Tidy up Thursday 5 minute/to-do challenge

[mamamonkey]

:yawn I only have a *small* bit of motivation this morning. Come and join me and help keep me going!

To-do:
Unload clean dishes/put away
Load dishwasher
Clean off kitchen bar
Clean oven
Laundry (always :sigh)
Clean off kitchen table
Sweep/mop kitchen floor and eat in area floor
Clean off dining room table
Put away ironing board
Wipe off dining room table
Sweep/mop dining room and hallway floors
Clean half bath

Ok. That's a big enough list for now. :shifty

[swimming with sharks]

Clean out fridge
switchplates/drawer pulls
oversee children chores :doh
Clean out car
work in garden plot
vacuum
start oven cleaning
pack shoeboxes
make dinner
school for dd
Laundry

[backtobasicsmum]

I'm here to play too. I was gone from the house all day yesterday...why does it look like a tornado hit? :doh

So far, I'm coffee-ing myself
ds3's bed stripped and sheets washing
breakfast started...

[mamamonkey]

To-do:
Unload clean dishes/put away
Load dishwasher
Clean off kitchen bar
Clean oven
Laundry (always )
Clean off kitchen table
Sweep/mop kitchen floor and eat in area floor
Clean off dining room table
Put away ironing board
Wipe off dining room table
Sweep/mop dining room and hallway floors
Clean half bath

I did:
the above plus
Put away groceries from last night
Started a load of laundry
Decluttered in the kitchen

[RiverRock]

Today is the first time in forever that I am home for a large chunk of the morning to myself in the house. Actually, until 1:30 pm alone. I'll be back with my list after breaky and lunch-making. This is gonna' be a productive day. :yes

I was wrong. Ds reminded me of an assembly this morning that I want to go to.

[justbreathe]

I'm here to play too. I was gone from the house all day yesterday...why does it look like a tornado hit? :doh



I think the same tornado hit my house too (and I was gone almost all day as well!) :scratch

WOw, I'm being lazy this morning. :yawn

I need to:
Go to Walmart
Fold and put away laundry
wash some dishes
clean the upstairs bathroom :sick
help DD with her room
clean out the vaccuum
convince my dog to stop eating the caning off my dining room chairs :hunh

[inesperada]

Dishwasher is running. For 9:15 am, this has the beginnings of a SUPER productive day in my world. :shifty

To Do:

A few loads of laundry
Wash the swimming stuff
Wash sheets
Wash Hooch's mattress pad
Make apple oatmeal for small group
Vacuum downstairs
Wash bath mats
Clean bathroom #1
Read
Knit
Swimming Lessons
Big Intense Conversation


Annnnnd......go.

[easygoinmomma]

:cup

[inesperada]

Made our haircut appointments.

Adding order pics from our photographer to the list. :dance

[backtobasicsmum]

showered and fixed my hair
roast in the crockpot
everyone fed now
laundry switched
all the dirty laundry sorted
next load washing

[easygoinmomma]

Breakfast for the boys
Coffee
Dressed
Bed made
Started the boys on their chores

[backtobasicsmum]

kitchen swept
dishwasher unloaded
morning chores with kids

now I need to clear off all the stuff from yesterday's shopping, so we can start school

[easygoinmomma]

Vitamins
Teething tablets for a very unhappy baby
Finished morning chores with the boys
Nursed baby

[mamamonkey]

To-do:
Unload clean dishes/put away
Load dishwasher
Clean off kitchen bar
Clean oven
Laundry (always )
Clean off kitchen table
Sweep/mop kitchen floor and eat in area floor
Clean off dining room table
Put away ironing board
Wipe off dining room table
Sweep/mop dining room and hallway floors
Clean half bath

Plus:
Cleaned glass doors to deck
Cleaned dining room chairs
Laundry switched to dryer and new load in

[inesperada]

Sprayed down shower
Cleaned sink/vanity in my bathroom
Worked on folding clothes

[easygoinmomma]

Folded and put away some laundry
Switched laundry over
Started another load

[mamamonkey]

To-do:
Unload clean dishes/put away
Unload second load of clean dishes and put away
Load dishwasher
Clean off kitchen bar in process
Clean oven
Laundry (always )
Clean off kitchen table
Sweep/mop kitchen floor and eat in area floor
Clean off dining room table in process
Put away ironing board
Wipe off dining room table
Sweep/mop dining room and hallway floors
Clean half bath

Plus:
Wiped down kitchen counters
Put Scentsy order away
Eating lunch

[RiverRock]

Tidied kitchen and started dishwasher
Started laundry

[Niphredil]

To do:
Phone call #1
Phone call #2
Phone call #3
Plant care
Desk area
Hair!
Sentences with N.

