Comments on: Five Minutes From Ready Part II

By: Frugal Babe » Blog Archive » Frugal, Simple, Clean. Three Of My Favorite Words.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:58:17 +0000

[...] a mess in the kitchen after a meal. Frugal Trenches, one of my favorite bloggers, keeps her house 5 minutes from ready. We have a toddler, so I’m shooting for 15 minutes from ready – still a big [...]

By: Reclaiming Simple Sundays « Notes From The Frugal Trenches – A Downshifting Journey

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:38:13 +0000

[...] walked all along Exeter Quay! Suffocation over For those that asked, no I wasn’t too busy cleaning to blog, however I’m still 5 minutes from ready and it feels absolutely wonderful! I highly recommend [...]

By: Pippa

Pippa — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:13:30 +0000

Hi Frugal T hope you are alright and that nasty flu hasn’t dragged you right down. The housework will wait, be kind to yourself.

All the best Grandmaibb.

By: eliane

eliane — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:08:52 +0000

Very inspiring but I hope it hasn’t taken over your life. I read your blog frequently and am concerned to find you have not posted for quite a while now. Are you OK?

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:15:48 +0000

Sorry I haven’t stopped by lately. Kind of taking a kick back in the blogging world to regroup with the physical man kind. LOL. The time to regroup has been nice.

Speaking of, I like your “5 minutes from ready” phrase. One could cheat here…at least in the living room. If you have an open ottoman or coffee table cubby. You throw everything, like magazines and the throw, in there when guest are coming. Hides the mess. lol.

Actually, the daughter and I cleaned out her bedroom and rearranged it (looks lovely now). Hubby and I cleaned out the kitchen cupboards (I really like to get rid of more clutter but he can find reason to use it once more – lol). I cleaned out the pantry and fridge. Cleaned my son’s room and my room. Deweeded the garden. It’s all looking good in time for company to come around.

Now, who could I find to come over for a nice dinner?

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:22 +0000

In response to a post a little while back (in case you haven’t already researched it), to renew your passport you need a passport form from the post office and a suitable passport photograph. (I daresay you need to write a cheque too but I’m still stuck at the photo stage.) Hope that is of some use.

By: shoestringalley

shoestringalley — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:27:37 +0000

It sounds like you’ve got a lot done! I try to spend 10 to 20 minutes a day on housework so I don’t have to give over a whole evening (and certainly not a whole day!) to cleaning. Life is too short and cleaning is too dull!

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:35:33 +0000

I’m in the middle of a fall cleaning my self here. We are recent empty nesters & I’m cleaning out all that the flock left behind! Goodwill loves me now! Only half way through but is so freeing. I do things in spirts ..it did not get this way over night and I’mnot going to try and clear years of clutter in a day. It is very freeing to clear it out and the house feels “lighter”

By: nichole3

nichole3 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:46:51 +0000

Yes, yesterday and this mornig I cleaned out two closests. I also went through all of my clothing and my husband’s clothing and gave 2 1/2 large sacks of clothes to the GoodWill. It makes me feel so much better. I also organized my clothes, pants with pants, skirts with skirts etc. Everything had gotten so out of order with my clothes.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:22:50 +0000

I often forget what a nice feeling a clean house gives me too! It’s something I usually have to tell myself when I really don’t want to pick up something or do that last load of dishes!