precariously perched

a short list

Or, what I have accomplished this weekend so far:

weekend list

I’m going to try to be as productive inside this weekend as I was outside last weekend.

But I have some errands to run and other stuff.

It would be nice to get out and whack some tennis balls tomorrow morning. I’ll try but I am not gonna hold my breath that that happens because I have to

• *mow the lawn (best done in the morning)
• get some potting soil (best to get errands done early)
• *Sunday morning is yoga

Inside I am going to do some serious 20/10s going from room to room for some general unfucking.

• *Living room: finish CDs, clean off and get rid of tv tray table, clean up trunk between chair & sofa, COFFFEEEEE TABLE, get rid of boxes
• clean off landing, put away dog gate
• *Hallway: put tub of winter clothes in attic, wash out humidifier
• *bedroom: put away clothes, general straightening, vacuuming would be nice
• *Kitchen: wash all dishes & put away, keep up on them rest of weekend. Clean off table, counters, clean floor.
• Bathroom: floor, rugs, toilet
• Laundry 2-3 loads (one in progress)

*priority

Next weekend of course is Memorial Day weekend, so I have an extra day to work or relax. I’m hoping to get enough done this weekend that next weekend I can have one lazy day. We shall see!

hippie tea break

It’s nearing 1:30 and I haven’t been very productive around the house but I did get a few things out of the way:

• Boxed up my Shoebuy return & dropped it off
• cashed in my big $4 winner scratch off lottery ticket and got 2 more that were losers just like me (I shoulda bought a MegaMillions worth $356M)
• went to the bank (realized I hadn’t deposited last week’s check…)
• went to the grocery store
• sorted out the hockey tickets, will pick them up tomorrow after haircut
• got the word we are going ahead with The Decision For My Mom’s Fucking Party For Her 80th good lord give me strength

Once I am done with my tea it’s time to get on the stuff I didn’t get to yesterday:

• put away clothes that were strewn all over, then on my bed, then in the basket, now back on my bed :-/
• Put away clean and folded laundry (partly done)
• dresser top and bookshelf (which doubles as my bedside table)
• DUST ALL THE THINGS 
• maybe an hour, maybe a half hour in the attic (just trying to keep it realistic)
• Clean off dining room table since I just really fucked it up today, emptying out some of the contents of my (in need of unfucking) purse. :-\
• clean up kitchen after I am finished fucking it up.
• ???

Sunday

• haircut @ 11:30
• pick up tix @ sister’s
• clean bathroom floor and sink
• load of laundry—wash, fold, put away
• unfuck CD shelf
• unfuck coffee table (my poor coffee table)
• ???

It’s really frustrating because most of this stuff is just regular weekly household chores and I have MAJOR unfucking projects I need to get to.  But there is no sense in starting any of the heavier stuff if the lighter stuff is in the way.  I took yesterday off from work to try to get a jump on things and make a little headway but I guess I need to take more than one day off. Call me Sisyphus. :-(

up at 7!

Well a little after 7. To let the dog out. Then I went back to bed, read for a little while, and never got back to sleep due to open windows and water company equipment in front of my house digging up the road. (I’m not complaining, they have been quick about it and minimally intrusive…and they are on the other side of the street anyway, plus when I was walking my dog the other day one of the guys helped me with an escaped black lab that Elvis was trying to eat…my wingspan is only so long)

So now I am drinking coffee and soon I will make my breakfast (oooh the house is vibrating), clean up, make my bed (I forgot when I first got up!), and get started on The Unfuckening.  I may have to mow the lawn first. But that could hamper the rest of my day since my back is already sore from FIGHT/Haganah class last night. I’ll mow tomorrow.

I started reading Volume I of an Eleanor Roosevelt biography. It’s over 500 pages. Sooooo, I’ll probably get behind on my reading goal again. But I am ready for this, and if I read the 20-page introduction with interest (I hate long introductions!) then I think I shouldn’t get too stuck, not like the 3 months it took for me to read The Brothers Karamazov or Moby Dick (both of which I liked but were rather dry in spots).

Ugh….my whole house is an Invisible Corner. (Anyone who follows Unfuck Your Habitat knows what that means). But I am going to work on it this weekend, starting after breakfast which I will start making as soon as I post this sucka.

Also if you want to hear my accent meme, I posted it yesterday. I’ll be taking it down one of these days if I remember. Probably within the week.  Like anyone cares but whatever.

Okay, good breakfast and then UNFUCK FRIDAY!

today’s my friday!

And since I took tomorrow off from work to clean I have to devise a game plan to make the most of it.

• Up by 9 (hopefully at least a half hour earlier but I’m trying to be realistic here)
• MAKE BED
• coffee/breakfast
• minimal internetting
• wash breakfast dishes
• bring laundry to basement
• throw in a load
• 1 hour in attic (gotta pick a spot to unfuck)
• I may have to sort some boxes for donations…
• finish laundry/PUT AWAY/Put away stuff from *cough* weeks ago
• unfuck bedroom flat surfaces—bookcase & dresser, including dusting
• unfuck the rest of the bedroom (shouldn’t be too bad) including swiffering the floor and vacuuming
• walk dog
• eat some lunch at some point
• take breaks throughout
• shower
• dog therapy at 5

If there is any extra time in there before 5 (knowing me there won’t be) or after dinner I’ll do 15 minute circuits (15 minutes doing anything productive in a room) depending on how much time and energy I have left, then I will spend the evening vegging in front of the tv or laptop watching movies or tv.

