Monday, 27 February 2012

Daily Housewifery Prompts

A while ago I gave daily housewifery prompts on Twitter and lots of you seemed to like them. I wanted to think of a way to work that into the blog without posting a small one liner post everyday. So I've decided to start every Monday with a 9am post featuring small daily cleaning and organising tasks - none of which should last longer than 5 minutes, usually far less.

Okay, okay I know a lot of you are thinking 'what, eh, why?' but these small tasks, over time eradicate the need for spending a whole day deep cleaning your flat before your mother in law comes to stay. Or crying on the bathroom floor because the grout is orange and grim (I lived in Mr Thrifty's student house for a month, I've seen it all.) That's a good thing in my book. Plus the reaction to the tweets seemed really positive.
You don't have to do it but it might make your life easier if you do.

These prompts are for small things that don't fit into a regular cleaning or organising routine. I do certain tasks on certain days of the week and if you're interested I'll share those soon but for the Daily Housewifery Prompts are the small things which many of us forget about over time or never, ever do.

Daily Housewifery Prompts
Week 1

Monday >>> Empty the crumb tray on your toaster

Tuesday >>> Clean the powder/liquid tray in your washing machine.

Wednesday >>> Label all of the plugs in your bedroom to make it easier should you need to pull one out quickly.

Thursday >>> Turn your laptop off and give the keyboard a good clean with an only very slightly damp cloth and cotton buds.

Friday >>> Test your fire alarms.

Saturday >>> Take your doormat outside and give it a good beating against the wall. Leave it outside to air if it's dry out.

Sunday >>> Clean your eyelash curlers with a wet cotton bud.

Are you in?

TTFN,



P.S. I'll be back later with some fantastic thrifted finds.
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23 comments so far:

  1. I'm in! I have the landlady visiting on Saturday so I'm going to need all the help I can get!!

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  2. I love this idea, although I don't think my small tasks would be the same as yours, I don't have a doormat or eyelash curlers and my plugs are colour coded.

    I might make my own little list of jobs that always seem to build up though.

    Great idea!

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  3. I get Sunday's off then, hurrah! Might have to substitute with something doggy cleaning related though :( Great idea though!

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  4. Great idea! Think my list will be slightly different but i'm in!! x x

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  5. Oh my goodness,you've just reminded me,I haven't done any of those for weeks!!

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  6. You sound almost apologetic. Always remember, any help is welcome.
    Haven't got a toaster so I'll substitue something else. Like the plug idea. xx

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  7. I feel the same as bellaboo,ooops
    Massive spring clean today,this house needs more organisation in fact thrifty this house probably needs you

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  8. Great idea! I'm living at home at the moment but still like to do my share of the housework. I actually cleaned the powder/liquid tray of the washing machine last week and it was DISGUSTING!

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  10. I'm in. I don't own eyelash curlers though...maybe I'll buy some....

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  11. I have allocated days for some tasks...this saves me time because I don't do a bit 'here & there'...just once a week, then I know I am done with that for the week:
    Mon - cook meals for 2-3 nights (refrig/freeze until needed)
    Tues - ironing
    Wed - cook meals for 2-3 nights(refrig/freeze until needed)
    Thurs - dust & vaccuum
    Fri - shop for the week
    Sat/Sun - clean bathroom, then have a long bath (in the lovely clean bathroom)

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    1. I do this kind of thing too but there are lots of small bits that don't get doen even with a strict cleaning/organising regime.

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  13. Count me in too. What a good idea x

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  14. Good ideas - it's all stuff you usually forget about as well. :) xx

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  15. I love this idea! You should do it as an email as well!
    Christina

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  17. Excellent idea - my toaster and tray is crumb free and wiped clean!

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  18. fabulous ideas especially the bedroom plugs (doh me)

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  19. fabulous ideas especially the bedroom plugs(doh me),

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  20. Brilliant .. and I am definitely IN! These are a great start, and only this last weekend did I stick labels on all of my plugs ..!

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  21. This has been brill- I've already labelled my plugs and I'm a student living in halls so fire alarms and doormats arent on my list- otherwise this is gonna be really useful!
    Aimee

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  22. I love it! I'm a little behind now, but since I don't have a few of these things, I can probably catch up in a few days.

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