Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's
video, I'm going to be giving you some extreme
motivation and showing you how I get stuff
done around the house. The main thing that
I find really helps me be productive is to
write a to do list. So today I'm going to
take you through my to do list of things that
I want to get done around the house and clean.
And then there's also a few things on that
list that I want to do for myself which I
think is so important, especially at this
current time when we are all in quarantine,
it's really important that you practice self
care. So let me show you the list and then
I'm going to hopefully tick everything off
of it.
So this is my to do list in my planner. There's
some room for checklists at the back. So I
really need to clean the windows and doors.
We do this quite often, but because we use
them so much, it's these doors here, there
are loads of little fingerprints and things.
So that's the first job I wanted to do. Also
want to clear out the junk drawers, the skirting
boards need a wipe, Fraser's toys, Caleb's
bookshelf, the Tupperware, stair basket's
quite full, my desk is a bit messy, coats,
mirrors, and glass upstairs, Jackson's clothes.
I think they're not so bad, but I wanted to
have a little look. Also a fridge drawer that
needs to be cleaned out, the bathroom cupboard
in my en suite.
I've also got ingredients for a cake. I don't
know if I'll have time for it today, but I'd
really love to make a cake. I also want to
go for a little run. My nails, you may have
noticed they are so bad, but I want to do
them. I also want to shower on my to do list
and also wiped down at the kitchen cupboards.
So this looks like a lot, but some of them
don't take very long. So I'm hoping I can
get quite a few of them done.
Okay. So we're starting out by cleaning our
bifolding doors. We have four of them and
they get quite grubby with fingerprints, sand,
football marks, and we've also had the hose
out most days. So hopefully you can see the
dirt on them before. It was quite difficult
to film, but they do get very messy and I
always notice it because the sun hits these
doors every morning and I tend to just see
the dirt. So we do this quite often. I'm using
my kitchen silicone gloves. If you saw my
garden clean video, you will have seen this
method. I really like using this to wash the
windows because I can actually feel the bits
of dirt through the gloves.
So the boys, as you can see, love getting
involved as well. So Fraser is wiping it with
a little bit of Fairy Liquid and water. And
then we recently got a new wiper for our shower,
so we're using that and it was really, really
satisfying to do. As you can see, Jackson
is supervising from the couch and telling
the older boys what to do, but they really
enjoyed cleaning outside like this with the
water and the soap. So they had a good go
at all of the doors, but now I'm just going
to go over them ,and also do inside the doors
as well, because they are equally as dirty.
Okay. So that is the first task all done and
ticked off my list. Now I'm going to tackle
our junk drawers. So we have these three drawers
in our kitchen which just build up with random
stuff over time. So every three or four months,
I need to give them a good clear out. So in
this one, as you can see, there is some cooking
spices, a nappy, some sun creams, some utensils,
some wires, so I'm taking everything out.
I'm going to give it all a good wipe down
and then put back in this drawer large utensils.
I like to keep things in here, like our potato
masher or basically things that can jam up
our cutlery drawer. That's going in there
with our cooking sachets and spices. So that
one is all done. Next up. This one also has
loads of random stuff in it. It's got some
water balloons, some stickers, some candles
that I'm saving for like future birthdays.
So again, I'm just taking everything out,
gave it a good wipe down, and putting back
what we'd actually like to have in the kitchen.
And then this top one is always the worst.
It's like a really useful drawer. It's always
got pens, batteries, screwdrivers, measuring
tapes, lots of random stuff. I keep finding
these Nerf bullets absolutely everywhere.
So there was loads of them in here because
I think when I pick them up in the kitchen,
I tend to just put them in here. Also absolutely
so many pens, as you can see, hand sanitizer
that I will grab and take out with us if we
are going out, lip gloss, lipstick, all of
that kind of thing. So I've sorted it out
in this little like clear perspex storage.
We've had this for quite a while and it's
really handy for drawers like this.
