Labor Day

[bironic]

Last month, people started posting about wanting to "clean all the things!" And then at Vividcon, they were talking about wanting to "review all the vids!" It was confusing until someone explained that it's a reference to the blog my sister had told me to read, Hyperbole and a Half.

Now it is my turn to shout the catchphrase from the blogging rooftops, because I had a productive day today.

Today, I:
- Washed two sinkfuls of dishes
- Cleared the mess of papers and wedding leftovers on the floor and bed
- Logged the receipts I found in those piles
- Cleaned the bathroom sink, tub and toilet*
- Hand-washed the sad pile of knee-highs
- Cleaned the stove
- Dusted the TV; stored the broken VCR
- Put away the toaster I'm not using (hello, four cubic feet of kitchen counter space instead of one)
- Organized the menus and coupons on the fridge
- Organized the little "junk" drawer
- Cleaned out and organized the storage closet, incl. folding all the foldable boxes
- Swept and vacuumed
- Put my SGA/Inception story on the AO3 and cross-linked it; read some kink meme fics; downloaded vacation pix from my camera
- Watched the Yankees lose to the Orioles, wth

*Given a choice, do not use a surface cleanser called Bam. It smells terrible. I've had to put my Glade thing in the bathroom and shut the door, hoping the vanilla will overpower whatever was in it.

And! With my newly available kitchenware and fresh groceries, I made:
- Banana chocolate chip muffins
- Beef soup with rice noodles, onion and water chestnuts
- Roasted potatoes
- Roasted Brussels sprouts

The only things I didn't do were laundry and filing, the latter because I have to go get more folders. Really needs to be done, though.

Now I am sitting down and watching some Netflix, and in a little while I will clean myself to round things out.

Cleaning always feels good. Not the work, but watching the place where I live become orderly. (I'm talking about the times when I lapse in keeping things tidy, and stuff piles up.) Feeling the difference it makes in my state of mind. Knowing I can walk around barefoot without stepping on grit or dust bunnies. Knowing I can cook because I have dishes and counter space. Er, knowing I can host my overnight guest next weekend without cringing.

The new year is coming up on Thursday. The next couple of work weeks are going to be tough, but I have a travel-free schedule for the first time in five months, and I think having this clean apartment to come home to will help with a fresh start.

Comments

[synn.livejournal.com]

Yay for cleaning and organizing! \0/

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Mmm, muffins! And brussel sprouts, because I'm sick of being apparently one of the tiny handful of people who would eat them by choice XD

I've done 98% of my tax return! Does that count as adulthood?

And that blog is ridiculously amusing. I love Spaghatta Nadle and the Alot as well XD

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

We three will share roasted Brussels Sprouts. So cute, so tasty, so underappreciated!

And shana tovah, bironic!

(Not really back yet, just reading as much of my Flist as I can handle.)

[roga.livejournal.com]

You are inspiringly productive. (I cannot wait to see this apartment of yours!)

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Yay, go you! Definitely a Labour Day to be proud of!

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Yay for cleaning all the things!

Happy new year to you, hon.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

That is a really impressive list. I lounged about my mother's house all weekend and fear to contemplate the amount of housework I must finally tackle.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

\o/ I feel all accomplished.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I find them bitter unless doused in butter and salt, which is not a good way to eat vegetables - except when roasted, just plain old roasted with some olive oil, and then they are delicious.

Tax return totally counts for adulthood. Now I need to do mine....

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It is all clean and... white. But maybe the art will arrive before you.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

'Twas indeed an apt task list for the holiday.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

And to you! Fiercest wishes for you to feel better soon.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Careful, or it will LOOM and then it might ATTACK.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ♥

I hadn't known how tasty sprouts could be until my friend's husband cooked them this way last year. Now they are on regular rotation in my diet.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Nearly - I returned home to find like ten flies zooming around the house. Just spent half an hour trying to kill them. It's horrible and there are at least three yet unkilled.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Aie. I get fruit flies a couple of times a year, and they are a pain. They linger.