Weekly Stuff

Sorry I missed a day getting these up.  Yesterday I spent trying to get the whole house cleaned. I did my mopping and bathrooms and everything. Anyway here are the challenges for the week:

5 minutes

1. Scrub bathtub or shower stall
2. Dust shelves/picture frames
3. Laundry room/area
4. Under couches
5. Fridge

Weekly Challenge:
Craft Room/Stuff (This is the room I still haven't unpacked, so time to get to it)

Bonus
Get done one craft/project that's been sitting on your to-do list for a while.

Weekly Challenge = Computer Desk and To Be Filled Papers

I figure it is tax return time and I really need to get my taxes filed, but my stack of papers to go through is mounting pretty high and I know I have some important tax documents hiding in there. My to be filed stack sits on my computer so I figured I would throw the computer desk part in for good measure. Not sure how we are doing this but Kim posted weekly challenge and 5 minute challenges last week, so I will post them both this week.

5 Minute Challenges:

TV/Computer Screens

5 Minutes of wall washing

Vacuum under couch cushions

Top of Washer and Dryer

Front Door

5 Minute and Weekly Challenge

Here is our weekly challenge: Pick and closet and clean it.

5 minute Challenges:

*Lightswitches and Doorknobs
*Wash Windows in as many rooms as you can in 5 minutes
*Top of Fridge
*Deep clean kitchen sink
*Dust

You can record your points on this post.

Weekly Total 10/24-10/31

I am so proud to show you my weekly challenge pics this week! It took Barlow and I working together to get it done, but it's DONE. And I am praying I can keep it looking this way, since my mom will be sleeping here in a little over a month. Drumroll, please...

Notice that along the way we acquired another monitor. Oh, the joys of living with a geek.

You might also notice that when I took the picture as we started the cleaning, the sun is shining through the window. When we finally finished, it was almost 11pm.

Point Totals:

vacuum- 3

sweep- 10

bed- 4

dishes- 3

scriptures- 2

= 22

weekly- 30

goals- 5

laundry- 5

mop- 5

bathroom- 5

5 min- 3

= 53

Total= 75

This week my weekly challenge will be cleaning the carpets. I got a new cleaner system and I'm really excited to try it out!!

End of cycle/ weekly cleaning/WILLN (Charlotte)

I don't even want to talk about last week.  It was NOT pretty. I did get a lot done, it just wasn't in the housekeeping area of my life.  But Halloween is over and I am ready to start the new cycle!!

Everyone get your totals in for the last cycle (unless you are too embarrassed like I am) and I will announce the winner. I'll even try to get together something to send out as a prize.


Anyway, this week I am already started on my lists.  I have finished the kitchen, mopped the floors, started the laundry and after writing this I'm off to scrub the bathrooms.

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My daily goals will be the regular 5. My 5 minute cleans will be

1. pack 2 boxes 
2. pack 2 boxes
3. pack 2 boxes
4. pack 2 boxes
5. pack 2 boxes

I figure 5 minutes a day until we move should be good.  Right? I hope so!

My weekly clean, I think, will be my playroom. It is, once again, a mess.

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As far a WILLN, let's do the top of the washing machine/dryer.  Mine is always cluttered, even though it seems so easy to clean it off.  Anyone have tips that work for them to keep it clean? Go take a picture of your washing machine/dryer RIGHT NOW before you forget!

I'll wait.

Okay, don't forget to write your weekly goals.  I'm already thinking Christmas...

Charlotte

Andrea's Week 10/4-10/10

Not a stellar week, but at least I was able to get a big challenge done. The laundry room has been on my to-do list for... months. Look at this! This is where I CLEAN my clothes. Disgusting.

You might not be able to tell a huge difference from the picture, but this place was GROSS. To get it in tip top shape, I cleaned the w/d, washed Nephi's disgusting pillow, swiffered and swept (it took 2 Swiffers), mopped, vacuumed spiderwebs out of the corners, washed the muddy paw prints from the door, and washed the shelf. I can finally walk in there without my skin crawling.
Here's my point total:

Vacuum- 2

Sweep- 10

Bed- 10

Dishes- 4

Scriptures- 0

= 26/60

Goals- 5

Mop- 5

Bathrooms- 0

Weekly- 30

5 min- 0

Laundry- 5

WILLN- 0

=45/60

TOTAL= 71/120

My daily cleans this week will be the norm. My 5 minutes will be:

1. Clean kitchen sink

2. Microwave (a yam exploded in there yesterday.)

3. Dust inside entertainment center

4. Wash bedding

5. Sewing drawer

Weekly Challenge: Kids' Room

Last week wrapup &this weeks goals- Charlotte

I almost don't want to post about my score last week.  I did great, until Thursday and then the week (housekeeping wise) spiraled out of control!