And making a Saturday plan.

Oh I may mow the lawn tomorrow too…But it has to be done one day this weekend.

I am taking Friday off to try to get a handle on some UNFUCKING OF MY HABITAT. To be continued over the weekend.

I can’t stand it anymore.  All the little unfuckings I did over the fall and winter are re-fucked. Maybe not as bad as they had been but it’s still pretty bad, considering all the stuff I never even got to. The only thing I’ve kept in order is the corner where I keep my coats, where I pulled up the rug.  And that’s good, I am proud of myself for that. The kitchen has been manageable too.  Oh and the bathroom. It’s dirty but it’s organized still.  So that is another plus.

I don’t know specifically what I will do on Friday, but over the course of the 3 days I think I will focus on:

• Cleaning up my bedroom: I neglected the dresser tops last time so it’s high time I tackled that, and I really need to dust. Also, put away a lot of winter sweaters.
• Clean the bathroom (which is mainly swiffering the floor and giving the sink a good cleaning, and a quick clean of the shower and terlet)
• Clean the kitchen floor and straighten up
• Couple loads of laundry—washed, dried, folded, PUT AWAY. Also, put away leftovers from the last 2 weeks or so. :-/ (I’ll do that tonight, actually, since I have no classes)
• I might do some time in the attic. I might give myself an hour. 

I usually do my own thing, but I think this time I’ll try the 20/10 and the 45/15 methods a little more strictly.

I think I will also sort boxes for donations and the next day I take off I will take them to wherever (or else I’ll go on Saturday if I can).

But since I can’t really take a vacation due to The Little Old Dog, I am taking days here and there, many of which will be spent Unfucking My Habitat! (I took one last week for fun, don’t worry)

a list before bed

This weekend:

• Finish The Trial
• clean off the sofa
• unfuck my bedroom of clothes strewn all over
• unfuck kitchen table
• maybe a trip to Petsmart Ordered from Amazon instead to save time & avoid people
• Spanish lessons at least 1 hour
• try to figure out what to get sister for bday PURCHASED! 
• clean up hallway 15 min
• back BR 15 min
• start on middle bedroom 30 min x 2 (minimum)
• blah
• blah
• blah went to friend’s store and yucked it up with her for a good while while shopping for sister’s bday gift.

Today:

Did:

• 45 minutes on the coffee table, cleaned it off but now half the crap is on the sofa. 
• also 45 minutes on Spanish lessons
• washed some but not all dishes
• changed some lightbulbs
• changed some batteries
• put insoles in work boots (I’ve always enjoyed manly shoes)
• organized bookshelves more
• got a broken light bulb out of a lamp
• boxed up cowboy boots to go back
• read
• got engaged to a teenager. from spinster to cougar via askbox! :-P
• cleaned out a magazine rack
• decided to keep questionable pants
• LiveMocha Spanish lessons

Did not:

• Do any work in the back bedroom
• Do any work on the hallway
• Clean up the kitchen table
• buy any clothing
• do any LiveMocha Spanish lessons (yet, anyway)

Today I think is a good day to take my kitchen timer and do my 15 minute rounds in a few rooms of the house.  All weekend I haven’t felt very focused and haven’t gotten a whole lot done, so I am going to try to make up for it today in little bursts.

• 15 minutes back bedroom
• 15 minutes hallway
• 15 minutes kitchen
• 15 minutes dining room

(with a break or 2 in there…but this works for me when I am not feeling ‘projecty’ and need a little bit of work done in a few rooms)

then I am going to try to get another half hour in on the Dreaded Coffee Table, which I spent an hour on yesterday and it still looks like hell.

I’m feeling a little more merciless today so I think if I turn off the damned computer for a few hours I will have fewer distractions and can focus on getting rid of some shit.

So who knows, maybe I can get more done than what I listed here.

Also I have decided the cowboy boots are going back. And maybe one pair of chinos I got on Friday from Lands End (although I may just get a different size).

I wish I wasn’t so schizo.

I took tomorrow off from work. Gonna get a few solid hours of decluttering and unfucking in. Unfortunately I have to leave at about 4:30 to take the dog to physical therapy, so I guess I’d better get an early start.

But this is what my life has come to: Taking vacation days to clean my house. I can’t go anywhere anyway because of the dog, so, cleaning/decluttering and unfucking is where it’s at for this old broad.

I have to decide what I am going to tackle. Probably the stuff I didn’t tackle over the weekend (*ahem* and before), starting with the living room.

BUT I got my car inspected, an oil change & 2 new tires today! and I made an appointment yesterday for a physical & cholesterol check for Wednesday…so that is something.

Good morning! I hope everyone had a decent Christmas. I did, it was nice and low-key, just my mom, me, and my sister & her hubby & 2 boys. And the dog.

I took today off since I didn’t get a day to myself this weekend, Saturday being the day we exchanged gifts with my other sister’s family, who was having a big feast with her husband’s family yesterday.

I really need to get some crap done in my house.

• fold/put away a few towels that have been sitting in a basket for weeks
• put away some sheets that have been sitting in a basket for about a week
• do a load or 2 of laundry (clothes)
• vacuum the living room and dining room
• pick up & put away all the clothes in my BR I have thrown on the chair or floor
• 15 minutes rounds of straightening up in nearly every room in my house

Then maybe next weekend, but more likely the following weekend, I can get back to The Great Decluttering/Unfucking Of The House, hopefully to be completed in 2012. I felt like I was making some great progress but really, it’s barely made a dent.