Autumn cleaning?

Too close to home alas!

I wake up each morning full of good intentions.

As my mother used to say - the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I will try harder.

kittylester

Tizliz

I have hurt my back and can’t do any housework - how long do you think I can stretch it out

I was proper poorly last September - is that stretch too far!!

A year is good going, even my laid back OH might be commenting on the dust bunnies

I dislike cleaning but love a clean and tidy house! I just clean as and when things need doing. I don’t plan or make lists, just tackle the jobs as they come. I don’t understand why this should change according to the seasons. I take no interest in these chores and never think or speak about them. So boring.

I am having a clear out ready for the family coming at Christmas. Does that count?

Tizliz

I have hurt my back and can’t do any housework - how long do you think I can stretch it out

I was proper poorly last September - is that stretch too far!!

I loathe cleaning but do 45 mins to an hour each day, so I can keep on top of it, I try to make sure my house is never dusty or dirty.
I love Autumn and my candles change each season, and I love the cosy feeling it gives, especially when the house is clean.

nothing for me, I keep my house clean by doing a bit at a time, all year around. I do cupboards, drawers and wardrobes on an as needed basis and that heps with de-cluttering. Different situations for all of us

I have hurt my back and can’t do any housework - how long do you think I can stretch it out

Cooker shelves today, using the saved up bits of bacofoil. It’s amazing!
Any more tips happily taken.

I do make plans to clean but get put off.
Spiders! Every year at this time, there seem to be cobwebs everywhere, every day. There are two big spiders in the bath as I write.
Ladybirds! I haven't made out where they come from, but they appear in all different combinations of red, white and black in the upstairs bathroom.
I don't like hurting any of them and tip them outside. I expect the spiders eat the ladybirds. Oh well...

I never plan housework, just do the bare minimum when necessary. However, I did shampoo the living room carpet yesterday, but only because the cats keep eating grass and sicking it up when I am not watching.
This is my motto:

That generation had two sets of curains - winter ones and summer ones, so part of the twice yearly cleaning consisted of taking down the curtains, washing them and putting them away, cleaning paintwork and window-panes then hanging up the correct curtains for the time of year.

Oh yes, my mother did that too.

Mostly fairly tidy here but I do love a day when OH is out, the sun is shining and I can clean right through the house.

I do a paint work clean Spring and Autumn with an extra wipe if either my Mum or a very particular friend is going to be visiting!

My Danish grandmother's g eneration were brought up to house-clean thoroughly both in the spring and in the autumn, when you stopped needing heating on, and before you started.

That generation had two sets of curains - winter ones and summer ones, so part of the twice yearly cleaning consisted of taking down the curtains, washing them and putting them away, cleaning paintwork and window-panes then hanging up the correct curtains for the time of year.

Summer clothes were washed and put away in the autumn, winter ones in the spring.

I clean my kitchen cupboards in October, clean the rest of the house well before Christmas again before Easter and change summer and winter clothes around at the appropriate season.

All year round I clean rooms on a two week system, wash and iron clothes weekly and tidy up as we go along.

Paintwork and windows still go by the old spring and autumn routine.

HousePlantQueen

I cleaned out the cupboard under the kitchen sink this morning. Little jobs, one at a time as I am not a fan of cleaning. Clothes are next, due to weight loss the charity shop are getting a load of stuff

Little jobs, one at a time as I am not a fan of cleaning

Yes, that's the way!
I did do fridges and freezers this morning.
There were frozen leftover portions of cooked meals in the freezer and, if they've been there a while, I know we're not going to eat them.
Bottles of chilli/ various sauces - keep refrigerated for up to 4 weeks after opening (not four months).

Kitchen cupboards next. Some time soon.

I cleaned out the cupboard under the kitchen sink this morning. Little jobs, one at a time as I am not a fan of cleaning. Clothes are next, due to weight loss the charity shop are getting a load of stuff

I have a rota for cleaning all year round so the only time anything extra gets done is New Year, when everything has to be spick and span before the year begins 😄

Having said that I am just trying out cleaning the window surrounds with a peppermint soap to see if the mint smell really deters spiders - I like to have the windows open but don't like the spiders wandering in.

Cleaning? Autumn? Why? I'll wait until after the Christmas invasion, as that makes more sense.

Spray cobwebs silver and use as Christmas decorations

kittylester 😂😂😂
Brilliant!!

No matter how often I clean the conservatory, the spiders mess it up again!

Late Autumn was always the time for a clear out and clean of the kitchen cupboards and it really needs to be done this year.
I plan to do the fridge(s) in a moment, the freezers at some point in the next week or two as there are some UFOs in them from when DD was home.

The whole house has been a bit neglected and I have great plans for a thorough Autumn sort out and clean.
I rather like planning 😁

DH and I are currently having a sort out of 'stuff' so there's no way I can do some Autumn cleaning even if I wanted to - but fortunately I don't as life is too short!

I have started a serious clean of each room since having my cataracts done. Now I can see the accumulated dust and cobwebs I can’t ignore them any more.

I’ve just cleaned the windows and sills inside, moved cupboards, shoe hamper and beds that I only bother moving out now and then to hoover behind (found a few lurking spiders YUK!!).