Week 30

 Feeling a little blah and tired. Cleaned out both sets of cupboards in the laundry room. Did nothing on Friday and Saturday. Trixie is home from school and spent Friday evening and Saturday cleaning her room and unpacking. Hopefully I can get her to watch Ducky so that maybe I can clean the washer and dryer area today. Although, if the rain holds off, I should really try to pick up the sticks in the front yard and try to mow the grass. 

The BHBL summit is this week so not sure how much I'll get done. I did put my choices in number order so I'll get to what I can get to but won't make myself crazy. 

After the washer/dryer corner, I'll focus on the clothing bar, water softener and window corner. Nothing difficult is left, I just need the time to do it. 

Week 29

 With a little difficulty I did manage to work on the laundry room Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Solo doggy duty is tough. I probably could have put him in the kennel, but I tried saving that for meetings and lunchtime. However, some progress was made.

I cleaned the furnace, water heater, the tall shelves, the towel cart, the wall shelves, the drying shelf and the black shelves. I also washed some loads of car towels, blankets, and dog items. Have a couple things to hand wash still. The dog kept pulling towels out of a basket and a crate. Stole the washcloth by the water heater. He tried to bite the vacuum cord. Little stinker!

This week I'll focus on the cupboards, washer, dryer, white shelf and sink. 

I did add a few items to the garage sale pile. Trixie will need to help me sort through the two totes filled with toys and dress-up items.

Week 28

 I didn't get to the binders except for the one with financial information. It was Shred Day at the credit union so I did take a box of papers from a few binders and the filing cabinet. Trixie adopted a cute, little dog on Tuesday so I've been on doggie duty this week. Didn't get a whole lot done. Fortunately, I hadn't scheduled anything but the binders this week. Doc will be gone for the next two weeks and Trixie won't be home until the 25th so the dog might be spending a little more time in the kennel so I can get things done. Walks and backyard time will have to be woven in between times of work.

I didn't make the timeline, but looking at the calendar I have six weeks until the end of May. Two to four weeks would finish off the laundry room, a week for the bathroom and a week for the stairs and entry. I'll get the task list for the laundry room done today. I'm thinking the furnace, water heater, towel cart and the shelving unit could get done this week. I'm so close now. I have to keep going! I'll also need to start focusing on eating what's in the freezers so that I can defrost the garage freezer in June. No where to put that food. Need to eat it and not buy freezer stuff until it's defrosted. 

Week 27

 It's done! The library is done. I finished on Friday. I like to stand in there and look at the bookshelves. The garage sale pile in the corner is mostly contained and will be gone in August. The basket of bags will be dealt with when Trixie moves home. We'll sort the craft stuff sometime this summer. I haven't gone through the stack of binders yet. I think I will do that this week before moving on to the laundry room. I will work on the timeline for that, the bathroom and the staircase and entry. Almost done with the house! Then it will be the garage and the shed. Since I'm running ahead of schedule, it will be nice to get to the garage before it gets too hot and get it done before the garage sale. So pleased!

Week 26

 What a week! While doing the downstairs chores on Wednesday, I decide to do a little area of the library. Cleaned the area in front of the window and the first bookcase on that wall. Book shuffling is very addicting. Thursday I worked on the next two cases and the floor in front of the other window. Instead of working on the bookcases on the other side, I just continued along the wall, Mt. Vernon style, on Friday. Upper and lower cupboards and the counter were cleaned. Only the center opening on the bottom was left. On Saturday I cleaned out the drawers in the center and the first bookcase on the other wall. Pull out some homeschooling items. Almost all the books on the ledge of the counter are now on a bookshelf. If I go through the paperback picture books, I could get all the books off the counter. 

Added some things to the garage sale pile. Trixie wants to sort through a couple boxes before they go in the garage sale pile. Also found more craft stuff which I added to the list of locations. I also have more binders to sort through. I'll need to find out if a used curriculum sale is happening soon and if someone can sell my stuff for me. There might be a few more items on the bottom shelf of the next bookcase. I did keep a few things that I think would be fun to go through myself.

Way, way, way ahead of schedule. Barely into April for a project scheduled out to the end of May. Four bookcases and the floor are left. Plus all the things to be sorted, like binders, play dough box, and crafts. I should probably focus on those before moving on to the laundry room. Big trash pick up is this week so that will get some of the mess out of there.

Yesterday I used the ceiling tiles as the guide. I think this week the bookcases will be the guide. The first chunk will be to clean the treadmill which is very dusty and covered in sweat and the second bookcase and anything on the floor that's lined up with the bookcase. I'll only have Thursday and Friday with Eager Hands on Saturday. Although, in my eagerness to finish I'll probably chip away at it earlier in the week, too. It would be great to get all that dustiness taken care of before Doc gets home.