T2CHK Challenge
I’ve been a member of the Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper’s forum off and on for years. I highly recommend it to ladies who cook, clean, and keep a home. (that’d be most of us!)
I recently joined back up after a long hiatus, and discovered to my delight that Sylvia has orchestrated a Fall Cleaning Challenge that starts today. The premise is that she posts instructions for one room a day for five days, and we all take before and after pics and REALLY REALLY DEEP CLEAN that room. I’m not going to do “everything” because of my feet, but I’ll do as much as I can!
Here are my before pics (warning, it’s pretty trashed!):
both sides of the bed
 
dresser area
inside the bottomless pit (I mean, the closet)
 
Here’s my plan, in abbreviated form (the 90, 30 thing is the amount of time - I’m setting a timer to remind me to take breaks):
90 - 8:00-9:30
1. Take before pics.
2. Hang curtains and bedding outside to air. Put tarp over bed (keep dust off the mattress).
3. Nicknacks (1 box for keep, ten to leave here)
BREAK30 9:30-10
90 10-11:30
4. Closet
BREAK30 11:30-12 LUNCH & START DINNER
90 12-1:30
5. Bedside Tables
(move bed)
6. Under Bed
7. Dust ceiling and shelves, furniture, door frames
BREAK60 1:30-2:30 CALLS (for the fall festival @ church)
90 2:30-4
wash walls? Maybe just spot-clean the worst spots
8. Wash windows
9. Nicknacks replaced
BREAK15 4-4:15
60 4:15-5:15
10. vac and carpet clean
11. rehang curtains and make bed
12. Decorate and candles
