Time's Up

You may be wondering how I ended up doing in my 12 hour challenge to clean and organize 7 months worth of mess and clutter. Well, lets see...




I organized my closet, washed and folded all of my clothes AND put them away, made the bed for the first time in God knows how long, and cleared away everything else that did not need to be in the bedroom.


I scrubbed the floor with bleach cleaner, organized all the random bathroom and cleaning supplies in a new set of plastic drawers, wiped down the sink, bathtub and toilet, and windexed the mirror.


I cleared out all of the trash from the kitchen counters, wiped them down, washed ALL of the dishes, and put them away neatly.

I even washed the futon cover and cleared away most of the stuff around my desk. Unfortunately that is where this challenge ended. I still have some stuff left to sort through and put away in the desk area, as well as on the bookshelf. It's not going to take long, but I couldn't make it by 1:30am. I also still need to vacuum the floor of all the dog hair and other bits of Henry's toys which he has shredded.


So this is what I will finish up before I go to sleep. I've come this far I may as well perservere and get it all done. I must say, even though I didn't finish everything in 12 hours like I had hoped/planned, I am still impressed with myself. This is more cleaning than I probably have ever done in a sustained period of time. In sum I threw out 8 bags of trash (plus 3 pizza boxes), did 9 loads of laundry, and filled two bags with clothes I am going to donate to Goodwill. Not a bad day's work.

I will end this entry (thanks for bearing with me through all of this) with Rule #33 - Never go back to your place.

Now if I were wedding crashing I wouldn't go back to my place only because of this rule--not because it looks (and smells) like a pig sty.

I will post pics of the living room when it is vacuumed and sorted through. You stay classy, people out there reading my blog.

-Carl