To-Dos

09. Laundry room: Clean and tidy

Once clothes are put away, clear remaining loose items and trash, wipe table and surfaces, organize supplies simply, and sweep/mop as flooring allows.

10. Living room: Dust and basic tidy

Dust accessible surfaces and bookshelf exteriors; room is otherwise fairly tidy. Do not start reorganizing all books during this cleanup.

1. Upstairs pantry: Gather cleaning supplies

Trash bags, a recycling box, a belongs-elsewhere bin, cleaning cloths, and broom.

2. Upstairs pantry: Remove spoiled food

Find buried potatoes, check nearby food, and take rotten food straight to the outside trash.

4. Upstairs pantry: Remove things that belong elsewhere

Gather tools, decorations, and project supplies in the belongs-elsewhere bin; do not start reorganizing downstairs. This is a good stopping point if energy runs out.

5. Upstairs pantry: Sort food one shelf at a time

Check condition and dates, gather duplicates, and separate opened packages from unopened backups. Do not empty all shelves at once.

6. Upstairs pantry: Clean shelves from top to bottom

Wipe sticky spots and crumbs from each cleared shelf; let it dry before restocking.

7. Upstairs pantry: Put food back in simple groups

Reachable kid snacks; opened snacks in an eat-first bin; canned goods together with oldest usable items in front; dinner ingredients, sauces, and oils together; baking ingredients together and decorating supplies in their own bin. Heavy items low, lightweight rarely used items high.

8. Upstairs pantry: Seal open food

Close snack bags and put sugar, flour, and similar staples into clean food-safe lidded containers. Reuse existing supplies.

9. Upstairs pantry: Set up visible potato and onion storage

Give potatoes a cool, dark, dry, ventilated spot in a shallow basket or crate, not buried or sealed in a tote. Keep onions separately in a ventilated basket or mesh bag.

10. Upstairs pantry: Sweep and mop

Clean corners and underneath accessible shelving; take out remaining trash and recycling.

11. Upstairs pantry: Set the family rules

Empty boxes go out, bags get closed, opened snacks get eaten first, and nothing gets stored in the walkway.

08. Windows: Dust, cobwebs, sills and tracks

Lower priority: remove spiderwebs, vacuum tracks, wipe sills and frames. Glass last if energy allows. Only obvious webs over crawling spaces need a quick pass before mopping.

11. Charlotte's room: Full organization

Separate project after the basic clean: sort belongings, allocate storage and organize toys/clothes in manageable sections.

12. Bookshelf: Reorganize

Separate low-priority project. Reorganize books and items, dusting shelves as cleared; finish one section before starting another.

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