Considered day 2 to be quite a good day really. Today was singled out as sorting out the smaller of the spare rooms. There was boxes from the wedding in there with all bits and pieces in them, a suitcase in there, lots of clothes that needed ironing (!) in there along with various other bits of rubbish/junk!
The door to that room has remained closed for quite some time! We would go in and get something if we needed to (like the Christmas decorations from the cupboard last week!) but otherwise the room isn't really used.
I took a deep breath before I opened the door and then cringed as I saw everything I needed to sort out - but I had to get to it!! So I set the TV in our bedroom to Radio1 and turned it up so I could hear it while I worked.......then I got to work. As I went through the wedding boxes I probably did take longer than I should have as I read each card before putting it neatly away and read through the guestbook again! I managed to put 3 boxes down to 2 then I put them away in the cupboard. I moved all of the clothes onto the official ironing pile (in the other spare room!!) but that is being worked on gradually and my husband decided we would go through it this weekend and decide which clothes we don't want anymore so I don't iron them unnecessarily...How thoughtful!
I actually impressed myself with the work I did and before I knew it it was time for some lunch. And that was all I did - came downstairs and made myself a sandwich and a cup of tea, ate and drank while watching TV then back upstairs to hoover and mop the newly cleaned room! The room sparkled as once again I was stood in the doorway admiring my work! I had got rid of 2 bags and a box full of rubbish.......which was now sitting on the landing!! So that was my next job. I cleared the rubbish from the landing and a few other bits and pieces which has just seemed to gather there and put them all in their rightful places (bin - laundry basket - Christmas present pile....) then I hoovered and mopped that floor too. (our house has wooden floors everywhere except the stairs which are carpeted - not through choice but because that was what was here when we bought the place)
I was actually shattered but that didn't stop me! By 3pm I was on the park walking the dog and by time I got home my husband was home. As he relaxed I then cooked a leek & potato soup - from scratch not from a tin!! - baked a loaf of bread (OK in the bread maker) and then cooked pie and mash for tea (not homemade pie - just a frozen one) by the time tea was done I was knackered and spent the evening writing the remaining Christmas cards so they could all be posted/given out tomorrow.
Phew - I was quite proud of myself today!
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