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My parents have gone back to their home now (and as I'm typing, they're still in the train) Their visit was so short that it almost felt unreal. I spent my morning today cleaning, laundrying, tidying up, hoovering ... housework in a word. It was so sunny (but so chill) that it always gets me in the mood for cleaning & getting things done.
So ... BDABCM Week 1 is now finished & everything went well. Bathroom & toilets are clean & tidy. I gave towels to my mom, she'll keep some & will give the rest to my MIL, who never buys new towels. (by lack of money, towels are always so expensive) My towels weren't that old, but I bought new ones last months (buy one, get one free, and they were excellent quality so I gave it a go, and now all my towels match) I gave other things to my mom, which she's supposed to use, I put all other things (that were inside the cupboards) to places where they belonged, and I have gained approx. 1/5 of both my cupboards. (they are small, so free room is vital) Expired medicines have been given back to the pharmacy (I do this regularly), old cosmetics were thrown, useless things too.

Week 2 : Hall & hall closets
Hoovering (this already happens one day another, goodness), then cleaning all the hall's (brown) carpet with my mix of water + vinegar + dish eco-friendly detergent, mint & tea tree essential oils. There are 3 closets in this hall, and all 3 need a good cleaning & hoovering inside. (one holds shoes, the other lots of different things like cardboard boxes, the hoover itself, DIY tool box and so on ..., the last holds clothes, sport shoes & other stuffs) I'll declutter them as much as possible, because they're places where clutter gets settled, if you see what I mean.

Junk mail now ... I've been collecting all the envelopes that come with the mail you get (you know, the ones that does NOT come from your friends & family) I even made my parents keep them, I also told my inlaws but they forgot. Here is a little idea that I came up with the other day, when I was thinking what I could do with these many envelopes. LITTLE IDEA NOTE CARDS. That's what I'm going to re-use them for. I have a magnetic memo board (from Ikea) & lots of magnets that I love to buy on Etsy. I have tons of ideas for this & for that & again for this, I try to note them down in a notebook, but I end forgetting about them. Now they'll be right under my eyes !! Now look what I've made with these envelopes, which, according to me, have very lovely patterns :I cut them to keep only usable pieces of paper ... then I traced a shape on them(I used a big puncher as pattern to have approx. the same size for all my notecards, but you could have different sizes as well)Then I cut them with regular scissors ...Then with a scalloped one ...And then I stamped them with my little logo handcarved stamp, but you could use any other small stamp, or no stamp at all ...And got lots of lovely little notecards ...Now look how pretty it looks on the memo board ... I am so in love. I'm going to cut all my junk mail envelopes in that purpose & will have enough little ideas note cards for the next ten years !! ahahah !!
Must go pick the boys at school ... I'm almost late !! Big hugs to all !! xoxoxo take care !