It’s already 1 pm. Ask me what I have gotten done today!

So far, I’m still scrubbing away in the bathroom. It’s one of those hormone-induced, insane cleaning sprees … or One Thing Leads to Another. The shower looked good, so I had to do the sink. The sink looked great, so I had to wax the floor. The floor looked great, so I had to wipe down the door. The door looked good, so I now have to do the walls. And then, of course, there’s still the toilet, which I always leave for last. The good side of this is the bathroom is going to be really, really clean, though nothing can be done about it still being hideous and pink. The bad side of this is the rest of the house still looks like hell.

I shouldn’t really say the house looks like hell. Hell was when it was terribly cluttered and I had a hard time cleaning anything for having to move stuff to do so. The house never really looks like hell anymore. There are a few things that have been ignored a little too long … like mopping/waxing the kitchen floor and wiping down the fridge (inside and out). Though these things aren’t especially horrible either. I mean, I could continue to ignore them, and I just might for fear of One Thing Leading to Another in the kitchen and me finding myself spending the rest of the day going cleaning crazy in there. I just don’t have the time or energy.

My plan, once I finish in the bathroom (soon, I hope) is to sweep the whole house, vacuum the rugs, mop the kitchen, do the dishes, and then collapse in a heap on the bed to listen to a little more of one of my audiobooks. Tonight I’m going to make the Xmas cards and get out the soap making stuff. If I can get all this done today, I am going to allow myself the day off tomorrow to enjoy the kittens being home. Nice excuse, yes?

Saturday we are going to Mom’s for an early Xmas celebration, so that day will be fun, but it will be a waste as far as getting anything done. Saturday night I want to work on making a few ornaments and baking some cookies. Sunday is soap day. Or, you know, I might start feeling less crampy and cranky and wake up tomorrow ready to take on the world and get everything done early. I wouldn’t bet on it, but it could happen.

I talked to Mom about presents for the family, because my thinking had been along the lines of gift certificates, so I wanted to find out what stores they mostly shopped at that weren’t Walmart. She seemed to think the cash idea from last year was better than gift certificates. I agree, mostly, but last year I got all creative with money folding. I don’t want to do that again this year, because I’d have to learn all new folds. If it’s going to be cash, it’s going to have to be some other creative way to give it. I know, I’ll embed it in plastic bags in the soap. Mwha ha ha ha ha! Just kidding … I think.

I know! I could use the cash as the bow on the bag with the soap and ornaments! That sounds sort of silly, but I think my family is used to silly things from me by now. At least they should be.

I better get back to the bathroom if I am ever going to get it finished to my Inner Neat Freak’s standards. I have no idea when Kenny is going to be arriving, and I don’t want to be in the middle of cleaning when he does get here.

Yes, I know, boring, stupid, pointless post, isn’t it? Mostly it’s just to remind me of what I need to get done and when. I just thought I’d share, because it seems like when I post it here, I actually stick to it. It’s way too easy to ignore a text file sitting on my desktop.

I MISS MY KITTIES!!!