tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post3150790645593489964..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Let's Spring Clean the Kitchen and Hallway!Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-3433491699417720342015-10-06T22:37:35.004+11:002015-10-06T22:37:35.004+11:00e, I have been obsessively watering everything in ...e, I have been obsessively watering everything in pots several times a day. Those winds are killing me!<br /><br />Loretta, you have been crazy busy! That kind of dedication to child labour is sure to pay off:)<br /><br />Chris, yes, no rats eating my goodies! And bush fires, ooh that's close to home for you. I have been listening to local ABC radio (while cleaning, of course) to keep tabs on Tassie bushfires too:( It's too early, what will February be like?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196528348800205276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-24612413683616560412015-10-06T21:08:23.278+11:002015-10-06T21:08:23.278+11:00Hi Jo,
A lovely tale, although it sounds as if th...Hi Jo,<br /><br />A lovely tale, although it sounds as if the spring cleaning bug has caught hold of your soul! That sounds like an old Grimm brothers Fairy tale doesn't it? Watch out for those kitchen sprites.<br /><br />Don't stress out about the toaster as not much that is harmful can survive a roasting! Speaking of which it has been feral hot here the past few days and the cool change finally came through a couple of hours ago.<br /><br />There is however one big fire going on just over on the other side of the mountain range: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/live-blog-lancefield-bushfire-emergency-warning-issued-victoria/6831924" rel="nofollow">Live blog: House lost in Lancefield-Cobaw fire in central Victoria</a><br /><br />The kitchen is looking awesome too! I've often thought that cupboard fronts are historically there to stop the rodents from getting into the goodies stored inside as shelves wouldn't really stop much?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />ChrisFernglade Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950962122594709186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-56982937694502408282015-10-05T13:46:47.639+11:002015-10-05T13:46:47.639+11:00Inspiring as usual. Have been reading all your pos...Inspiring as usual. Have been reading all your posts but have not touched the laptop all school holidays so unable to make any comments:-) Simply cannot type fast enough on the ipad or phone (which is probably a good thing as it forces me to have a proper sit-down computer session, like the good old days!) <br /><br />I have been avoiding the housework in favour of mad-woman gardening. The children could not wait to go back to school today as they have been my unwilling slaves (trading gardening time for technology time which is highly effective). We have cleared a big part of the backyard which was waist-high in weeds and planted a 2nd mini-orchard where I envisage I will be lounging in a deck chair with a book in the - eventual - shade of the trees, with some more chooks pecking away peacefully around me. Our current chooks are too fat and mean to be let loose there:-)<br /><br />Unfortunately I have Bookgroup at my house tonight, so will have to make an attempt on the kids/guest bathroom *shudder* but it is currently 30C here and just the thought of it makes me feel faint. Normally I'd bake something but refuse to turn the oven on, so it will be sparkling wine, dill and goats' cheese in bought tartlet cases and a bowl of blueberries as I am Making Do with what we have. Hopefully someone will bring chocolate;-)<br />Loretta xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-7102624977379833702015-10-05T11:25:24.156+11:002015-10-05T11:25:24.156+11:00what a timely post! I did some big house work chor...what a timely post! I did some big house work chores over the weekend (wash the windows outside, clean the sliding tracks of the windows inside). INSIDE will be next weekend, or progressively after work this week. <br />was going to do waaaaay more spring cleaning, but it was so oppressively hot down here that my energy was sapped and a greater priority was checking my garden wasn't blown away in the hot northerly winds... but i'm so thrilled with the windows. gold star to me.<br />and to you!e / dig in hobarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03448702578845994922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-44862854469754980942015-10-04T13:23:53.903+11:002015-10-04T13:23:53.903+11:00Tanya, I feel faint every time I think of what you...Tanya, I feel faint every time I think of what you are achieving at your little abode xxJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-69994543236153570132015-10-04T00:11:40.501+10:002015-10-04T00:11:40.501+10:00I always love your cleaning posts and they offer f...I always love your cleaning posts and they offer fresh inspiration and enthusiasm. I can't help but think you would love the challenge around my little abode....lolTanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-64261701173780288082015-10-03T14:50:38.077+10:002015-10-03T14:50:38.077+10:00Lucinda, there is a sicky-headachy virus going aro...Lucinda, there is a sicky-headachy virus going around that I have been steadfastly avoiding for weeks. I HAVE NOT succumbed, mind you, just a few little pre-emptive lie-downs..