I'm procrastinating! I should be tackling the rather large pile of ironing that is taking over the living room, but instead had a urgent desire to blog, hmmm, maybe that is my problem, I've always found it far too easy to find something better that I could be doing. I think the only time the ironing has been my priority is when I've been studying and then it was always the lesser of two evils.
I got up today and had my usual chore of weekly shopping to do but then wanted to tackle another clutter problem in my living room. The toys aren't finished yet, but the next pile to sort includes books and drawing paper and the area of the room they need to go is covered in The Unironed. So the ironing it was then. Just the thought of it made my heart sink. I never have a problem keeping on top of the washing but ironing and putting away is another problem altogether. Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoy ironing or should I say used to. I never seem to be able to stand for a couple of hours at a time to do the pile of it, so end up doing a few things at a time but unfortunately it gets worn and rewashed quicker than that, so eventually it takes over. I think when Monkey Madam starts nursery for 5 mornings in September, my first month will be spent catching up with the laundry.
I need a solution to it but I'm yet to find anything that feels right for me. I've read loads of tips and advice about only having certain wash days, making sure you wash, dry, iron and put away on the same day, to hanging everything to dry it so it doesn't need ironing. Who are these people? I struggle some days to even get the load of washing dry before I go to bed and most nights I go to bed with the washing machine on, does that means it belongs to the following days clothes? I get confused very easily. I then realised that a lot of these people live in the USA and have laundry rooms and most things are dried in a dryer. I would kill for a laundry room, imagine how much ironing I could pile up in that!
Well, that 30 minutes of blogging means that I've managed to avoid the ironing for now and it is time to prepare the evening meal but the clothes are still there needing to be done. Looks like a long, hot evening of ironing for me.
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Monday 11 July 2011
It's the toys!
Well, I thought about it for a couple of days but the toys in the living room had to be the pile that I was going to start with. It is a huge job that I knew would be hindered by the toddler, so it really was going to be jumping in the deep end.
The decider was that it is Monkey Madam's birthday in a couple of weeks and therefore another pile of new toys to try and fit in the house so I decided it made sense to clear out the existing ones to make room for the new. I have tried to sort them out in the past but find it quite difficult to do. I look at expensive toys or good quality toys that she doesn't use much and I think we should keep them but then want to throw out all the cheap plastic rubbish that she plays with all the time and then I feel like a bad mum. Then I came across this blog entry http://smallnotebook.org/2010/01/04/managing-your-pre-schoolers-toy-collection/. Sounds like the perfect solution to dealing with it, let the toddler decide.
So, this afternoon I came home from picking up Monkey Madam from my Mum's and was determined we were going to start. I found a large box and we slowly, very slowly, went through all the toy drawers and mountain of toys off the floor in the living room. The large box is now nearly full but I do feel that the toddler has not always chosen wisely but they won't be going forever, they are just going on "holiday to the loft". I might even be really organised and schedule a date on my calendar for bringing them down and going through them again.
The living room looks like a war zone at the moment with toys everywhere, now just waiting for stage 2 of the toy clearance. This involves waiting for Monkey Madam to go to bed so that I can clear through them again and throw away all the broken and cheap rubbish bits that we have 3 huge boxes of.
It isn't over yet but it is a start
The decider was that it is Monkey Madam's birthday in a couple of weeks and therefore another pile of new toys to try and fit in the house so I decided it made sense to clear out the existing ones to make room for the new. I have tried to sort them out in the past but find it quite difficult to do. I look at expensive toys or good quality toys that she doesn't use much and I think we should keep them but then want to throw out all the cheap plastic rubbish that she plays with all the time and then I feel like a bad mum. Then I came across this blog entry http://smallnotebook.org/2010/01/04/managing-your-pre-schoolers-toy-collection/. Sounds like the perfect solution to dealing with it, let the toddler decide.
So, this afternoon I came home from picking up Monkey Madam from my Mum's and was determined we were going to start. I found a large box and we slowly, very slowly, went through all the toy drawers and mountain of toys off the floor in the living room. The large box is now nearly full but I do feel that the toddler has not always chosen wisely but they won't be going forever, they are just going on "holiday to the loft". I might even be really organised and schedule a date on my calendar for bringing them down and going through them again.
The living room looks like a war zone at the moment with toys everywhere, now just waiting for stage 2 of the toy clearance. This involves waiting for Monkey Madam to go to bed so that I can clear through them again and throw away all the broken and cheap rubbish bits that we have 3 huge boxes of.
It isn't over yet but it is a start
Friday 8 July 2011
One step at a time
Apparently the first step to anything is admitting it, so here I am admitting that I am a disorganised person. I always considered myself to be organised, I love files to be in order and cupboards to be neat but anything that doesn't fit in to my system gets left lying around making a mess and now it is time to step in and take control.
Today is day 1 and that just involves saying it outloud. So here I am shouting on the top of my voice - My house and my life is disorganised and consists of me running round with a head full of ideas and plans that I can't do because of all the clutter.
This blog is for me to try and put in writing anything I achieve in my war on clutter or tell you all any problems I can't resolve. Watch this space to see where I'm going to start, should it be the kitchen, the cupboards, the toy heap or the ironing?
Today is day 1 and that just involves saying it outloud. So here I am shouting on the top of my voice - My house and my life is disorganised and consists of me running round with a head full of ideas and plans that I can't do because of all the clutter.
This blog is for me to try and put in writing anything I achieve in my war on clutter or tell you all any problems I can't resolve. Watch this space to see where I'm going to start, should it be the kitchen, the cupboards, the toy heap or the ironing?
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