Re-Boot

So. I spent yesterday evening and this morning looking at the house and garden. Jeez it's a LONG list!

Here goes.......
Front Garden:

• Prune back shrub
• Weed
• Dig out big "grassy" thing
• Try to exterminate the Budlea (AGAIN!!)
• Relay weed barrier and put new mulch down
• Maybe plant some bedding plants or bulbs

Front of House

• Sand and repaint window frames
• Sand and repaint the door
• repaint the garage door and the gas/electric cupboard doors
• Get someone in to look at the misted window panes

Front Door/Lobby

• Empty out the rubbish
• Sort all the coats/hats/gloves/scarves etc
• Clear out all the shoes and wellie boots and keep just the current size!
• Reclaim and reorganise the shelves for the Guiding stuff I use every week
• Find somewhere for DH to stash his many....MANY....Train photos.....and his (important I'll grant you!) Tour Notes.

Living Room

• Clear out the rubbish for starters (we're drowning in paper!)
• Get rid of old computer
• Decide what to do with the rack of Videos......now we have lots of DVDs instead!
• Repaint eventually (not a priority.....have to find the room first!)
• Sort out/empty/get rid of/reorganise the 11 boxes and at least 12bags of "stuff" that has accumulated

Kitchen Diner

• Dust down the cobwebs
• Reorganise the cupboards - get RID of all the extra plates, cups and tupperwear!
• Save up for a new fridge and microwave
• Clear off the counter for display and packed lunch item storage
• Redo the Command centre (that I can't get to at the moment for all the junk!)
• Get rid of the dozen bags of "Stuff" that have accumulated there.

Sheesh!

I'm exhausted!
That's just DOWNSTAIRS!!!!
Upstairs is my room and the wardrobe I haven't been in in the last 5 years!
Upstairs is the kids "dungeon"......ULP!!!!

And then there is the back garden.....and the play house.........
......AND.......

..........................The............GARAGE!!!!! (Cue scary music!)

So.
There.

I've told you the first part.

So now I HAVE to do it........don't I?!

Promises, Promises!

I know, I know!
I know I said I was going to get a wriggle on.

But.....

Well......

You see........

Oh who am I kidding! It all boils down to just not being bothered! A lack of motivation. A dislike of putting the effort in.

.....Or maybe, just maybe.....I just DON'T KNOW WHERE to start!

If I sit on the computer, I can't see the mess behind me.

If I go to bed and read I can "forget" the junk piled everywhere.

I'm fed up of it, and I *HAVE* to change.

I just......

......don't know.......

....................how.............


Sigh.


Time to take a bite out of the Elephant.

I have people coming over in a few weeks.

New colleagues........for a planning meeting.......they could be here a while.

They will walk through the jungle to the front door. GULP.
They will squeeze through the junked up untidy lobby. GULP.
They will walk through my scruffy - full of junk - living room. OUCH
They will sit in my cobwebby kitchen. ....Which honestly I though was getting better as I had really been making an effort in there......until I put the light on last night! Oooopppps!
And if the weather holds - they will sit out in my untidy, junky, full of weeds and not a flower in sight back garden. SIGH.
NOT a good start to a new working relationship.


I *KNOW* I've said it like a gazillion times before.........but I *HAVE* to change.

Anyone want to take bets on how far I actually get?