And, of course, the obvious housework

[easygoinmomma]

Ran errands
Nursed baby to sleep

[inesperada]

Flipped the laundry (ugh, at this rate I won't finish half the laundry I hoped to do today)
Read a story

[backtobasicsmum]

loaded dishwasher
finished all the morning school stuff
switched laundry and started another load
table ALL cleared off
straighted homeschooling shelves
snacks
staining my kefir
talked to my mom on the phone about Christmas :heart

[Niphredil]

Phone call #1 done, but opened up the need for call #1B. :sigh

I meant to put on my list that today's big job is to find a new ped. :blah

[justbreathe]

I need to:
Go to Walmart
Fold and put away laundry
wash some dishes
clean the upstairs bathroom :sick
help DD with her room
clean out the vaccuum
convince my dog to stop eating the caning off my dining room chairs :hunh

:jawdrop I've felt very busy but haven't done a single thing on my list. :scratch weird. Off to wash dishes!

[easygoinmomma]

Put groceries away
Opened my parcel :rockon
Loaded and started dishwasher
Finished cleaning the bathroom
:nak2

[backtobasicsmum]

What did you get? :nosy

:nak
organizing my photos online

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All the years photos organized by month :phew
going to try and put baby down to sleep

then lunch time!

[Niphredil]

Still on the phone for call #1B

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Back to phone call #1... almost there!

[Lily]

change sheets
wash, dry,put away sheets
diaper laundry
sweep and mop
toddler time and 1st nap
put away my clean clothes
put away chickadee's clothes
dry, put away towels
pick up pecans
start wrapping the mboy

[Niphredil]

Call #1 finished :cheer

FOUR various doctors appointments scheduled with our new ped in the next week and all our ins. stuff adjusted. :phew

Meanwhile...
Tossed the boy and small girl in the bath
Cleaned a half dozen raw eggs and shells off the kitchen floor
...And in the fridge
...And under the fridge
Put a dozen slimy egg towels in the wash
Put two wide eyed innocent children in bed for naps.

:hmph

[backtobasicsmum]

Oh, Lindsay, you win the mess-making-children award for today. :shifty

fed everyone lunch
kitchen cleaned up again
kitchen swept
laundry checked
parcel wrapped
town to do list made
recycling sorted

[inesperada]

Flipped the laundry again
Chopped and peeled apples while I did school with Abbott
Made the cobbler
Initiated quiet time

[Niphredil]

And that doesn't count this mornings mess. Just imagine what a two year old can do with an entire can of black pepper and a bag of peanut M&M's. And then imagine what happens when a 3.5 year old sees said concoction and thinks "Mmm, candy!". :doh

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Oh, yeah, call #2 completed.

[backtobasicsmum]

Egads! :doh

Quit doing stuff, so I have to get up and do stuff :P~:shifty
switched laundry
yet another load in
packed diaper bag

[easygoinmomma]

I got some scentsy stuff :rockon

Lunch
Unloaded and reloaded the dishawasher
Took cardboard out to the garage
Vacuumed the porch
Brought up the big lego for the boys
Helped build a "boat"
Folded some laundry
Nursed baby
Played my turn on scrabble ;) :shifty

[backtobasicsmum]

made some strawberry kefir dip stuff
making sure everyone is dressed appropriately for town
make up on
played scrabble :wink

[justbreathe]

I need to:
Go to Walmart
Fold and put away laundry
wash some dishes
clean the upstairs bathroom :sick
help DD with her room
clean out the vaccuum
convince my dog to stop eating the caning off my dining room chairs

also inventoried all of our first aid and meds, wrote out a grocery list, planned dinner, clean out the refrigerator, cleaned off the table from lunch, swept the kitchen, laundry, dining rooms and part of living room, washed the poopy puppy bed twice, and started a new load of laundry. :whew

[easygoinmomma]

Folded laundry
Switched laundry over
Started another load

[RiverRock]

The assembly was nice. I just finished lunch and have about an hour to dedicate to my home.

[saturnfire16]

Most of my list isn't housecleaning related, but I'm seriously lacking motivation and energy today so I need to do this.

Something with the kids- game, explore an interest, read books, something
Practice for Worship Dance workshop I'm doing at a Mommy and Me group tomorrow.
Do some FB advertising for my baby carriers
Call the library to renew books
Get something off my non-profit to do list done
Plan my oldest's birthday party
Schedule the baby's pre-op checkup

[Lily]

change sheets - waiting for dh to get home so he can help
wash, dry,put away sheets
diaper laundry -wash, dry, put away
sweep and mop
toddler time and 1st nap
put away my clean clothes
put away chickadee's clothes
dry, put away towels
pick up pecans
start wrapping the mboy

[easygoinmomma]

Swept and washed kitchen floor
Read to ds1
Folded laundry
Switched laundry over
Started another load
Swept office
Snacks

[Niphredil]

Ok, back from the midday break.

Kitchen all picked up
Plants watered
Coffee maker refilled
Did sentences with N

[backtobasicsmum]

We went to town to the post office, library, church building, picked up a package at a friend's house, dentist for the two oldest boys, groceries then home again.

