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Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:45 PM Feb 2024

I am cleaning my bedroom

Involves moving things, dusting, vacuuming, and washing curtains and dresser scarf. Encourage me!

Pictures of large dust bunnies and cobwebs are welcome

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I am cleaning my bedroom (Original Post) Marthe48 Feb 2024 OP
No pictures, but just think how satisfying it will feel when you are done, niyad Feb 2024 #1
Hot pad and an allergy pill Marthe48 Feb 2024 #2
That works too! niyad Feb 2024 #3
face mask. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #5
Hazard suit Marthe48 Feb 2024 #9
lol. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #14
i was going to be mean and ask if u could come over and do mine . AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #4
Hey, I bet you're ready for a break by now, Marthe! Leghorn21 Feb 2024 #6
Probably won't wait til I'm done Marthe48 Feb 2024 #8
You are going to feel really good when you get it done. Keep that in mind. Maraya1969 Feb 2024 #7
You can do it! Treasures may await! happybird Feb 2024 #10
Where did you get her? Butterflylady Feb 2024 #11
It was a Christmas gift from my Dad a couple years ago. happybird Feb 2024 #12
Sorry, dear, you're on your own! PJMcK Feb 2024 #13
I finished my heavy work Marthe48 Feb 2024 #15
Sounds like you signed on for the 12 Labors of Hercules Marthe48 Feb 2024 #16
Ha Ha! Not quite PJMcK Feb 2024 #19
Turn that mattress too! GreenWave Feb 2024 #17
I did that in September Marthe48 Feb 2024 #21
If needed, just bite off smaller chunks. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #18
Consider hiring someone to do this for you. I can't and hubby can't. I can't carry loads of laundry down and up two CTyankee Feb 2024 #20
When the time comes Marthe48 Feb 2024 #22
The time came for me really fast! As soon as I could afford help, I went for it. CTyankee Feb 2024 #23
I know housecleaners Marthe48 Feb 2024 #24

niyad

(132,446 posts)
1. No pictures, but just think how satisfying it will feel when you are done,
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:49 PM
Feb 2024

Candles? Incense? Wine?

happybird

(5,393 posts)
10. You can do it! Treasures may await!
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 01:18 PM
Feb 2024

I’ve been gradually cleaning my kitchen from top to bottom and last night moved everything off the counters to scrub them and the backsplash area down. Also moved the fridge to clean underneath and, lo and behold, found RBG!



She’s now in a more secure spot so she doesn’t disappear again, plus I figured she’d appreciate the lace-y surroundings.

Next up: windows, including washing curtains. You can see how gross my windows are even in the tiny bit that shows in the picture– and that one is sheltered by a covered deck. The others are horrendous. Windows aren’t happening today but they are next on the Big Cleaning list.

happybird

(5,393 posts)
12. It was a Christmas gift from my Dad a couple years ago.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 01:52 PM
Feb 2024

Knowing him, I’d guess Amazon.
Or maybe try Books A Million? They have lots of cool figurines.

Edit: Yep, it’s on Amazon. Searched “RBG figurine” and Amazon was the first hit.

While searching saw that Funko makes one, too!
https://funko.com/pop-ruth-bader-ginsburg/44336.html

PJMcK

(25,048 posts)
13. Sorry, dear, you're on your own!
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:06 PM
Feb 2024

My wife decided to invite a few neighbors for dinner tomorrow so I have to clean the whole house! Ugh.

You have my sympathies!

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
15. I finished my heavy work
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:13 PM
Feb 2024

now I can work on a couple of small projects: tighten a shelf, frame a small project.

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
16. Sounds like you signed on for the 12 Labors of Hercules
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:15 PM
Feb 2024

Save some energy for the dinner

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
21. I did that in September
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:51 PM
Feb 2024

After we moved back to this house, after all the other stuff, I decided to move into the smallest bedroom, so at least one room wasn't cluttered. It's been complicated since 2014. I thought if my room looked like a room and not a warehouse, I'd be able to focus better. And it has helped. But the room is very small, and I opted to move our queen size bed in there. When I decided to flip the mattress last fall, I had to drag it off my bed, into the guest room and then wangle it onto the guest bed to get it flipped. I put a mark on one of the corners so I didn't do all that work and get it wrong. After I got it in the right position, I dragged it back into my little room and got it back on the bed. Slept good that night The adventures of single living in our golden years lol

Prairie_Seagull

(4,690 posts)
18. If needed, just bite off smaller chunks.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:39 PM
Feb 2024

In a few days you will be done without the feeling that it's to big of a job for you. My Wife's mothers bedroom had to be emptied and cleaned after she passed and it had stuff everywhere. Took a week but she got it done. It was a huge room with lots of stuff.

Drinking helps, if there are no stairs.

on edit, I have found that sativa helps with tedious tasks.

CTyankee

(68,203 posts)
20. Consider hiring someone to do this for you. I can't and hubby can't. I can't carry loads of laundry down and up two
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:50 PM
Feb 2024

flights of stairs to the basement where the washer and dryer are. We're old and we are in the house a lot. I rarely see a dust bunny.

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
24. I know housecleaners
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 03:21 PM
Feb 2024

And every time I start to vacuum, I fantasize about hiring someone.

Glad you have the help you want and need

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