I'm also putting back my sunglasses, calculator,
and that is a lot clearer. So I can tick that
off the list as well. So there's nothing better
than like doing a big tick. That always makes
me feel really good. Next on the list, I'm
going to tackle Fraser's toys and books in
his room. He has some built in wardrobes and
in this one we keep most of his books and
some toys and I noticed the other day how
very messy it was getting. So I decided to
organize it and I couldn't believe it actually
took me about 10 to 15 minutes to do this.
I just took out all the random things that
were in there. There was a few board games
that could go back downstairs. His books just
really needed like a little bit of tidying
up. And I'm just showing you that while I'm
doing this, I'm listening to a new book that
I just downloaded called The Alchemist and
I'm enjoying it so far. It's quite a good
one. At the bottom there you can see all of
his Famous Five books. He's really enjoying
those, so I put them back into their box and
in order, and then I'm just going to put back
a few of his toys. They've got this remote
control car that they like to play with upstairs
and a football and his loom bands and that,
but I'm really pleased with how that's looking
now. So much better.
And now I'm going to tackle Caleb's bookshelf.
It's really not that bad, but Caleb really
enjoys the Mr. Men books. They're on the middle
shelf there. And I noticed the other day that
they've got really, really messy. For Caleb's
baptism one of our friends bought him like
every single Mr. Men book and he has just
loved them. I'm sure they were really expensive
for my friend to buy, but he really does enjoy
them and so have all of the boys. So I'm just
literally sorting them out and, again, that
only took like five minutes and I'm just so
pleased. It's looking so much better.
And the next task on the list is to clean
all of the mirrors upstairs in everyone's
bedrooms and the bathrooms as well. So I'm
just going to run around with my glass cleaner
and do that.
Next up I'm going to sort out our stair basket
and there's a few things on our stairs that
haven't actually made it into the basket,
so I'm going to put those into the basket
and then take that upstairs. This is just
a great thing to have for all the random stuff
that you're like, "Oh, I want to put that
upstairs," but you don't want to like take
it all the way up. So you just chuck it in
here and then every few days I will sort it
out. And I tend to just put everything on
our bed, sort of into piles, and then put
it back in whoever's room it should be in.
And then that is the stair basket all done.
Again, it's a job that doesn't take too long,
but one that I probably don't do as often
as I should.
And next up I wanted to just check Jackson's
clothes. He's growing so quickly. I keep finding
clothes that are for two to three year olds
that really we need to donate or get rid of
now. So I have a little bin in his room for
donations and I tend to just chuck things
in there because he's our last baby. So I'm
just tidying things up in his drawers and
just getting rid of anything that he has grown
out of and this wasn't too bad. It didn't
take me too long.
The next job though did take longer. I have
been meaning to sort out our under the sink
storage in our bathroom for ages. It is quite
messy here. There's a few things that have
gone right back underneath the sink, like
a few washcloths and like foot files and things.
And it's just quite grubby. So I need to take
everything out, all the containers, give it
a really good wipe. And then I tend to actually
put the containers from under here into our
dishwasher. So what holds the like toothbrushes
and that, I mean it just looks disgusting.
There's like fake tan that has got into it
and it's really bad.
So I'm going to put it in the dishwasher and
then I'll put them back. And then I've had
a really good clear out of what actually needs
to be under here. And what I tend to keep
is like some washcloths, fake tan, razors,
and things like that, but that is all done.
And honestly, I feel so good because every
time I open it up, I'm like, "Oh, I really
need to clean that." So now it's all done.
So again, big ticks off of our list, stair
baskets and also Jackson's clothes and bathroom
as well.
So while I've been cleaning, Matt has made
the boys homemade sausage rolls for dinner,
and then this is Fraser's favorite sweetcorn.
And then we've also made chips, but it is
actually a lot of food, but they look so amazing.
So these sausage rolls are a bit of a cheat.
All you do is buy the pre-rolled puff pastry
and some sausages, take the skin off the sausages,
wrap them in the pastry, and then he scored
them, put some beaten egg on it. And then
you cook it at 200, for 25 minutes and they
come out like this. So while the boys' dinner
cools and Matt is sorting out our dinner,
we're actually just having leftovers for us
tonight, I am going to clean out this bottom
drawer of our fridge. When we did our food
shop this week and I was putting it away I
was like, "Oh, I really need to clear that
out." It's just quite messy.
