Vacation & Conquring Exploding Vegetables

For the  Christmas holiday, I took some time off of work. It has been glorious! I got a ton of stuff done around the house and feel a strong sense of accomplishment, you know, for once in my life.

Here is what I got done today:

• Collected the garbage from the kitchen


• Collected the garbage from the living room (or front room as we say here in Chicago)


• Did 4 loads of dishes in the dishwasher


• Took out all that garbage


• Consolidated all my sewing materials


• consolidated all my painting materials


• picked up all the clothes that were strewn about


• put all the junk in the kitchen away


• put all the junk in the living room away


• wiped down every surface in the house


• cleaned the silverware tray (and you should too, that was gross)


• wiped down the cabinets in the kitchen


• scrubbed the kitchen floor


• took down the Christmas tree and all decorations


• vaacuumed


• cleaned out the hall closet


• cleaned the tub


• threw away all empty soap bottles


• washed the baseboards in the house


• repaired a chair

Tomorrow I have a day of filling out mortgage refinance paperwork and cleaning my bedroom, as well as making last minute clothing donations to the Salvation Army. I also need to repair the vertacle blinds in my living room. Am I making this sound like fun? Because that is the point of this entry. It isn't to make it sound fun to YOU, it's to try to convince myself that this IS fun. So, you know, I actually do it. And not let my house look like frat boys took it over for about a month.

What prompted this cleaning spree? Eric smelled what he described at cat pee in the kitchen.

Upon much cleaning, I found 3 potatoes behind the oven that had turned into liquid. Well, I didn't know they had turned into liquid until I picked them up and they exploded into a disgusting cat pee orgy of decomposition in my hands. Then, after being freaked out and gagging, I started to shake my hands and freak out some more, hence why I had to clean my cabinets, baseboards, and floor. Becuase after that? EVERYTHING smelled like rancid cat pee.  God forbid I act like a rational adult and NOT spray exploding decomposed vegetables all over the kitchen.

I hope everyone is having a great week, I am now off to try and find the asperagus I bought last month and now cannot seem to find. I plan on just following my nose.