The van is unloaded, I restarted the dryer, put potatos on to cook and now :nak

[Niphredil]

Cleaned up the dining room
Put away the clean laundry

I'm doing... okay on my list. Call 3 will have to wait for tomorrow.

To do:
Phone call #1
Phone call #2
Phone call #3
Plant care
Desk area
Hair!
Sentences with N.

And, of course, the obvious housework

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Wiped kitchen counters
and DR table
Kids picked up the LR
Picked up the bathroom
Had a gangnam style dance party

[easygoinmomma]

:giggle My kids like to have a dance party to that song too.

Supper
Dishwasher loaded
Office floor washed
Folded more laundry
Changed baby

[Lily]

change sheets - waiting for spare bedroom
wash, dry,put away sheets
diaper laundry -wash, dry, put away
sweep and mop
toddler time and 1st nap
put away my clean clothes
put away chickadee's clothes
dry, put away towels
pick up pecans
start wrapping the mboy

[Niphredil]

Dinner done
Kids in bed, working on sleeping
Kitchen picked up
Table cleared

Soooo ready to check out for the day, but I'll do a few more.

[backtobasicsmum]

:hug You are doing great.

We had dinner
loaded and ran the dishwasher
made soft pretzels
snack/story
tucking kids into bed

[Niphredil]

IKR? But the sad fact is... tomorrow? do it aaaaaall again. :doh

[Lily]

change sheets - waiting for spare bedroom
wash, dry,put away sheets
diaper laundry -wash, dry, put away
sweep and mop
toddler time and 1st nap
put away my clean clothes
put away chickadee's clothes
dry, put away towels
pick up pecans
start wrapping the mboy

Tomorrow's list: This is super helpful!!
playdate with potential gcm.... I seriously love this girl!
pecans
put away my clean clothes (that have been folded for 2 days!)
dry, fold, put away blue sheets
wash, dry, fold, put away brown sheets
new sheets on spare bed
sweep and mop

[easygoinmomma]

Got the boys to put away their clothes and pick up their toys
Bedtime routine with boys
Nursed baby
Unloaded dishwasher
Reloaded dishwasher
Switched laundry over
Diapers onto rinse
Nursed baby
Washed up some dishes by hand
Skyped with dh
Made ice cubes
Wiped out the freezer
Filled up the water in the coffee pot
Made sure there was water in the kettle
Diapers onto wash
:nak2

[backtobasicsmum]

I think we should have like a morning and evening edition. :giggle I'm waaay more productive this time of night than I am until about noon. :shifty

I've :nak a bunch, my kitchen is all clean again, I'm down to my last 2 loads of laundry to dry, then if I can get baby to sleep I'm going to do some lesson planning and some photo organizing for Christmas gifts. :heart

[Niphredil]

I have a really big lull time between 11 and 2. M comes home til 1:15 and then we all have to reset after he leaves. So I like the night time hours. Plus it's only 8 here, where it's 11 for some of y'all.

[mom2afew]

I think we should have like a morning and evening edition. :giggle I'm waaay more productive this time of night than I am until about noon. :shifty

I've :nak a bunch, my kitchen is all clean again, I'm down to my last 2 loads of laundry to dry, then if I can get baby to sleep I'm going to do some lesson planning and some photo organizing for Christmas gifts. :heart


you are so ambitious!! How late are you planning on staying up to get all that done?

[backtobasicsmum]

It's only 10pm here. Dh is holding baby, so hopfully he will just go to sleep. Ideally, I'd go to bed now. :shifty Reality means I'll work for a couple of hours on the computer (lesson planning and the photo book stuff). I'm soooo a night owl. But 7 am stinks. :td

[easygoinmomma]

I am usually not this productive at night, but I just want to get as much done as I can without kids awake. I need to do some photo organizing too, but probably not tonight.

Decluttered kitchen
Wiped counters
Wiped down appliances
Washed microwave
Wiped down front of cupboards
Checked dryer and turned it on again

[backtobasicsmum]

:poke Norma Don't over do it, dear. :hug You need rest too. :kiss

[easygoinmomma]

Ya, but dh will be home tomorrow. :jump2

Washed the pan that was soaking
Quickly cleaned out the fridge and wiped it out
Cleaned off the table

[Johns_Gal]

Oh how I need this. I've been all sick and useless and have a husband coming home Saturday. I do not want to spend his four day weekend (um, awesome!) cleaning. :glare I refuse!

So, my to-do list:
Clear the kitchen island
Put away the nonperishables I bought today
Put cushion covers back on loveseat
Clear entertainment center
Kitchen Counter area one
Area Two
Living room floor
Remove applejuice from mantel- why is there a bottle of applejuice on the mantel? :hunh

If I can get that far tonight, I have tons more for tomorrow.