<br /><br />Linda, fall-cleaning is also traditional, from the evidence of the Anne of Green Gables books.<br /><br />Fran, yes, I am quite mad. Spring madness! Once the house is quite, quite clean I will no doubt calm down and then go and be manic about something else. And yes, I lived in the country once, in a house full of native mice and bats. No spring cleaning there.. in fact, it was an owner-built wooden house, and that, also the mud brick house we lived in a year later, were the easiest houses to clean, because wood and mud brick don't show the dirt. Living in a white painted house with schmick white kitchen cabinets is a terrible pain.. <br /><br />Fran, believe me, if I had some spare cash I would absolutely spread it around employing local labour. Actually, I am plotting to pay Rosy to clean the bathroom for me next week.<br /><br />Toaster still dirty. Nobody cares. You are so right.<br /><br />Open shelves. Yes. Ask me how I know..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-64790685714472195222015-10-03T10:40:19.454+10:002015-10-03T10:40:19.454+10:00!. I think you need to hire Betty.
2. You can nev...!. I think you need to hire Betty.<br /><br />2. You can never let yourself think that no one cares about a clean toaster other than you, no matter how true it is. Once you have that thought, the game is over. The dirt wins.<br /><br />3. I love the look of open shelving, but had never thought about the fact that it would get much dirtier than shelves inside of cabinets. Thank you for saving me from myself.<br /><br />xofrancesLeft-Handed Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-47125453326187663502015-10-03T06:05:54.472+10:002015-10-03T06:05:54.472+10:00Sometimes the manic cleaner in our heads just has ...Sometimes the manic cleaner in our heads just has to take a back seat. There is virtue in stopping and smelling the roses and thank GOODNESS you just did. I was getting afraid for your sanity there. I doubt that I could clean my house for two weeks. I get the feeling that if I tried to, I would turn into the (suitably feminist) version of Mr Hitler and Stevie-boy and the dogs would have to move out and into the nearest shed till I was able to tame my inner beast. I also think I would be more than just peripherally aware (my current and chosen state of being) of just how much time and energy I would have to regularly donate to said cleaning task and how uptight and crazy I would become. Brunhilda likes to sprinkle her magic dust (ash) around on a constant basis. You can walk around the kitchen and see her love for us dancing in the sunbeams. When Brunhilda gets her long summer period of hibernation (just started yesterday and I miss her already...) the warmer and drier weather brings in the outdoors in a multitude of guises. A person hell bent on keeping their house spotless out here would need regular infusions of some kind of anesthetic for the term of their natural lives. I hope Benson's good dog vibes have now paid for his earlier indiscretions with the raw bread dough and anything that he has eaten of yours, up until now. Spring is well an truly here and nature knows it. Here's to lots of little birds moving to your house (put in a bird bath, they will come!) and eating ALL of those damned flies. There are more ways to metaphorically skin a cat...narf7http://theroadtoserendipity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-37287499776170927922015-10-03T04:30:03.667+10:002015-10-03T04:30:03.667+10:00I do enjoy your posts, they have made me want to s...I do enjoy your posts, they have made me want to spring clean although it's Autumn here! I know what you mean about dead insects in the light fittings. Horrid. Glad you listened to your body and read,slept and enjoyed being outside in th garden. Lovely to hear how good your girls are at cooking and creating meals for you to enjoy after all your hard work.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05139897702169696195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-49975088573655806242015-10-02T23:00:03.421+10:002015-10-02T23:00:03.421+10:00I hope you didn't feel faint and the need for ...I hope you didn't feel faint and the need for a hot water bottle and a good lie down, for anything serious? But that you just realised you are a tad mad in cleaning manically after a term at work. <br /><br />And if it is the latter, I like how I guessed the reading in the sun. And gardening. <br /><br />I cannot figure why it is interesting to read about someone else's domestic chores and daily life, but it is. <br /><br />I like how you are real. And no perfect domestic goddess. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com