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Cleaning day

What a lovely day. Well, not so much the sunshine part, since there isn’t any, but it’s so warm outside. I threw the windows and doors wide open this morning to let all the fresh warm air in. We’re already at 62 degrees and I’m sure it’ll be even warmer by day’s end. We’ll all enjoy it while we can. I think there’s a snow storm coming on Monday or Tuesday.

Today is clean the house day. As was yesterday. I’ve been missing in action here on the blog. Sorry about that. But it’s time for winter cleaning in preparation for the holidays. The Spic N Span soaked rags have nearly grown roots into my fingers and we’ve become one. There is something about a teeny tiny house that seems to generate more dirt than a larger house. I don’t ever remember having to work so hard at keeping a house clean before.

Terry is a nervous wreck today. She’s scared to death of The Mop. From my vantage point, it doesn’t look particularly scary, but whenever she sees it come out of the basement stairwell, she turns into a quivering mass of terror. In an effort to be sympathetic, I sent her outside. Then she stood at the back door watching me wield The Mop, trembling out there instead of in the house. Why? I have no idea. Even the vacuum cleaner doesn’t elicit that reaction from her.

Abbie, on the other hand, thinks The Mop is huge fun. It has all those strings that fly in all directions. Like a great big bug. They’re fun to chase.

Well, back to it for a while.

Oh my gosh, a pair of Winter Wrens just stopped by on the deck to pick up a couple of pieces of bread I had put out on the railing. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen them here. How utterly delightful.

Posted on 11/30/06 at 10:54 AM
 




cyn

Hi! Am back from the city that never quits with the circles under my eyes to prove it!!  Came back late Monday night, had to work on Tuesday and decided to take a lunch break and catch up with your blog today!!  Hope you had a nice holiday!!  I had the best Thanksgiving ever, ever, ever........we all went to (my choice) a restaurant called (what else!) Margaritaville, complete with Jimmy Buffet music, for lunch....lunch was on the rooftop patio (obviously the sun was out and it was nice and warm and had lots of margaritas and a little whatever.....there are pictures floating around to prove it too!!  That night had dinner in one of the many gourmet restaurants on the strip and while it was lovely and food was delicious, I preferred my lunch better!!  LOL

Reading your blog though is giving me stress and anxiety as I am now thinking of all the cleaning (and shopping) and preparing that needs to be done in a short period of time...I am a week behind cause I insisted on going off and playing and playing and.......... for a week!!  I have a headache today, I think it is a massive hangover that is just now catching up with me.  Of course, no one held a gun to my head and said, “stay out til 4AM every morning (we did!!), drink prodigious amounts of tequila (I did), party like it’s 1999” (or whatever the song was!) (we did!!), so I am now getting what I so richly deserve!! 

Happy cleaning!! laughter

Oh good, my word is gadfly--perfect!!!

United States   Posted by cyn on 11/30/06  at  01:30 PM





Pablo

I wish it were 60 degrees here. We’re gripped in that winter snowstorm. The snow turned out mostly to be a bust, but cold, cold, cold.

United States   Posted by Pablo on 12/01/06  at  06:40 AM





cassie-b

Two cleaning days in a row.  I’m not sure I’d have the stamina for that. 

Enjoy your sparkly clean house.
Cas

United States   Posted by cassie-b on 12/01/06  at  07:56 AM





Kate

Welcome back, Cyn!  It sounds as if you had a wonnnnnderful time in Sin City with margaritas on roof top patios and all. Sunshine, too! Now get to work and clean that house! smile

Pablo, it’s 66° here at 9:30AM. On December 1st! My windows and doors are wide open again and I’m soaking it in for all I’m worth. I caught up on the weather happening in your neck of the woods. It sounds awful. Looks as if the snow is going to miss us, but the cold front will move in tomorrow night. But not even *that* cold. Fine with me!

Cassie - this is Day 3. I’ve crossed 11 To Do items off my list. There are 12 more to go. I’m at the stage now where it looks worse than when I started. It always does until everything is put back in proper order, but everything has to be displaced in order to clean properly. I will be so happy when it’s done!

United States   Posted by Kate on 12/01/06  at  09:35 AM





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