Time management - cooking, cleaning, and exercise

Hi Ladies,
This whole week I spend time in cleaning my house. Organizing house..
2 bedroom cleaning
kitchen
God room
bathroom
living room

oh ho.. am tired now. will post some pictures soon !

But ladies, whatever I clean holds good for few days or max a week. After that I need to clean again. Horrible..
Any tips? You want me to clean then & there? as am working daily i cant clean...

 

Hi ladies,

I have been quite busy since the beginning of the year. The first two days were visits with two families for pujas, and temple visits. My son's friend is staying with us for the last two days and two more. I am on my toes making three meals--pastas, breads, naans--since he is non-Indian I am giving different options for him. Son leaves on sunday and I hope to catch some nap from monday.

 

lakshmi, i sometimes come to nanmangalam. i like the neela varna perumal there. and hope the results of your health check up is fine.

usha now take the rest that you so much deserve after the marathon.

anitha, we find dust just after an hour of cleaning and dusting, pollution is so bad in chennai..so we are forced to dust atleast once in 2 days if possible. it depends on your place.

regarding the mess that recurs after a few days, it is because we all have the tendency to pluck dresses of the pile randomly in a hurry. if we want to stop this we need to consciously keep the dress out the day before when you are not in a hurry if possible. it is not just working moms, even I have the issue. i am in a hurry and i do it..:hide: and my son for every dress he takes out he drops one down.. we always make fun you take one, there is one free down..:drowning:drowning

so you will get the clue to handle it soon..don't be too hard on yourself.

 

I think this is one place in my kitchen i have not discussed. my knife, rollers, blender, chopping boards.

today i had removed all knifes, and the separators, the boards, cleaned them, washed them in hot water and dried and have taken a picture to give a idea.. not a must. we made a conscious decision to make space for this because i have problems with reflex, my son is always in a hurry and my daughter is sometimes very klutzy..

a neighbour of mine makes fun when i wash my knives, boards (read that as scrubbing them with so much elbow grease) reason is that being vegetarian where is the need. i beg to differ and believe that knifes though cleaned everyday, need a proper thorough cleaning once in 10/15 days..

Holds my knives, apple cutter, graters, knife sharpener, blender,scissors,peelers, vegetable bags, rolling pins, roller, cake servette, pizza cutter, bag clips, emergency match box, a antiseptic cream for emergency

 

Can knives be washed in dishwasher?
I wash knives and cutting board in dishwasher everyday also keep the cleaning sponge inside dish washer too.
Being veg I thought this was ok way to clean. Would like to know the right way of doing it.

 

lakshmi, belated wishes to your husband on his birthday and a big milestone.

AC, i have never used dishwasher, and i thought dishwasher would be doing a good job. see my maid when she cleans she may not be cleaning the handles in case of knives, in the peeler in between the sharp edges, and in case of a apple cutter, there will be a residue collected over a period of time if you don't clean it periodically.

so i soak everything in hot water, use a brush to scrub, and then clean with a scouring pad..and the chopping board, i hate the stains that steep into the board..so i clean it periodically to keep it atleast a wee bit clean...the board is 3 years old and i cut all my vegetables and fruits on that..so i would like to ensure there is nothing that goes into any of those minute cuts.

i thought of a anti bacterial scratch resistant glass board, but for reasons obvious no glass for me..

 

Dear Kamala,

talking about knives-I use knives from Cutco cutlery. They are expensive, but guaranteed free sharpening and replacement parts in case damaged ,not to mention the ease with which they cut. I wash them after each use, wipe and put away in their case.These are something to pass on from generation to another.

 

Shanvy, Thanks for your wishes. I have darshan of Neela Varna Perumal often-10 minutes walk from my present flat. You are welcome to my place when you visit here next.

After cleaning my knives and peelers i give them a sun bath once in a while. I had fixed magnetic knife holder in my own house in Mambalam which holds knives and scissors. I gave some magnetic rings to my carpenter and asked him to fix those rings in a wooden frame. He did a nice job and i got my magnetic holder. Your draw which holds the things looks compact and holds almost everything.

Kkrish, Thanks for your wishes. Your routine of decluttering is simply superb. You energise everybody here by your encouraging and appreciating words. Nothing can substitute for a few sincere words of praise.

Our check up done in Royappettah and our report is coming only today. But dh's appointment with the cardiologist and his echo is only on Tuesday evening. Also we have our family pooja in Mylapore temple on Tue morning. So I am planning to get the report only on Tuesday. We dont want to go all the way to Royapettah today, only to get the report.

Hope all of you are relaxing and enjoying your week end.

Lakshmi.

 

kkrish I only have few knives and dont even own a knife sharpener. these are ordinary walmart bought knives very inexpensive
however the quality has been really good so far the shine of the blade still like new and cuts like new too
and always been washed thru the dishwasher unless the cutting has been light.
maybe we got lucky. i will from now on try to wask more by hand so I can have them longer now that we are so used to them.