Finally we are in a new house. After months of looking for a new place to rent we found a large, nice, house and moved in just under a week ago.
It is amazing how much stuff one gathers in a family of 5 – even if we moved just 9 months ago – I wonder where the movingguys found the stuff 🙂
But we are here – and each room has to be cleaned properly before we can move everything in – we probably have higher standards than most people renting in this country – as I dont consider the houses clean after there has been an “end of lease clean” which is supposed to happen – by professional cleaners. So far we have never had that in the houses we have rented – but somehow it is expected from us when we move out. Not sure how that works. But as I have just myself cleaned the old house from top to toe (and I mean everything) I have decided to clean the new home within the first few weeks – in the same manner. Not only do you get the house properly clean – you also see any mishaps that the house had when you move in.
And we will be unpacking a little slower then normal as everything that comes out of a box has to be thought about, if we really need it. This will take longer, but hopefully we will all be able to get rid of some stuff and keep the house nice and uncluttered.
I have also read about new habits and old from Jessicas blog – all about how your habits are a little gardenpatch that needs to be looked after so that old, bad habits dont take over as weed.
The plan is also to get through Get Things done by David Allen this next week and start it as of the week after.