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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 5, 2022 13:24:24 GMT
Are you planning to soon?
Have you already started?
What do you want to accomplish?
My To-Do list includes:
Make a list of future house projects that are beyond me. I will need to save for those. They include big things, and those requiring plumbing & electrical work.
An extensive dust. All the wood furniture.
List where I need to touch up the paint.
Take huge winter comforters to laundromat & wash/dry, then bag them & place on shelf. Bag keeps dust off (I live in a dusty area).
YARD:
I did a fall/winter tidy.
Have been keeping up with the leaves & raking.
Everyday I pick up any trash that blows onto the lawn, or food wrappers that squirrels drop (!!!) from the trees.
I plan on making a flower garden in the yard. Probably 2'x10'. I need to dig up the grass, and amend the soil before planting.
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Post by Monica* on Mar 5, 2022 14:41:34 GMT
Right now I am almost exclusively focussed on outside. Once the weather gets really hot and humid is when I turn to the inside for air-conditioned cleaning and chores. We are still just at the very beginning of spring and the weather roller coaster that that is (today we'll be in the high 70's, next Saturday snow possible!). So keeping that in mind, I am not going too crazy outside. So far I have: 1. picked up debris 2. raked out leaves from beds since bulbs are starting to pop through 3. done some light pruning on straggler perennials 4. planted one urn on my deck with some pansies 5. started seeds indoors for planting out later 6. picked up multiple bags of Espoma Land & Sea compost (black gold) before it runs out! 7. cleaned up the side of garage with my gardening tools and supplies 8. got my lawncare service started (weed control, etc) Soon I want to: 1. apply spring fertilizer to my evergreens and flowering shrubs 2. stalk my nursery center for shipments of desired plants -- hellebores, heuchera, and various annuals for potting up 3. get my new tomato cages and other veg supports assembled and into my raised beds 4. plan out my veggie garden this year The list goes on and on ... I am so ready for gardening season -- can you tell?!  |
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Post by Linda on Mar 5, 2022 14:50:00 GMT
I was just thinking about this
I need to review and update our project list
dust
steam clean carpets and the living room furniture
clean windows and window jambs/sills
Outside - I need to deal with leaves, clean out the one garden bed, plant bulbs, and probably start mowing
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Post by iowgirl on Mar 5, 2022 14:55:56 GMT
I'm mixing bottles of milk for some calves that need a little extra. Poofed a big blast of milk powder on my kitchen floor. Contemplating if I really need to clean that up. I just swept yesterday.
It's getting ready to start raining, maybe end up with some snow later, so I am on the fence about cleaning the mud entrance. It's just going to get muddy again tonight.
Never got my flower pots cleaned up last fall, since harvest kind of ran into mid December and then it turned cold and nasty. So I need to dump some of those, but they are still frozen pretty hard.
I need some ambition!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 15:28:28 GMT
So we moved last fall. DH shoved all of his tools and everything that was in the shed into the back half of the garage, saying he'll get to it later. Then temps dropped. It stayed a mess all winter.
Today's supposed to be beautiful. He's out there getting started. He has to pull out the wood the previous owner left behind, take apart the shelves my dad dumped on us, and find everything again.
It's bizarre. We did a major purge before we moved. Then my dad dumped half of his basement on us. Granted, about half of it was my stuff from childhood and early adult years, but the rest was "I don't want this anymore. Go through it and figure it out." Now I have three times the pictures, a bunch of knick knacks that I have to decide what to do with, two boxes of paperwork that needs to be shredded because it still has identifying info on them, and garbage. Cleaning all that up and getting pictures and sentimental stuff pared down is the biggest goal right now.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 5, 2022 15:32:00 GMT
Right now I am almost exclusively focussed on outside. Once the weather gets really hot and humid is when I turn to the inside for air-conditioned cleaning and chores. I’m much the same. We’re having pretty nice weather right now so I’m taking advantage of that to begin outside cleanups. I started on my herb garden this week to get it cleaned up and ready for replanting of those that don’t winter over. We’re doing trimming, last of the leaf cleanup, and mulching. The pool guy will be restarting regular visits soon. When he takes the cover off this year, he’s going to be replacing some major parts to get us back to being a 100% salt water pool. We get a really heavy early spring pollen season so I’ll have to wait until that’s over to do a deep cleaning of the two screened porches and the pool gazebo. And we’ll be pressure washing all the windows once the pollens done as well. Inside, I do spring cleaning like chores throughout the year. It’s not so bad to do those major projects when you spread them out. My most recent one has been hands-and-knees baseboard cleaning throughout the house. Ugh. My next one is a good Murphy’s Oil Soap cleaning of all the kitchen cabinets. |
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Post by maryland on Mar 6, 2022 2:38:04 GMT
Fun thread! I can't stand to "tidy up". I love the deep cleaning. So if someone could come and pick up the "crap" all over the house, I would love to clean up a "tidy" house.
