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Spring Cleaning - Decluttering, Organizing, Etc

My To Do For this week: Tackle my work space - it's piled up with papers, books, magazines Get rid of or minimize the bunch of boxes right next to my work space Sign the kids up for summer camps
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 4:12 PM on April 4, 2023

summer camps are signed up for. work space is in progress.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 4:19 PM on April 10, 2023

Ok, so the other 2 items are still ongoing. But: 1. Sorted out my taxes, just gotta drop it in the mail on Monday. 2. Called our handyman and gave him a list of stuff to do. 3. Getting my kids to help out more with chores is actually very helpful. They respond very well to checking things off lists. Paduasoy, hope your last session with the declutterer goes well! I still have to get some stuff out thru Buy Nothing. I had a brain fart a few weeks ago and posted the items and… [more]
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 9:02 AM on April 16, 2023

February to March Decluttering, Organising, Chores and GSD

Woohoo! Thank you paduasoy for the invitation. I would love to hear any tips you have from the decluttering coach...I myself tried to get a few quotes from professional organizers but I keep chickening out. I don't know why. Anyway, I have a bunch of boxes and stuff to get through. In the meantime...I dropped off some posters and artwork to get framed. And I have a box of stuff to post for the Buy Nothing group in my area.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 12:24 PM on February 15, 2023

We hired a housecleaner. It was painful in cost for the first time deep cleaning, but honestly well worth it, especially since we hadn't really done deep cleaning in months. I no longer feel disgusted by the state of our baseboards, the windows look nice, the counters are clear, and the floors feel amazing. Next: taxes. Boxes of stuff to go through and purge. My mom has offered to take all my old towels. She really hates waste, so I can be sure it will be put to good use as rags and… [more]
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 7:23 AM on February 20, 2023

Hi! Hope everyone's been doing well. 1. I managed to send off all our tax documents to the tax guy. 2. Having the housecleaner come every 2 weeks has been amazing. No more dustballs piling up. I am able to get the kids to help with cleanup and not feel like we have to clean up the entire house in one go. Worth the expense not to have to do floors and toilets on our own. 3. We picked out a few great frames for 2 art prints. Framing stuff was more expensive than we expected. But honestly,… [more]
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 9:10 AM on March 4, 2023

I cleared out the linen closet. Holy moly...I found crib covers...my oldest is in middle school now. Anyway, that and several other things have been posted to the Buy Nothing group and there are takers for almost everything. Whatever does not get picked up will get donated to the school's fundraisers.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 8:48 AM on March 11, 2023

Forgot to mention, I did finally put away the Xmas tree :P. I dropped off a bunch of textiles for recycling, gave some to my sisters as she requested it. We got a new couch, and I got refunded for my IKEA one. I now have $900 in credit to spend, so I might use it to spruce up the house a bit with some organizational things. Maybe tackle the kids' closets, which to be frank, are quite a mess.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 4:49 PM on March 27, 2023

I started a new post FYI.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 8:56 AM on April 1, 2023

Apartment Therapy January Cure 2023 - In progress! - Jan 2-27

hello....I did it, I cleaned out my utensil drawer and reorganized it a bit so now everything fits!
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 9:48 AM on January 2, 2023

Thanks mochapickle for keeping this up and I hope you recovered nicely. I am doing things in spurts. I cleaned and mopped the dining and kitchen area. Set up an outbox. Have to collect all the things that go in the outbox. I sort of started purging expired stuff from the kitchen but I probably need to do the bathrooms too.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 8:43 AM on January 11, 2023

1. The floors barely got cleaned in time for the new year. Was forced to use our previously unused carpet cleaner when our kid vomited on the floor last week. Great news though - it works beautifully and I figured out how to empty it out and everything. I even got out some very old gross toothpaste stains. We will do the whole upstairs at some point. 2. Crossing some stuff off our to-do list with the handyman we just hired. he's already patched some drywall, and is going to re-do some stuff… [more]
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 8:29 AM on January 23, 2023

paduasoy, honestly I'd be interested. I'm currently working on it myself and it is sloooow-going.
posted to MeFi IRL by toastyk at 10:55 AM on February 6, 2023