Autumn Cleaning?

*Slinks in quietly* Eek, I have been rather lax with the blog lately. It's been a combination of either being horrifically busy with trying to finally sort out the house. We moved here two and a half years ago and are trying to achieve a state of "everything has a place and everything in its place" (or whatever it is). However, while I have planned out each stage and each major area in the house to sort, I've fallen behind thanks to various lurgs.

I'm not going to go into detail because that's just nasty. But suffice to say I've possessed less than the concentration and energy required to clear, clean and rid ourselves of clutter and mess. Before I/we succumbed, however, I have managed the kitchen, the laundry room and the bathroom. Not sound like much? Maybe not. However, there are lots of cupboards in the kitchen and the laundry room has more cupboards, some overhead shelves and the dreaded Understairs Cupboard of Doom. I have so far got rid of probably two whole bin bags of rubbish, one huge bin bag full of packing materials (on Freecycle), several bags of stuff to the charity shop, a bag full of soapmaking stuff on Freecycle, several more bags of stuff into the compost...oh and a bag of shoes and boots to sell/charity shop. So a lot of stuff out of the door just in those three rooms! Plus I've liberated a lot of stuff to use (I now know it's there, where it is etc).

There is lots more to do, but I'm pacing myself. We're still not well, it's the school hols so my daughter doesn't have pre-school...but I'm determined to get it done by..well I was hoping for the end of August. Fingers crossed.

If I didn't know better, I'd say I was nesting. But maybe it's just Autumn cleaning? Oh yes, it's not JUST de-cluttering I've been doing. I've been cleaning and scrubbing every surface too. It feels good.

Anyone else feeling the urge to purge (and clean)?