I cannot believe how quickly Thursday rolls round and it is cleaning day!  I have always cleaned and done home jobs on a Thursday, occassionally it has been a Friday before they get done but usually Thursday.  I love it when I have finished and everything is back in its place and it is all clean and tidy, the washing is all done and I can sit with a mug of tea in peace until DH and The Boys come home and within an hour it is back to how it normally is!  I do clean and tidy up during the week also, but the big clean is always done on a Thursday.  I also try and get my ironing done too, as I change the beds and towels on a Thursday as well.

I have fallen into a bit of a trap watching people clean their homes on Instagram!!!!  However sometimes it helps because they give you tips that you might not know and can use on something you need.  I do clean my oven, but not as often as some people do or should do probably.  Anyway I did see one lady using the orange cream stuff with a non-scratch scourer (similar to the Scrub Daddy which I love).  Well I bought some and tried it on my oven door and it really came clean, so I am going to try it on the inside now.  I also need to clean our fridge out and de-frost my freezers but that is definitely a lovely sunny day for those jobs.

Of course Spring Cleaning is needed to be done as well (!) I did do the Laundry when the new washing machine arrived, and I also cleaned out my baking cupboard so that is another one done!  I still have the rest of the kitchen to do and all the other rooms too.  I did, today declutter the pine dresser which is in the kitchen and now just have to clean it!  I will try and fit all this in along with the painting, gardening and decluttering as well!  I also find on Instagram a lot of people decluttering their homes and take that as inspiration too.  All the boxes are now back from the storage unit and I need to get down to doing a box a day, but I am hoping that the weather will get better because our garage is underneath our home and it is cold in there.  Great when it is baking outside but freezing at the moment!

Our Bedroom.

Setting the guest room up will enable us to get things like the spare bedding out of the attic and use it in there and some other things as well, including some pictures we put away, so in a way repurposing things from other rooms for the new guest room.  I think the next room I want to do will be Eldest’s room which I am camping in for sewing.  It is the smallest of the rooms, but not too small, and we will be painting it brilliant white again as I do have quite a few pictures on the walls.  Then we can get down to painting our room and we can sleep in the guest room whilst we do it and our dressing room.

I am really enjoying doing all this tidying and sorting and know that by us doing it, it won’t be left for the Boys to do.  My next job will be to go through our bookcases and let go of any books I will not re-read and make room for the books which are currently on my TBR shelves!

There is not too much to do in the dining room but I can always declutter the dresser again, if I do it will only be one or two things to go.  I definitely need to do our dressing room again there are at least one pair of shoes that can go and the odd handbag (!).

Our garden is doing okay and still looks quite tidy but I have one or two plans for a re-design of a couple of the beds and one or two trees need a trim as well.  We have begun the grass mowing season too.  We have a few little painting jobs to do outside but again I am waiting for the good weather before we embark on those.

Anyway I hope you are having a great Thursday. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx