Finely Friday 5 minute/to-do challenge

[mamamonkey]

Anyone with me? I have another day at home today (DS is on preschool "break" :giggle) and I actually got a LOT done on Wednesday. Anyway, all that to say I'm looking forward to another productive day!

To-do:
Declutter in bedroom
Put clean clothes away
Switch laundry over
Fold clean load
Dust in bedroom
Sort stocking stuff
Sweep/mop in bedroom
Declutter in master bath (pick up towels, etc)
Clean sink/surround
Clean mirrors/door knobs
Clean toilet
Sweep/mop
Scoop kitty litter
Change cat boxes in garage
Clean mirror/door knobs in half bath
Clean sink in half bath
Clean toilet in half bath
Sweep/mop half bath
Vacuum DS's room
Vacuum hallway

:phew That's enough for now. Add more later when I get all this done!

[Fireside]

^Wow, you have a lot to do today! :)

Today's list:
grocery shopping
mail bills
make beds
2 loads of laundry
fold clothes in dryer
water Christmas tree
straighten laundry room
drop off bags to thrift store
take out trash
drop off cookies at work

[mamamonkey]

I'm trying to catch up from 2 weeks of craziness where not much got done other than the bare minimum.

Dusted bedside tables
Working on decluttering

[backtobasicsmum]

:rockon

So far, I've made breakfast and fed everyone
started first load of laundry
spent time under my light box with coffee :giggle
kitchen swept
morning chore routine with kiddos
changed diaper
loaded dishwasher
wound up a whole roll of tp that the elves had gotten out :wink
switched laundry

now I'm going to set the kiddos up with their weekly computer game time and go have a shower.

[mamamonkey]

To-do:
Declutter in bedroom
Put clean clothes away
Switch laundry over
Fold clean load
Dust in bedroom
Sort stocking stuff
Sweep/mop in bedroom
Declutter in master bath (pick up towels, etc)
Clean sink/surround
Clean mirrors/door knobs
Clean toilet
Sweep/mop
Scoop kitty litter
Change cat boxes in garage
Clean mirror/door knobs in half bath
Clean sink in half bath
Clean toilet in half bath
Sweep/mop half bath
Vacuum DS's room
Vacuum hallway

[BestLaidPlans]

Well, no 5 minute challenge for me, but I have a list of stuff to do today to get ready for the Sabbath. So can I jump in? I am gonna assume I can. :giggle

