What a Life!

Today has been declared Domestic Diva Day. That’s right. I’m going to work on all of the home-blessing items on my list that I have ignored all week. I did my errands yesterday so I will be staying home all day.

Here are some highlights of what I plan to accomplish:

• Vacuum the blinds – they’re getting pretty dusty for some reason
• Clean my shower – I try to do this once a month. There’s a mildew issue in my shower as well – on the walls and ceiling above the shower tile. I need to take another look and consider what might be done about it. For now, it will get a dose of very diluted chlorox water.
• Dig potatoes – I have a few more that are ready to go and I need to finish digging them up. This task had gotten pushed aside for a while until I decided to make a menu that included potatoes which I wouldn’t have unless I went out to the garden and dug them up. So far – mission successful.
• Clean out the refrigerator. I’m pretty sure there aren’t any surprise science experiments. However, it would be nice if the shelves were wiped down and the onion skins got swept out of the vegetable drawer.
• Dust return vents – we cleaned our air conditioner and changed the filter six weeks after we’d changed it when our July electric bill was twice as high as our June electric bill, which at the time was our highest ever. Steve had me go online and get the Cooling Degree Days off the National Weather Service Site and compare that information with the number of kilowatts we used, and the air conditioner doesn’t seem to be taking any more energy per cooling degree than it did last year. Just the same, the vents need to be cleaned and perhaps they would help with efficiency.
• Dust ceiling fans – how do these get dusty? You would think all the dust would blow off as the fan blades spin around, but apparently not. As soon as the weather gets nice and we turn off the fans, all that dust will annoy me so I will go after it now in hopes that it won’t be quite so bad when the weather finally cools.
• Take a broom and go after the cobwebs. I could swear this was done a couple weeks ago, but they’re already back. A lady at the Saunders County Fair tried to sell me one of those triangle shaped brooms, but I could never figure out how to use the one my mom has and hers was never used much so I didn’t buy one. I think my broom is working just fine.
• Reorganize the pantry. Okay, it’s 80% organized, but there are a few things that seem to always be “floating” – they don’t really have a place, they just go wherever they fit. That is annoying me and today I shall try to fix it.
• We bought a table and chairs for Ben at a garage sale that has some marks on it. He has also taken a crayon to the desk we bought. I need to take care of those marks somehow. Any suggestions?
• There is a door on one of my bookcases that seems to be falling off. I have the screws – I simply need to figure out how it works and put it back together. The hinge is a rather odd looking creature so it will require a bit of thought.
• The breezeway needs to be cleaned. It seems to be one of our “hot spots” and I need to take care of the items that have taken up residence there but don’t belong. The windows could be cleaned and the windowsills wiped down and all that as well. Perhaps even the floor will get mopped.
• Detail car interior. I got the oil changed at Jiffy Lube yesterday – I go there before 10:00 a.m. for the $19.99 early bird special. I love Jiffy Lube because they always vacuum my car, which I hate doing. Now I just need to windex the interior windows and take a damp cloth to the dash and arm rests and my car will be clean.
• Ben’s closet is a mess right now. When we were at Jon and Stacy’s last weekend, Ben seemed to always have a teddy bear under his arm as he played. So once we got home, I tried to find one for him, which was buried at the bottom of his closet. Well, I didn’t find any that weren’t on the verge of falling apart, and I decided the whole closet needed some serious attention in general as I was digging for the teddy bear. My goal today is to put his closet back in order and perhaps remove some of the items in there.

I’m thinking a half day will be sufficient to get all that done. I’m sure my husband would tell me that I’m dreaming. But a half day is actually twelve hours if you just look at the clock so I have plenty of time.

Tomorrow morning before we go to play group I will do the regular house cleaning. After play group we’ll go to the grocery store. I also plan to list some items on ebay tomorrow. I decided that Friday is when people get paid so they’ll be itching to spend their money on auctions I have ending late Friday afternoon (you know, those people who surf the web at work). We’ll see how it goes.

Tomorrow I shall report back and we’ll see if I actually got much of this list done. Cheers!