Goals for Jan were tackling the Living Room and the ironing pile.
Living Room - Not finished by a long way but I have tidied and sorted out and decluttered quite a bit of one corner which looks much more pleasant now. Am also trying a '10 steps to quick cleaning your home' routine which seems to be working better than the routine I'd been using before, one where you put all the loose floor and surface clutter in a laundry basket as you go through each room then put away the items as you reach the item's appropriate room. The basket obviously is getting pretty full each time but I can see that as you do the routine everyday that there will be less to pick up and put away. Hopefully!
(and with kids, perhaps wishful thinking!)
Laundry and Ironing pile - Plugging away at this one steadily, was interesting reading the 'Laundry Basket' thread and recognising that I don't 'close the loop' (Thanks, Ruth E, for that concept!), that is, I do the washing and ironing but don't put the ironing away promptly, probably because we need to start decluttering some clothes to make some space. So, I've been using that useful laundry basket again and making a concerted effort to put the clothes away. Hoping to keep these habits up for next month.
