeed? c:

god, i completely forgot about the updates!

but yep, i cleared out a bunch of empty boxes we've had sitting around since we moved in, threw out a bunch of garbage, etc. i'm gonna tackle more of the living room and also some of the bathroom tomorrow!