Here is how I did:

Bed -10
Dishes- 4
Sweep- 3
Scriptures- 3
Vacuum- 3
5 minutes-  2

(25/60)


Goals for week- 5
Mop- 5
Bathrooms- 5
Laundry-0
Weekly challenge- 0 (I emptied the garbage from the car, but that is all)
 WILLK?- 10 (see picture below)

(25/60)

Total- 50/120

I did clean this out.
I disinfected the sink,
scrubbed the backsplash and window sill,
washed the windows
and rinsed the screen.

This week Peter is home and working odd shifts so I am cutting out making bed.  My daily goals are:

1. Dishes
2. Sweep
3. Scriptures
4. Family Room
5. Front Room

My 5 minutes are (including the 3 I missed last week):

1. Broom closet
2. Appliance closet
3. Under coaches
4. Pantry
5. Planter Box

 My weekly goal is the same as last week: Suburban

Brenda's Week

It was a rough one for me, but I did ok

Make Bed: 10

Scriptures: 10

Dishes: 3

Sweep: 3

Vacuum: 3

5 Minute Challenges: 10

Weekly Challenge: 20

What it Looks Like: 0 (I actually cleaned my craft room, but forgot to take pictures or post about it)

Laundry: 5

Mop: 5

Bathrooms: 5

Goals: 0

Total: 74

(are we adding up our totals?? When did the cycle start??)

For this week my challenge will be my food storage closet and my 5 minutes will be 1. screens, back window, oven top, to be filled stack, and Blakes clothes.

I'm back!

Ok, I think I'm ready to give this new system a try. I've managed to keep on top of my daily cleaning, but pretty much nothing past that, and I'm definitely noticing. Here's my plan for this week:

Weekly Challenge: Laundry room

Daily Cleans: I will probably always keep the same dailies- sweep, vacuum, bed, dishes

5 Minutes: Microwave, snack cupboard, vanity table, computer desk, dust inside entertainment center

Wish me luck!

points last week and goals this week: Charlotte

Last week was going great!  Until Friday.  Then things sort of fell apart.  But I am back on track again.

My score last week was:

Dishes 10 (with a Saturday makeup)
Bed10
5 minute Challenges 10
Scriptures 4
Sweep 4
Vacuum 4

Goals 5
Mop 5
Bathrooms 0
Laundry 0

Weekly challenge (I didn't get all 3 done, but I did spend at least 4 hours working on it, probably more like 5): 20
What it looks like now: 20

Total: 92/120

This week my daily challenges will be the regular 5.  5 minutes will be: broom closet, small appliances closet, wash sheets, under couches, & Kitchen sink area.  I think my weekly challenge will be my car.  It is (once again) nasty.

What it looks like now- Charlotte

I was a little reluctant to show you the pictures of my craft room. I didn't want to overwhelm you with my organizational and cleaning skills. It was in such perfect order, after all. But then I thought there might be some part of the room I could organize a teensy bit more, so I might as well try. It took me a while, but I finally found a place in my craft room to clean. Here is the before:
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I know, I'm just a clean freak, right? Actually this was my weekly challenge. Mostly because I had to beg my friends to not go upstairs when they were over the other day and I knew something had to change. After a couple hours my room looked more like this:



I really do have a system that works to keep things organized and I was surprised how quickly I was able to clean things up. The playroom, on the other hand, I've already spent 2 hours on and still has about that much before it is done. Luckily (for my pride) I forgot to take before pictures.

This week- Charlotte

Hmm.  I think I'm going big this week. Even if Peter is out of town again.  My weekly challenge will be the big 3 nasty rooms in my upstairs: craft room, playroom, and bedroom.  I had company over last week and had to warn them to please not go upstairs.  PLEASE.  Time to fix that.

5 minutes goals will be the 2 I missed last week (washing machine/dryer & fireplace) and hallway, towels, rest of cupboard.

