Git R Done: Week 3

(in a smooth and sexy announcer voice) "This week on 'Git R Done' Elizabeth attempts to clean her apartment after months of not cleaning it...will she succeed? Let's find out, shall we?"

Well, that is the question this week, isn't it?

Yes. It's true.

I really haven't cleaned our apartment in a long time.

Yes, probably months.

I lost track.

I've been so busy focusing on the house, that well, our apartment became neglected.

It has been so bad that even my darling husband, while not trying to be mean, agreed that yesterday needed to be spent cleaning instead of working at the house.

Yea, that bad.

And if you had seen his apartment before we were married, you would think horribly of me.

Oh the filth that he lived in.

Let's just say, he can withstand a lot of...well...nastiness.

I figured that some of you may never believe that our apartment was that bad, so I took pictures to document it. And yes, I am posting them.

Without shame because this is how our living space really looks and I'm all about honesty around here.

So, let the horrifying pictures begin!

Part of our living room...clothes waiting to be ironed (they have been there for over a week) and miscellaneous crafting supplies that still need to be put away after this project.

Our fern that perpetually drops leaves. I usually leaf-it until there are enough to clean up.  Then, when I move the plant to get the leaves behind it, it drops more. Ohh what a tangled web it leaves. Haha punny.

The dust...let me tell you about the dust. Between radiators that hoard dust deep inside where you can't get to it and two dogs that love to play and pull each others' hair out...there is TONS of dust in this place. I sweep and it reappears the next day. HELP!

Our kitchen. You know how I love to clean? Well I hate doing dishes.

I know you are thinking, "But wait, there is a dishwasher!"

Nope, I don't use it. For some reason it never gets everything clean...plus we are only two people..we don't produce that many dishes. This picture is after 3-4 days of not doing dishes. Like I said, I hate dishes.

Finally, we have reached the last piece of evidence that cleaning has been put on the back burner for awhile. Let me now show you our bathroom faucet. I wish I could have captured pictures of the build-up on the sink. But, on the other hand, those pictures aren't for the faint-of-heart.

Yup, she is looking pretty used and abused.

So, needless to say, yesterday was spent cleaning our apartment. I have been putting this off for weeks because I keep telling myself that I will clean as I pack. Well, it has gotten out of hand. My poor husband and dogs. They shouldn't have to live in filth just because mama decides she wants to!! :)

I also decided to tackle another thing I have been putting off for awhile: our filing system.

Believe it or not, my husband and I entered our marriage each with our own filing system.

Yup...I too drool over a man with his own filing system.

Ladies, he is mine...back off!

He even had a filing cabinet! Be still my beating heart!!

Well, it has been almost two years and our files have remained separate. His in his filing cabinet and mine in a little white crate. So, yesterday I organized them into one bunch of files. I picked the crate, for now, because his filing cabinet has seen better days.

Sidenote: anyone interested in a free filing cabinet let me know! It still serves its purpose, just doesn't open that great. I'm guessing it just needs to be oiled up, but we still don't want it due to lack of space in our house :)

Now our filing area looks like this and it can be packed away in a closet when we move. I'm liking it.

So, that was my week of Git R Done apartment style!

Now, I need to know...What have you been putting off for far too long? What is your least favorite thing to clean?