If there's anyone out there actually following this countdown journey with me, I apologize for my erratic postings. There are things going on that are just beyond my control, and I'm working around them as best I can.
I am having to cut back on my ambitions for my Plan, but the end result - a clean and organized (mostly) house - is still the goal. The worst room was the guest room, and I';m very pleased with what I accomlished in there.
I have exactly 5 weeks until Thanksgiving. So, my semi-revised plan is to finish cleaning rooms by the weekend before, do a really good all over clean, and then pre. As of now I might have anywhere from 15 to 22 here .. and as long as I can figure out where to seat them, the more the merrier! (note: I will have my daughter in law, my stepson's girlfriend, and her mother all here to do the bulk of the cooking!)
I haven't been able to clean the porch as I hoped; but ALL of the cardboard that was piled up is gone, and the few "fragile" plants have been brought in. That might be as good as it gets for outside. I only have 4 areas I need to tackle, and 2 can be combined (and need very little unless I can find somewhere I'm comfortable with to donate more books). So I hope I'll get at least some of the outside decorating done before the weather is too cold. I'm sure it will have to be cut back this year, since I have much less help.
The last week before Thanksgiving I will start packing up bric-a0brac and photos so I'll have surfaces ready to decorate. I'm leaving fall decorations up until Thanksgiving, but one more week and then Halloween gets packed away.
One thing I seem to have trouble with is focus. I started out well; but I keep jumping from one room to another. Right now I'm obsessed with changes I want to make in the den. I have done part of what I wanted (because I had to move a big recliner so it wouldn't be absorbing the bulk of the heat from the wall heater as well as blocking heat from the rest of the room!). I have a plan in mind for the rest; and I may just go ahead and start working on that today. No one will be here today or tomorrow so if that room is all in disarray it won't matter .. and if I get "stuck", the kids will be here Sunday and have no choice but help! LOL!
This has been a very bad week on several levels. I'm going to try to get enough accomplished in the next few days to feel better about the few areas I can control!
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