Week Two already! Week One just seemed to fly by, but we got everything done and see from your comments and
our flickr group that most of you did too. So let's take a moment to pause and congratulate ourselves for getting off to a good start.
This week we start to get into some of the hard stuff, but hopefully Week One has you energized enough to tackle it. Remember to not let yourself get overwhelmed - "one thing at a time" is our mantra, if you're feeling like it's too much, just pick one thing off the assignment list and tackle it. We often find that one thing is easier than we thought, which then gives us energy to do a second task, etc.
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and to see how some of your fellow curers are doing
The assignments for this week may look daunting, especially for the whole-house deep treatment cure. That list is long, right? It's really not that bad though; just break it down step by step and accomplish one thing at a time. We know that our biggest challenge is going to be cleaning our kitchen from top to bottom. While we keep the surfaces clean on a daily basis, our cabinets are in desperate need of some cleaning and reorganization.
Week Two Assignment (Deep Treatment):
- Fix one thing in your apartment yourself
- Clean your kitchen from top to bottom and throw away old food
- Buy a water filter and use it
- Run your hands over every wall in your apartment
- Clear space for an outbox
- Clear one surface and use the outbox
- Determine your style
- Find a new recipe and cook one meal at home
- Choose the date for your housewarming
Week Two Assignment (One Room Remedy):
- Decide on the activities you want in your room and where they will go
- Buy, borrow, or make a floor plan tool
- Map out the room that bothers you most and work out your solution
- Name your vision
- Build a shopping list
We started our outbox last week, and actually put not one thing, but a whole box of stuff out on the curb this weekend. We generally find that once we commit to getting rid of one thing it's easier to get rid of more - clutter-free is a great way to live.
What are you particularly proud of accomplishing last week? Any particular challenges popping up this coming week?
I am clearing out all the decorating items I put aside to use 'one day'. Sold some already on Craigslist and the rest are getting donated to a auxilary thrift store. Too wet in the Midwest to put out on the curb. Maybe next week.
Also purging the linen closet, the pantry (yep, a month or so behind) and bathroom.
Craving, absolutely craving spring.
Picking out paint, collecting pictures of furniture I like and somehow saving to buy it!
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Yay! I'm on AT!!!
"throw away old food"... (shudder)
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I am excited! Our home has little in the way of original light fixtures. A possible original fixture remained in our half bath. i was able to clean up the chrome on it and then bring in a matching companion while 'shopping in our house.' We shopped where we will be demo-ing. Total cost: $6.50 plus labor. Sweet!
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I completely cleaned out my storage closet and, in the process, discovered a wall covered in mold. Apparently there's a water leak. But, hey, penicillin is made from mold, right? And penicillin is a CURE, right? So . . . you know . . . it's all good. Notified my landlord. Problem is being taken care of.
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Cleaned out my kitchen cabinet drawers and cleaned off the top of the frig, cut daffodils from my garden, cleaned out frig, started on upholstery project (I'm upholstering built-in drawers - washed fabric, tested sample drawer).
Put ~50 accumulated jelly jars in basement to reuse for summer canning.
Hey, does anyone know where to get a new inexpensive faucet set? The handles of my cheapo-Depot period bathroom sink faucet have snapped off! Do I have to replace the whole thing?
Thanks.
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I posted some books for sale on Amazon, photo organizing is next on the list.
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K. I washed dishes all day on Saturday.. I mean ALL DAY. I got about a 5th of them done... Does that tell you something about my Kitchen. yikes. It's okay tho'... it's okay. keep going. baby steps.
I've been keeping a e-journal of all my cure work for the last 2 years. (Not that my house reflects 2 years of curing. xp ) But!, I don't have a blog or anything. I just realized I could cut & paste some of my entries into the comments & flickr discussions, so I could, you know, get feed back and encouragement. der!
I have a bad habit of 'doing it by myself'. Perhaps that's why my progress has been so slow...
My brain knows that making changes is always easier and more successful in a group, but my actions usually take forever to reflect that. Definitely an OLD habit that lingers.
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Good going, everyone!
I'm trying to get to things in the kitchen that I didn't get to last fall. Until we attain a kitchen hood, I will be doing more than a bit of open shelf cleansing. This is certainly a downside to having open shelves in the kitchen if you do a lot of cooking. I'm also feeling super geeky because I ordered a special fridge coil brush for thee fridge. The last issue of Readymade suggested that one should clean their fridge coils every month. I say no, no, no. That is a crazymaking activity. Our fridge will have to settle with twice a year. But at least it will be accompished with a fine, new purposeful fridge coil brush.
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wow.
Okay.
THIS weekend I cleaned out my sink, defrosted my fridge.. took apart the bottom (have to finish vacuuming coils and such), scrubbed, scrubbed, scrubbed.
Let's see: I removed the stuff around the windows (have to scrub window before I put up the pot rack), and organized all the cleaning products into bins under the sink. Whew!
Did a few other puttery-pokey things like organized pencils in my office cabinet, sanitized the cat box, and did all the recycling, BUT, my main thing is the one room Deep Treatment on the kitchen.
SO, those are accomplishments. Eventually, it might actually be safe to cook and eat in.
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