My daily goals will the the standard: bed, dishes, sweep, vacuum, & scriptures.

Happy cleaning!

Brenda's Week

I did ok last week, especially considering the fact that I had 5 sick kids and got sick myself. Here is how I broke it down.

What it looks like: 20

Weekly Challenge: 0 (I never did pick anything)

Five Minute: 1 Vacuum under couches

Daily Cleans: Dishes 10 (missed once, made it up on Sat.)

Sweep: 4

Vacuum: 3

Make Bed 3

Read Scriptures: 10

Goals: 5

Laundry: 5

Mop: 0

Bathrooms: 5

Tips: 5

Total: 71

For this week here are my goals:

Weekly Challenge: Deep clean master bathroom

5 Minute Challenges: Bathroom drawers (I am counting each drawer as 5 minutes and I have 12 bathroom drawers total in my house so that is a lot of bonus points if I get them all done.....they will each take more than 5 minutes by the way)

I am on a bathroom kick this week (having 3 so called "potty trained" boys will do that to you)

Brenda's Bookshelf

This was a tough one. The bookshelf in my bedroom becomes a catch all for things that I don't really know what to do with, along with being the spot for my jewelry box, cell phone charging station, change bowls and books. I was so glad I got it cleaned though. The before picture I took was what it looked like after I cleaned my room, and after looking at it next to the after picture I realized that I have not been cleaning my room very well. I expect my kids to do a better job in their rooms than I have been doing in mine. Guess I should take a closer look at my own bad habits.

I was just wondering if at the end of the cycle if we should update our 4 "what it looks like now" spots to see if we were able to keep them up through the whole cycle. What do you think?

New scoring system

If you noticed, I changed some things up here.  I am still working on the design, but I thought we could respark some excitement by changing the scoring up a bit.

One of the things that most people felt held them back was the lack of adaptation in the choosing of challenges.  So I've tried to add adaptation into the scoring.

Instead of other people choosing the challenges, we've made it so you pick your own weekly challenge, your own 5 minute cleans, and 2 of your 5 daily cleans.  See the lovely tabs on the top of the blog for more information.  Please add any 5 minute challenges or daily cleans you can think of to the list.

The weekly challenge will now be worth 20 points, the daily, weekly, and 5 minutes are the same.  Although we've added a new way to get bonus points.  After completing your original 5 5 minute cleans, you can do up to 5 more for 1 point each.

We are also adding a new feature.  Every week, instead if posting a weekly challenge, we will take turns posting an area of the house for "What it looks like right now."  You have to post a picture of what that area looks like without any clean up (10 points) and then another picture at the end of the week with a follow up post (10 more points).

Tips are no longer going to be assigned.  Instead it can be used for 5 bonus points ONCE during the 4 week cycle.  You can post more tips whenever you think of them.

So at the beginning of the week post:

• Your goals for the week (still 3 points for posting and 2 points for completing)
• Your chosen weekly challenge
• Your 5 minute cleans
• Your daily cleans
• A picture for "What it looks like right now"

Then at the end of the week:

• Follow up for "What it looks like"
• Score for the week
• Follow up on goals for the week

Make sense?  If not call me!

Weekly Challenge- 8/30

This is for Brenda :-)

Clean out you fridge and freezer!

Whoever finds the grossest thing hiding in the back of their fridge wins. And loses.

Closets Before/After

Here's what my closets looked like. As an explanation, Barlow and I had the fantastic idea to have a garage sale sometime this summer. So, I started collecting things I would normally dump at Goodwill for the awesome garage sale that was for sure happening. The garage sale did not happen. The rest of the mess I can only chalk up to laziness.

Weekly Challenge - Closets

I know I am a total broken record when it comes to challenges, but oh well. The weekly challenge this week is closets. Any closet you choose. I'm hoping to tackle 3 (bedroom, linen, and hall) but I'll be happy to get at least one done. Good luck.

Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge is all things shiny. That is clean all shiny things aka mirrors, tv screens, computer screens, front of stove, dishwasher, fridge and so on and so one. Happy seeing yourself in everything around the house.

Weekly Challenge- kids' clothes

Sweet!

I am posting a weekly challenge I started Monday and will be working on all week long.  Going through kids clothes.  Time to get ready for fall and the new school year.  Happy sorting!

Don't have any kids clothes (Mom....), it's always a good time to weed out your own closet.