I mow the grass in the summer, but the planting is all my husband. That's a big hobby of his. But mowing has always been my and our daughters jobs.
I love you tube cleaning videos. Jamie's Journey is going to start her spring cleaning on her video tomorrow. Also, Simplfy This Life may do one too. If anyone knows of any others, I would love to watch them.
I have to do all my deep cleaning March 12-25. My dauhters will be home for spring break those 2 weeks. Because of my having to care for our disabled incontinent 75 pd. dog, I only have a limited time a day to deep clean. So I am going to let them do all the dog care so I can clean. Of course I won't be able to maintain it, but it will be nice to get a break and be able to clean.
Does anyone have any cleaning lists that they follow?
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Post by calgaryscrapper on Mar 6, 2022 4:36:09 GMT
I washed down the outside of our kitchen cupboards this week. I also emptied one of the cupboards, cleaned and decluttered it.
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Post by Elsabelle on Mar 6, 2022 4:44:25 GMT
We've done well with yardwork. The front and sides of the house are looking good and tidy. We got started on the backyard but it still needs more work. Not much, though. We could get it in tip top shape in a half day of work.
After that my plan is to deep clean one room each week. Windows inside and out, baseboards, move furniture to vacuum, clean walls, wash curtains, and on and on.
I really dislike spring cleaning time but I love when it's all done.
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Post by used2scrap on Mar 6, 2022 8:12:36 GMT
I didn’t want to but spent an hour cleaning out the fridge today. That’s my start lol. Jeez I’m the only one who sees dirt and mess and spilled sticky stuff in the door shelves and veggie drawers jeez. Although the bottom drawer was stuck with ICE in the track, which makes me fear the fridge is dying! 🥶🙄😢
Working up to spring cleaning other areas. Wish I wasn’t the only one in the house who realizes it’s necessary to deep clean 1-2 times a year. Sigh.
Happy Spring Cleaning!
(PS This Winnie the Pooh fan ♥️S Springtime with Roo!)
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Post by mom on Mar 6, 2022 9:42:09 GMT
We have about another month of off and on cold weather, so when I get home from vacation next week I will start beginning to work on the outside as the weather allows it. I’m the next month I’ll clean out the flower beds and clear the patio, bring out the patio furniture. I’ll get DH to power wash the house and furniture.
We won’t plant anything til Mothers Day weekend so I will probably spend some time making a list of what I want to do with my window boxes and planters.
Inside things are pretty squared away, except my closet and my scrapbook room. So major clean outs are gonna happen there. Oh and I need to deep clean the baseboards. We have one more home reno project to do before spring - freshening up the hallway bath. We will have painters come paint then I will do the rest. Won’t take long once it’s painted…I just need to chose a paint color.
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 6, 2022 11:51:59 GMT
I have to kick it into high gear around here. I got my closing date on the townhouse yesterday. It's getting real now!
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Post by ameslou on Mar 6, 2022 15:15:33 GMT
After 12 years of living in this house and hating the front landscaping, I had it all ripped out this week and replaced with plants I love. I'm guessing that the holly bushes that I loathed were as old as the house (about 55 yrs). It looks sooo much better and it makes me happy every time I come home.
Also on the list for today - we have lovely weather and I'm going to get the raised beds ready for planting, clean up some leaves that have collected along the side of the house and fence and throw those in the leaf corral I have in the side yard.
