OK, word to the wise: If you have ingrained packrat tendencies, do not marry another packrat. On the other hand, at least we don't fight about the piles and piles of miscellaneous junk lying around.
So, in an effort to put sheer fear and adrenaline to work for us, we invited Rob's parents to our house for Turkeyday. If we can pull this off, it means that we can have other people over sometime!
Started work in October, deadline 11/19:
bathroom 1 (master) – clean
bathroom 2 (guest) – clean
bathroom 3 (downstairs) – clean
bedroom – books away
bedroom – clean dresser tops
bedroom – put away crap
bedroom – vacuum
change air filterscomputer room – clean desks
computer room – put books away
computer room – throw out crap
computer room – vacuum
desk – file/trash papers
desk – sort mail & pay bills
Flea/Tick Treatment – Cat
Flea/Tick Treatment – Dog
front room – move boxes and crap to garage
front room – vacuum
hallway – vacuumkitchen – cabinets
kitchen – clean microwave
kitchen – clean out under sink
kitchen – clean refrigerator
kitchen – counters
kitchen – island
kitchen – sweep/mopkitchen – sweep/mop again
kitchen – clear off table
library – shelve books
library – throw out crap
library – vacuum
living room – dust
living room – straighten up
living room – throw out crap
living room – vacuum
living room – vacuum/dust again
Make/get curtain for narrow window by door (how??)
put out clean hand towels in other bathrooms (11/25)
spare bedroom – put together weight machine
spare bedroom – throw out crap
spare bedroom – vacuum
spare bedroom – weed out stuffed animals
stairs – vacuum
wash windows
Eeeek!