Monday, August 25, 2014

Yearly Housecleaning on a Narrowboat

First, my mother and my grandmother would be oh so embarrassed that I said yearly.  They did a fall and a spring  cleaning and boy did they do a weekly in between!  They were definitely made of sterner stuff.

We have been living on the boat for close to a year now.  There are some things I purchased thinking they would work well that did 't or that I have rarely, if ever used.  Off to the charity shop they go.

I thought I arranged things PERFECTLY to take advantage of space and to  be convenient.  Not so much.  Things are being rethought and rearranged, even in our small space.

I tried to buy everything I thought we would REALLY need.  I missed a few, imagine that.

When I chose my wardrobe for over here I took A LOT of time and thought planning and thinking about what it should be.  Besides my jeans and a very few other things, I got it all wrong.  The wrong things go to a charity shop and some new things come home to the boat.  That's life, I guess.

I am still trying to get a handle on how much perishable and non perishable food to buy at one time.  But I don't hold out much hope on that one.  :-)  If you look up "overzealous stockpiler"  I am sure you will find my picture there, seriously.

P.S. My goal is to clean every surface VERY THOROUGHLY by Christmas.  Wish me luck.

2 comments:

  1. I've always thought cleaning was SOMEWHAT overrated. :)

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    1. I have never been a big fan however neither to I want to be shut down by the health department. It can sometimes be a narrow line for me. :-)

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