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jampss

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I started off good last year ... but hit bumps in the road! LOL


The first two weeks of Jumpstart January will be Christmas Recovery....

[] De-decorate living room and tree and ... mark the boxes!!!!
[] Create or organize gift wrapping box/storage spot...put in new rolls of paper, tissue, ribbons, bags, etc
[] De-decorate the kitchen and the dining room.
[] De-decorate outside
[] Marked some boxes with "kitchen X-mas" and "Outside X-mas" (Oooo, I'm so organized!)
[] Create a gift closet
[] Clean out Christmas notebook, print updated pages (even got cards addressed for next year!)
[] Clean out refrigerator.....get rid of any lingering leftovers.
[] Pack away holiday DVDs, music, books etc. (These are always under TV stand)

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Cleaning Weekly/Monthly - 2011


Christmas Recovery
Living Room
Front Porch/ Entry Way
Master Bedroom
Bathrooms
Kids Rooms
Computer Desk Area
Kitchen
Dining Room
Hall Closets
Laundry Room
Carport/ Screen Room
Backyard/ Shed



Living Room
[] Clean ceiling fan
[] Dust
[] Wash window
[] Vacuum under sectional couch
[] Vacuum sofa and loveseat and futon
[] Vacuum carpet and under carpet sectional
[] Organize entertainment center (go thru tapes and CD's, DVD's, mark on list, give away if not needed)
[] Go through book shelves (look at all titles - give away if needed)
[] Look at all knick-knacks (give away if not needed)

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Front Porch
[] Clean the light fixture.
[] Sweep the porch.
[] Sweep down the walls and get rid of cobwebs.
[] Wash the windows
[] Trim hedges
[] Front Door oiled
[] New Wreath

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Master Bedroom
[] Clean and re-hang curtains
[] Organize nightstand drawer, sweater stand, chest of drawers
[] Clean window
[] vacuum/ dust mini blind
[] Clean out under bed
[] Clean out closet
[] Dust
[] vacuum

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Master Bath & Hall Bath
[] De-clutter medicine cabinet and other shelves
[] Clean cabinet doors, switches, vents, light fixtures, tub (Mr. Clean sponge)
[] Clean shower
[] Clean toilet, counters, sinks, mirrors (the usual)
[] vacuum the wooden slats to cupboard doors
[] Organize under sink
[] sweep floor, clean baseboards
[] Go through son's tubby toys

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Son's Room
[] Clean under bed
[] Go through toys and books
[] Go through closet
[] Dust
[] Vacuum

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Computer Desk Area/ Craft/ School Room
[] Go through desk drawers
[] Dust and organize the pile of paper crap by the computer
[] Air blow out inside of computer ... hubby helps
[] Go through filing cabinet, organize the home school files
[] Go through shelves above the computer, organize, give away (contains books, Christmas bags, boxes of stuff)
[] Go through book cases, organize, give away
[] Organize under large craft table ... my Christmas present hiding place!
[] Organize, closet, give away unused items (contains craft stuff and stuff-stuff)
[] Dust everything else
[] Go over bulletin boards and take off old news
[] Vacuum

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Kitchen Surfaces/ Kitchen Inside Cabinets & Such
[] Wash down all fronts of cabinets
[] Wash down frig, stove, micro, dishwasher
[] Wash down all counter tops
[] Organize Cabinets Under: Sink, By Stove, By phone, Micro cart
[] Organize Cabinets Upper: Sink, By Stove, By phone, Above frig
[] Clean out frig and wipe down
[] Wipe out stove
[] Clean inside dishwasher w/vinegar rinse
[] Wipe out microwave

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Hall Closets
[] Take everything out of coat closet and sort through
[] Vacuum floor and dust shelf
[] Put back only what needs to be in there!
[] Take everything out of hot water/heater/AC closet
[] Vacuum floor
[] Put back things only if they can do there and NOT be a fire hazzard!
[] Go through Towel/Medicine closet

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Laundry Room
[] Wash down inside/outside of back door
[] Go through shelves and throw away or give away
[] Reorganize the soap shelf
[] Reorganize the nail and screw jars, replace some
[] Mike go through work bench
[] Wipe down washer, inside of tub and fabric softener tube
[] Wipe down dryer and clean lint trap outside of house and front panel
[] Mop

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Screen Room/ Carport
[] Clear out Rubbermaid Unit
[] Clear out Mike's tool area
[] Sweep/ Vacuum
[] Clean up recycle & trash can area
[] Check wind chimes, replace if broken
[] Wash down freezer
[] Defrost freezer
[] Wipe chairs, table, treadmill, bench etc.

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Backyard & Shed
[] Clean out shed, throw away or Freecycle unwanted items
[] Sweep out
[] Check toys, throw out old broken items

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Dining Room
[] Wash down table and chairs
[] Take off seats and vacuum
[] redo material on seats and cover with plastic vinyl
[] dust and organize food wine rack
 

luludou

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That is quite a list jampss!!

I'll be joining you for the Christmas recovery weeks :)
 

MinnieCo

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Wow....I'm so not going there yet.
 

Gingerbug

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WOW.....you have a great plan set up....as I posted somewhere...I usually start out fine and then boom...fall right off the wagon.

This year we are going to offer two options for Jump Start January...one is the full blown..let's start the Grand Plan....and clean the whole house....

And the other is a just January Plan....so you can jumpstart by picking focus areas...or a mini cleaning of whole house or a MONTH LONG BIG PROJECT....

The month long big project is what I will be doing....Christmas NEVER seems to get put away in an orderly fashion.....so this is the year to REALLY do that...and declutter the holiday stuff at the same time!
 

MinnieCo

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Well since I didn't do the Grand Plan at all for Christmas, I'm thinking it's time for a good cleaning in my house...A seriously good cleaning!
 

jampss

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Yes, I've had this "plan" for a few years from being on here. It's a copy of what the Jump Start folks had on here .... I keep re-copying it for the next year and the next year ... and well, trying to stay "clean" around here!
 

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I am REALLY looking forward to Jumpstart January! the winter months are the PERFECT time for cleaning/decluttering! We are inside A LOT... because of the cold winter weather! Not much is going on.... because of the cold winter weather! Perfect for Jumpstart January!

At this point.... I don't know what I will be working on! But.... any progress is great!
 

luludou

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I decluttered alot last year and I must say it helped to prepare for Christmas so that in this month of December I have no major tasks. So I will continue decluttering in 2011 - it is one of the best Christmas preps there is :)
 

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I always fall off the wagon, but I am determined for 2011! I'm going to try and be more organized with my organization (!) LOL!!
 

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my tasks are after christmas take down everything some things will need to be washed then put dryer sheets in totes repack everything,was down shelves put other knick-nacs back clean out frig and pantry reorganize that.put things back in order then take a little time to relax from the holidays and the cleaning.:snowman::clothes:
 

jampss

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That sounds good, angelpugs
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