No, I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. I mean we don't live in squalor, but you certainly won't find me scheduling time in my diary to dust the skirting boards, for example. I don't know if August bought the winds of change, or if the endless sunny weather we have been enjoying coincided with Spring, but I have been channelling Bree from Desperate Housewives and cleaning like no ones business.
I was even motivated enough to join in The Organised Housewife's 20 days challenge.
It will be no surprise to anyone that I haven't completed all the tasks set, but I have surprised myself with what I have done. So far I have cleaned and decluttered;
- the cutlery drawer
- the tea towel drawer
- the junk drawer
- the whole microwave/filing cabinet nook
- the Tupperware cupboard
- the kitchen benchtops and windowsill
I have also
- found better ways to organise the paperwork in the kitchen
- found better storage alternatives for things like crab forks
- made and started using homemade dishwasher powder
- started making citrus vinegar to use as a cleaning agent
- refined a housework routine
If it wasn't for the wine, I would suspect I had become a Stepford Wife. But don't worry, it's not like I've discovered the joys of ironing or anything.
As proof of my Spring Cleaning conversion, I offer the following photos of my 'tupperware' cupboard clean out. I say 'tupperware', but in reality own exactly zero pieces of actual Tupperware. It's mostly a motley collection of Ikea, Decor, and take away containers.
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| Look at all this crap! No wonder the door hasn't shut on this cupboard for 6 months! |
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| Making sure everything had a lid. |
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| No lid or no bottom? Then you are destined for the recycling bin! |
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| Behold the neatness! |
This week coming I plan on cleaning, decluttering and organising the top of the boy's wardrobes, my wardrobe, the downstairs closet, and the bathroom drawers. And maybe even the drawer that has all of the candles and incense in it.
See? Semi Stepford Spring Cleaning. It's a real thing now.
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