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Post by cmhs on Mar 6, 2022 15:19:24 GMT
I did a deep clean of my bedroom yesterday. I took down the curtains and washed them
Washed all the bedding
Decluttered
Vacuumed the mattress
Vacuumed the walls, windows, baseboards and radiators
Dusted everything
Washed the windows
Dh and I both slept better last night
We're having a big graduation party this summer so I have been making lists of all the things we need to fix/get done before then. The list is soo long. It's still too cold here to do yard work so I'm going to focus on the inside for the next month.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 6, 2022 15:29:18 GMT
What is this “spring” you speak of? I woke up to another 6-8” of fresh snow on my deck this morning. 😫😫🥶 Seriously, I’m so over all this crap.
I did thoroughly vacuum and then steam mop my entire kitchen, dining area, hallways, main floor bath and laundry room last week. Lasted about four hours until my family got home and they promptly tracked in sand, road sludge and pine needles all over the tile again. 🙄 Tell me again why I bother doing anything like that until about June.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 6, 2022 15:55:14 GMT
I am in. I need to go through what I want and see if stbx wants the other stuff so we can get rid of it. Then the house either needs to be purged of him or sold.
I need to make a list
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Post by milocat on Mar 6, 2022 18:01:54 GMT
It will be end of April before we run the lawn mower over the lawn to spruce it up from winter. Then we are done for another month. I cleaned to deck furniture before putting it away last fall. Mid-May until we need to worry about planting so lots of time to concentrate on inside cleaning.
My cupboards need to be washed. I pulled my stove out the other day and washed under it and the sides of the stove. I need to really clean my bathroom, I see some nooks and crannies are neglected. I will wash the windows in and out, I always do spring and fall. Some better dusting, wiping things down is required. Not sure what else I'll do or find to do once I get a bucket of soap water in my hands. Sorting and organizing is different and most of my areas are pretty good but can always use a quick go through to see what can go. That should happen before the weather gets nice.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 6, 2022 18:49:38 GMT
Yesterday I dug up the area I want for a flower bed. I still need to get good compost to amend the soil.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 6, 2022 22:05:06 GMT
Ds I an just went through the freezers and threw some stuff away and organized other stuff.
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Post by melanell on Mar 7, 2022 19:52:07 GMT
We want to start a new vegetable garden this year. So we're clearing out the space and we took down some old fencing. Then we need to get in some more top soil to level off the area a bit, and then after we have the new garden layout figured out, we'll have to get some new fencing, else we'll just be growing a buffet for the deer.  We also have extensive repairs to do to our front porch, so those 2 projects are the big one for us, although we do hope to do a bit of a re-do in our mud room/laundry room as well. |
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 20:14:10 GMT
My kitchen and bath renovation is almost done. The floors were refinished last week, and the movers are coming tomorrow to put everything back. I've been slowly putting things away, cleaning it all as I do, and tossing a lot. I can't even tell you how many dump trips we've made in the last few months, not even including the construction debris.
Since we changed the entire layout of the kitchen and bath, I'm still figuring out where to put things.
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Post by christinec68 on Mar 7, 2022 20:25:31 GMT
I've been thinking about this lately. There are a few small projects that need to get done (in no particular order):
Windows need to be cleaned inside & out
Shampoo the carpets
Give the grout in the bathroom & kitchen floor some TLC
Paint a dresser, 2 bookcases, the bathroom door and 2 spots in the LR where the mgmt co broke into the wall to fix our neighbor's vent
Hang up pictures & decor in the LR after the painting is done.
Then everything else needs to be deep cleaned
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Post by smartypants71 on Mar 7, 2022 20:53:52 GMT
We are selling our other house, so we are planning a garage sale to get rid of a lot of furniture and other things we don't need.
I'll be gathering stuff from our main house as well that needs to go. In addition to the furniture, I need to gather up all the extra cookware, dishes and small appliances we don't use. Also thinking about getting rid of all my crystal since that's not anything we use.
I also want to replace a couple of wall sconces on my staircases
Getting under stair storage built
Get lower kitchen cabinets painted
I've already had my backyard redone with new planter boxes and pavers. The only thing I plan on doing is getting a couple more jasmine plants to climb the wire trellis on my back fence and maybe a hanging plant or two.
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