So we tend to keep all of our vegetables in
there, so I'm going to take everything out
so I can give it all a really good wipe down
and then try and put it back in some kind
of order. Yeah. There was loads of potatoes
at the bottom, so I decided to put them into
a container so I don't forget about them and
so that I use them up because one is like
growing stuff. But anyway, yeah, I'm just
using my Method surface spray. I love using
this on stuff like this because it's like
non-toxic and just needs a really good wipe
down and then I'm going to put everything
back.
And another job that I've been meaning to
do is to put our coats away for summer. So
I've already taken them all off of the hooks.
I actually just need to sort through them
and tidy up this porch area so that it's nice
and clean.
And now onto the boys cups and drinking bottles.
I try to organize these in Poundland storage
baskets, but every now and then they really
do need a good sort out. So I'm going to go
through them all and then put them back in
some kind of like organized way.
Now I'm going to do a job that always feels
like a bit of a workout as well. I swear I
burn loads of calories when I wiped down our
kitchen cupboards. It's quite physical. I
always get really hot, but this is something
that I like to do because I don't know if
it's just me or what, but I notice all of
the fingerprints, splashes of food, and dust
really does collect, especially on the very
bottom of our kitchen. So the boys are finished
dinner, they're playing outside with Matt.
So this is a great opportunity for me to just
get this done and ticked off of my list. So
I'm just going to run around and wipe down
all of our kitchen cupboards.
I'm also going to tidy up my desk. Because
we're all at home, it is getting more and
more messy. I use this space, the boys use
it sometimes for learning or even as a quiet
place to play roadblocks on, so it does get
quite messy. I also need to go through some
of their schoolwork.
And if you're wondering why there are some
random bananas on my desk it's because this
front room is the coolest room, as in like
temperature, in the house and our main living
area does actually get quite warm, especially
because it has the sun on it all morning.
So we were finding that they were getting
too ripe too soon. So we've put them in here
and it's actually much better. So anyway,
I've gone through the boys' schoolwork, decided
what we can keep, what we can print on the
other side of, what we can recycle. And now
I'm just wiping everything down with a glass
cleaner because my desk has this like glass
top on it. So I'm just going to give that
all a wipe down, the printer as well, the
screens, the frames, and it just feels a lot
more of a clean space now. So I'm really pleased
and, again, that was a job that didn't even
take that long, maybe like 15 minutes.
Anyway, we've now put the boys to bed and
I was going to go for a run tonight, but in
the end I decided to just do a little workout
at home in our garden. So I'm doing a Lucy
Wyndham-Read workout. And I'm actually just
doing a toning one, so not like a HIIT workout
or anything. This is just a full body tone
up. It's 20 minutes I think, really like relaxing.
I didn't feel like doing it, but I find on
the days when I don't want to do a little
workout they're the days that I need it the
most. It makes me feel a lot better afterwards.
So I've done my little workout, done the desk.
I'm also going to have a shower and then I'm
going to do my nails as well on the couch.
It's about 9:30 now and I've just had a shower
after my workout and now I'm going to do my
nails. They are just so bad. So I'm going
to take it off and then I think I'm going
to do this like, it's like a very like nudey,
but sparkly color. I'm going to do that on
my hands and toes as well. But yeah, that
is all I'm going to do today. Now we're going
to sit and we're going to watch a new series
that we started called White Lines. And it's
really good. It's on Netflix, isn't it?
Yeah.
Netflix. And yeah, really enjoying it. But
anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video. I didn't
tick everything off my list. I didn't get
round to the skirting boards and we didn't
make the cake that I wanted to make, but hopefully
we'll do that tomorrow with the boys. But
I know that by making a list, I have accomplished
way more than if I hadn't have written a list.
But yeah, I hope you enjoyed it. I hope it
gave you some motivation and I'll see you
in my next one. Bye guys.
