I was so close to finishing the kitchen spring cleaning when disaster! I absent-mindedly put the wrong cleaner in the dishwasher and ended up with foam all over the place. Thankfully, after scooping out the worst of the foam, cleaning the sensor and then running a rinse cycle it was all sorted.
At the time it did register on some level that the cleaner I put in wasn't right but as usual I forged ahead. When MIL moved in, she bought a ton of cleaning products with her and I am slowly making my way through the least nasty of them (the real nasties I took to the tip and added them to the chemical pile for disposal). Unfortunately, the dishwasher sanitiser was in a similar bottle to one of her cleaning products. Oh well, at least the floor got deep cleaned :)
Anyway, I've pretty much finished the kitchen now - thoroughly cleaned and sorted. The things I don't want to see have been put way and the things I do have been brought out. There are four outstanding jobs which need a bigger block of time this weekend:
- clean the oven
- clean out sink pipes
- put a new door on the pan cupboard
- adjust the height of the breakfast bar and bolt back onto wall
The last two jobs DH is doing when he's on annual leave next week.
So, onto the utility room and porch...and it really has got out of hand. There is not enough storage in the utility room, despite putting in two new under-counter cupboards, and what is in the porch is being occupied by empty boxes and items that either need to go to the tip or into the barns for a car boot sale.
So, to this week's list.
- relocate anything not supposed to be in the utility room and porch
- get rid of excess cardboard boxes and tip/car boot items
- dust/wipe all surfaces, including tile walls
- clean light fittings
- sort out and wash outdoor jackets
- organise and clean outdoor shoes
- deep clean washing machine (using the right cleaner!)
- clean washing machine drawer and seals
- deep clean the floor
- reorganise the cupboards and shelves
- throw out unwanted cleaning materials
- disinfect door knobs and switch plates
- buy plastic storage boxes to organise counter top items
- sweep porch step
- sanitise cat litter equipment
- clean window and windowsill
- put new weatherstrip on porch door
- put doors on the new cupboards
Like before, the majority of this will be done in 5-20 minutes spurts when the kettle is boiling or the dinner cooking. The last couple DH will do.
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