Cleanout
As a surprise for angie_di I cleaned this weekend.
Well...it was more than just cleaning. I bought a new bed for us back in February and the old one has been sitting against the wall in the dining room taking up space ever since. I put it on craigslist twice before I got a bite(and interestingly the first time no responses, the second time I got 3). I arranged to deliver it to a guy out in the valley and decided this weekend was a good time to do so.
So Saturday bulldog_ak and I loaded up the bed and headed out to the Valley. We dropped it off and came back here and started cleaning out the place it had been in, and cleaning more, and cleaning more. We ended up cleaning the entire dining room out and had a full truckload of trash(empty boxes, computer parts I will never have a need for, stuff that hasn't been used in years). So, since it was not yet 5pm, we made a dump run. Then we collected the tadpoles from their grandparents and they came over and hung out and watched movies while she and I tackled the kitchen and cleaned from top to bottom. We also hung a pot rack that we've had for several months and never got around to installing, and hung all the pots on it. After that was done we moved into the bathroom and got it scrubbed down.
At this point we were both beat so she and the girls headed to her place.
Sunday she came back over while the girls did homework and we tackled the living room and scrubbed it down, I even cleaned out the corner behind my desk and tossed a bunch of stuff. We got 2/3rds of a truck load of trash from that too. So the house is TONS cleaner now...Still have to tackle the bedroom and laundry room and my desk, but I'm MUCH happier with the house.
And, If you ever need a taskmaster for cleaning a house, I HIGHLY recommendbulldog_ak. She ROCKS!
PS, THANK YOUbulldog_ak...I really appreciate all your help and she LOVED the house when she saw it.
Well...it was more than just cleaning. I bought a new bed for us back in February and the old one has been sitting against the wall in the dining room taking up space ever since. I put it on craigslist twice before I got a bite(and interestingly the first time no responses, the second time I got 3). I arranged to deliver it to a guy out in the valley and decided this weekend was a good time to do so.
So Saturday bulldog_ak and I loaded up the bed and headed out to the Valley. We dropped it off and came back here and started cleaning out the place it had been in, and cleaning more, and cleaning more. We ended up cleaning the entire dining room out and had a full truckload of trash(empty boxes, computer parts I will never have a need for, stuff that hasn't been used in years). So, since it was not yet 5pm, we made a dump run. Then we collected the tadpoles from their grandparents and they came over and hung out and watched movies while she and I tackled the kitchen and cleaned from top to bottom. We also hung a pot rack that we've had for several months and never got around to installing, and hung all the pots on it. After that was done we moved into the bathroom and got it scrubbed down.
At this point we were both beat so she and the girls headed to her place.
Sunday she came back over while the girls did homework and we tackled the living room and scrubbed it down, I even cleaned out the corner behind my desk and tossed a bunch of stuff. We got 2/3rds of a truck load of trash from that too. So the house is TONS cleaner now...Still have to tackle the bedroom and laundry room and my desk, but I'm MUCH happier with the house.
And, If you ever need a taskmaster for cleaning a house, I HIGHLY recommendbulldog_ak. She ROCKS!
PS, THANK YOUbulldog_ak...I really appreciate all your help and she LOVED the house when she saw it.