Sorting out and using up

 I love cleaning.

I know, I know, but there it is.

One of my first jobs as a late teenager was as a cleaner. I decided that I'd failed my A levels, so got myself two part-time jobs in addition to my Saturday job. And one was as a cleaner - two days a week - at a large farmhouse where they ran a riding stables. 

I had a routine - each work day I thoroughly cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms, and made the downstairs look perfect.

One day I thoroughly cleaned the downstairs, and the other was the upstairs - changing bedding, etc.

I have continued this routine in each house we've lived in. I currently clean the downstairs on Mondays and the upstairs on Fridays, and I tidy and lightly clean the lounge and kitchen each day.

Sorting out is where we look at things and decide if we really want them, or if they could go somewhere else in the house. I always have a bag for the charity shop in our car boot. 

Using up is where I use or complete a craft project or bits and pieces to make into a meal, for example. 

I like using up foody things in my plans - for example, I have dried yellow peas that need using up next month.  I'm planning pease pudding! 

I'm currently completing a patchwork quilt - I only ever hand-stitch these - in greys to add the back and quilt for the winter.

What do you have to sort out and use up?

Do you enjoy cleaning, or am I just quirky?!

FM xx