Homekeeper Challenge #2

It's Week Two of the Homekeeper Challenge 2008. It's really good to hear from Chic Mama again - I'm sorry to hear why you've not been blogging. I enjoyed this week's post although, as I'm not married, it's not really something I can put into practice. Instead I shall continue trying to get my house under some sort of control. I really am at the point of just giving up and getting a cleaner. The trouble is, I think it's in too much of a cluttered mess for a cleaner to be able to do much cleaning. The situation is not helped by the dishwasher still not working so I'm spending time washing dishes when I could be doing something else. I feel totally overwhelmed and just don't know where to begin. Sorry, this isn't a very inspiring post, is it? Here's hoping I'll have something better to report next week.

Dishes

I am proud to report that, despite having no working dishwasher, all the dishes are done. I don't think my hands will ever be the same again. Washing up liquid is horrible stuff. And I don't like wearing rubber gloves.

Making the Effort

I'm a rotten housekeeper. To be honest, I think the only solution is to get a cleaner. But I'm going to have one last try. I've spent an hour tidying up today. The tidying is required before *anyone* attempts cleaning whether that might be me or a cleaner or someone I drag in off the street.

The kitchen is looking not bad. The situation in there isn't helped by the dishwasher being broken and me hating washing dishes. But I've washed a sinkfull and have put other items to soak so I don't need to scrub quite so hard.

Then I went into the living room. It still looks like a storeroom, all full of boxes. But it's been picked up. The hall is OKish and I made a start on the bedroom before the timer pinged and I could stop without feeling guilty. Because I've *tried* and that has to count for something.

I will endeavour to do the same again tomorrow.

Homekeeper Challenge

I love looking at random blogs (it's such a shame that the CWO ring is closed now). Anyway, I think I struck gold when I found The Homekeeper Challenge 2008. What could be better than a group of women taking up the challenge of their role at home? I really feel like I found it at just the right time - my house isn't even pleasant to be in at the moment and tomorrow sees me begin to Do Something About It.

Watch this space!