We had a bit of snow last night, enough to cover the ground, more or less. It is 16 degrees this morning (about -9 C), but supposed to warm up to just above freezing. So what's on tap for the day?Holiday housecleaning! (Yay?)
Next Friday a whole houseload of Scharbach-kin will arrive for the weekend:Helen and Jay from St. Paul; Lucy, Armand, Rebecca and David from Chicago; John and Chelsea from Oklahoma/Texas. Peter is due from Mississippi this weekend. So we are doing the prep for landing.
I have to get my room and bath cleaned up and ready, and I am going to bite the bullet and use the opportunity to get the dreaded closet in better shape. The bathroom needs some serious re-organization time, too, and the toilet and shower need cleaning and probably scalding. Shelves to dust, year-round tchotchkes to put away, seasonal tchotchkes to be put out, seasonal linens to be washed and readied. All that kind of stuff.
Why, then, you ask, and it is perfectly reasonable of you to do so, am I blogging rather than slogging away at this? But you already know the answer to that, don't you?
This heated bird bath, our gift from Helen and Jay, keeps the water warm enough to prevent ice from forming and provides water for birds during the winter. Tom got it set up about a week ago, and it has proved very popular. If you look very carefully at the rim on the right side (your right side) of the bowl, you can see a little bird, all fluffed out and enjoying the warmth. Thanks, Helen and Jay!
3 comments:
Don't tell me you've been PROCRASTINATING???? O-M-GOODNESS!!!
Merry Christmas to you and Tom and The King Kats!!!!
Well, Tom has been cleaning areas bit by bit over the past couple of weeks, and I admit I have already done some packing away and so on. Some things have to wait until later or else just be done over again.
But I found some great canvas drawers -- doesn't that sound uncomfortable? -- that fit perfectly onto my closet shelves. Things are looking better!
The King Kats, on the other hand, are much bothered by all the piles of things and the smells of cleaning and the evil sound of the vacuum.
That's exactly the way I clean for thre holidays too.
Canvas Drawers....sounds worse than a horsehair shirt. OUCH!!! I'm assuming you meant the storage type tho...otherwise they would STAY on that closet shelf until the second coming!!!!
Poor kitties......They are creatures of habit and do NOT like all the goings on associated with the holidays.....altho Logan and Lucy thought the Christmas Treee was the GREATEST thing EVER and assumed we got it for them to play in and swipe the ornaments off of.
Altho they were a BIT off in that assumption- they did give endless hours of entertainment (for us AND them) trying to keep them OUT of it and the decorations ON it!!!!
Gotta Love those King Kats- I cant WAIT to get another one once we get our own place- altho I don't think I'll ever find another one that will replace Logan in my heart. <3
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