Surprise!

Lars is away all day - not coming home until 7am tomorrow. I want to surprise him with a... if not spic-and-span, then at least decent looking, post-crisis cleaned apartment.

Should be do-able if I don't let myself get side-tracked by perfectionism. Will you cheer me on? ;)

• Kitchen (total ~47 40min)
  
  • Do dishes (2 x 15min)
    
  • Take down trash (2min)
    
  • Take down recyclables (5min)
    
  • Wipe down benches + stovetop (3min)
    
• Bedroom (total ~26min)
  
  • Place dirty clothes in hamper (1min)
    
  • Place clean clothes in closets (5min)
    
  • Clear top of dresser (10min)
    
  • Move random stuff from floor (10min)
    
• Bathroom (total ~15min)
  
  • Clean mirror (5min)
    
  • Wipe down sink (5min)
    
  • Remove random stuff from top of cupboards (5min)
    
• Living room - couch area (total ~32 22min)
  
  • Fold laundry (7min)
    
  • Put away laundry (3min)
    
  • Put away books (2min DON'T get side-tracked by the overflowing bookshelves!)
    
  • Put away other random stuff (10min)
    
• Living room - dining area (total ~22min)
  
  • General tidying and removing random stuff (20min - probably WAY less, but I actually don't remember how bad it looks)
    
  • Wipe down table (2min)
    
• Living room - desk area (total ~27min)
  
  • Take down trash (2min) (not quite, but it's packed and ready to take down when I leave tomorrow.)
    
  • Put away bookmooch envelopes (5min)
    
  • General clearing off of desk (20min)
    

If my estimates are correct (and they're probably WAY exaggerated) that's a total of 176mins ~ 3 hours of work (3 hours? Wow, I'd BETTER be exaggerating!!!). I'll time myself and make it a competition to beat my estimates ;)

No cleaning at all, other than the bathroom. That's not the point of this 'exercise' ;) And I know I'd crash and burn if I tried to add that as well. As it is, I'll put on some good music or an audiobook on my mp3-player and just go nuts.

... I hope! First of all I just need to get motivated to START! ;)

22:52 - I'm DONE! Before and after photos will be posted to LJ tomorrow.