:thumbsup Trash to curb

~ Cook...
~~:thumbsup Saturday breakfast
~~~ Put Fri dinner in crockpot Well, we ate at Taco Bell.
~~:thumbsup Put Sat dinner in crockpot
~~:thumbsup Have veggies cut and ready to go

:thumbsup Tidy house

~Errands...
~~:thumbsup Bank
~~:thumbsup Music lessons
~~:thumbsup Get gas - a *must* this week

~ Pay bills Guess this will wait until Sat night!

[StoryOfGrace]

I will participate today, I will participate today, I will participate today... :shifty

My 'rents are driving over today, and my house is it's usual disaster area. One of the things I love about when they visit is that it's quite possible (and acceptable) that my house will be cleaner when they leave then it was when they arrived! :giggle I do love having down-to-earth parents! :rockon


First order of business, flip a load of laundry!

[mamamonkey]

Well, no 5 minute challenge for me, but I have a list of stuff to do today to get ready for the Sabbath. So can I jump in? I am gonna assume I can. :giggle


Of course! Welcome to GCM! :heart

[StoryOfGrace]

:hug Welcome BLP!

~Laundry flipped, and some folded.
~Saved DS from yet another horrible fate in the making (pianos are not meant to be jumped off of. :no)
~Starting dinner in the slowcooker.


Of to start more laundry...

[blondie]

I'm in.
I've found that the days I don't play along here aren't very productive. :shifty

Dishes/kitchen cleaning
Make my bed
Change O's bedding
Make macaroons
Make banana bread
Maybe make caramels
Go to the mall and pick up my wedding ring

[klpmommy]

cleared a hotspot around my computer

I have a lot to do today. I don't wanna. :snooty

[Fireside]

Feeling sort of sluggish today...going to do a 10 min. challenge to get myself moving.

[klpmommy]

started dishwasher

[StoryOfGrace]

Dinner finally finished and all necessary components in the slow cooker.

Some more laundry hung

...in the process of making phone calls...

[backtobasicsmum]

showered and tried some stuff with my hair (going to give Curly Girl a try for a month...I think)
dumped out my make up bag, and cleaned it, cleaned brushes, threw out old, broken, ugly colors :shifty, reorganized and put it all back together, made a list of things I need to replace
started another load of laundry and restarted the dryer
kitchen swept again
:nak

[Fireside]

put away the groceries
made sandwiches for the kiddos
took out the trash

[mamamonkey]

To-do:
Declutter in bedroom
Put clean clothes away
Switch laundry over
Fold clean load
Dust in bedroom
Sort stocking stuff
Sweep/mop in bedroom
Declutter in master bath (pick up towels, etc)
Clean sink/surround
Clean mirrors/door knobs
Clean toilet
Sweep/mop
Scoop kitty litter
Change cat boxes in garage
Clean mirror/door knobs in half bath
Clean sink in half bath
Clean toilet in half bath
Sweep/mop half bath
Vacuum DS's room
Vacuum hallway

Getting there...

[Fireside]

hung up a load of wash
put away the ironing board

[backtobasicsmum]

attempting to lay baby down for a nap....:nails

[blondie]

Dishwasher is going, hand washed the big stuff. Still trying to scrub the crock pot. :doh

[mamamonkey]

To-do (leftovers from old list)
Sort stocking stuff
Change cat boxes in garage
Vacuum DS's room
Vacuum hallway

New list:
Declutter laundry room
Sweep/mop laundry room floor
Clean hallway carpet
Clean DS's carpet
Clean DSS's carpet (if he gets prep work done)
Clean 2nd bath mirror/doorknobs
Clean 2nd bath sink/surround
Clean 2nd bath toilet
Clean 2nd bath shower
Sweep/mop

[blondie]

Got O's bedding changed

I'll have to put her menagerie back on there later, when she's done playing or she will scatter 37 stuffed cats :giggle

Not sure what I'm doing now...bathroom? our room ? more coffee ?

[StoryOfGrace]

Nursed short stuff.
Read and rocked DS pre-nap.
Emptied part of the fish tank, now slowly re-adding "fresh" water.
Off to chance a dirty diaper...

[blondie]

Cleaned up my room, working on the bathroom.

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Bathroom done

[backtobasicsmum]

no napping baby :no
fed everyone lunch
decided that I'm going to take the kiddos to a skate party this afternoon/evening, so my to-do list grew
made fresh batches of milk kefir and yogurt
made a batch of artichoke dip
switched laundry, started a new load
double batch of lemon poppyseed muffins in the oven

[blondie]

:nak break

[mamamonkey]

To-do (leftovers from old list)
Sort stocking stuff
Change cat boxes in garage
Vacuum DS's room
Vacuum hallway

New list:
Declutter laundry room
Sweep/mop laundry room floor
Clean hallway carpet
Clean DS's carpet
Clean DSS's carpet (if he gets prep work done)
Clean 2nd bath mirror/doorknobs
Clean 2nd bath sink/surround
Clean 2nd bath toilet
Clean 2nd bath shower
Sweep/mop

[backtobasicsmum]

packed up our 2 huge bins of skating stuff
loaded dishwasher and started it running
muffins done
big kids are taking out the skating bins/stroller/slop bucket/allll the recycling :rockon
:nak

[StoryOfGrace]

Attempted to nurse DD down...failed. :giggle
Dishwasher emptied.
Need to keep on trucking with the laundry...

[backtobasicsmum]

put some drizzle on the muffins
pumpkin "cake" in the oven
kitchen swept
packed some clothes for dh

[Fireside]

cut up some strawberries for the DD2
folded a load of clothes
vacuumed up the crumby mess that DD2 made
vacuumed up the potting soil mess that I made :blush

[mamamonkey]

To-do (leftovers from old list)
Sort stocking stuff
Change cat boxes in garage
Clean DSS's carpet (have to get more shampoo)

New list:
Fold laundry
Clean up floor in storage area
Clean tiled area downstairs
Clean living room area downstairs
Declutter all over downstairs
Clean 3rd bath sink
Clean 3rd bath mirror
Clean 3rd bath shower
Clean 3rd bath toilet
Sweep/mop 3rd bath
Put away stored clothes containers

[blondie]

Made 3 batches/5 loaves of banana bread :phew

Made coconut macaroons - still need to dip them in chocolate, might wait til girls are in bed for that

Now to clean my kitchen again

[mamamonkey]

All I've gotten done is fold laundry and put away. Getting ready to run to the grocery store and we're having Chick Fil A for dinner tonight :shifty

BB when we get back!

[backtobasicsmum]

pumpkin cake done
recycling bins all put away
laundry room swept
did some connecting/calming things with kiddos
snack

[blondie]

Cleaned up the kitchen. Wishing for a nap. :sigh

Going to nurse bebe, then find something to throw together and call supper.

[StoryOfGrace]

Laundry, laundry, laundry.

Now to make some more coffee. :yawn

[BestLaidPlans]

Whew! Made it. If you check my list back on page 1, the only things I did not get done were paying bills and cooking dinner. We ate at Taco Bell instead. ;) And, even though I thought I got everything at the store on Wednesday, I still had to go to the store again today! :rolleyes4 And that was not on the list! Soo, all in all, I would say I did pretty well!

Fridays always leave me wiped out! :phew