Happy Birthday Mary! Your card is in the mail. How does it feel to be 40 and fabulous?
So, what would you do your first full weekend without homework? I slept in and it was fabulous. Then I got up and got to work. First, I cleaned out our pantry and gathered items for our apartment building food drive. Then I cleaned our fridge and freezer out as we had food there from the ice age. Once that was done, I took out the trash and brought the food shelf items to the holding area. Then it was time to shower and dress. After that, it was errand running time.
Today I went to Sam's club and bought a 1 year membership. My graduation/birthday party is in January and I thought that it would be worth it to get the food at Sam's. Their meat & cheese trays at only $25 compared to $40 or $50 at other places for the exact same thing. I've also heard that their cakes are good too! While there I shopped a bit and found some great deals on meat. I got a little over 5lbs of ground chuck for $10, a nice beef and pork roast, and some dishwasher soap.
After Sam's club I went to our regular grocery store to get some groceries. I had a coupon and got a 10lb turkey for $5.00! After that I went to the discount grocer and got some other stuff. All in all, I got all our groceries and was able to restock our pantry, freezer, and fridge.
Once I got home I put all the new stuff away and started cleaning. I began to clean at 2pm and didn't finish until after 9pm. Our apartment hasn't been deep cleaned since I went back to school in April. I was spot cleaning as needed but today I went all out. Our apartment was a pit. Now it looks amazing...well, at least to me. Bob said he doesn't really notice a difference but I can tell you that our apartment was horribly dirty. Gah. I cleaned out the cat boxes and the room that houses said boxes. I vacuumed the furniture and every corner and crevice, cleaned baseboards, swept, mopped, dusted, and scrubbed. It was cathartic. I even changed the sheets on the bed and will do laundry tomorrow.
There is something about having a clean house and full pantry that makes me feel complete somehow. I feel as if I can go to bed tonight and be satisfied and rested. I feel as if my house is in order. I made chili for dinner and will make the pork roast for dinner tomorrow. We have everything we need for Thanksgiving, the house is clean, and I feel as if my job is done. It was a good day.
So, what would you do your first full weekend without homework? I slept in and it was fabulous. Then I got up and got to work. First, I cleaned out our pantry and gathered items for our apartment building food drive. Then I cleaned our fridge and freezer out as we had food there from the ice age. Once that was done, I took out the trash and brought the food shelf items to the holding area. Then it was time to shower and dress. After that, it was errand running time.
Today I went to Sam's club and bought a 1 year membership. My graduation/birthday party is in January and I thought that it would be worth it to get the food at Sam's. Their meat & cheese trays at only $25 compared to $40 or $50 at other places for the exact same thing. I've also heard that their cakes are good too! While there I shopped a bit and found some great deals on meat. I got a little over 5lbs of ground chuck for $10, a nice beef and pork roast, and some dishwasher soap.
After Sam's club I went to our regular grocery store to get some groceries. I had a coupon and got a 10lb turkey for $5.00! After that I went to the discount grocer and got some other stuff. All in all, I got all our groceries and was able to restock our pantry, freezer, and fridge.
Once I got home I put all the new stuff away and started cleaning. I began to clean at 2pm and didn't finish until after 9pm. Our apartment hasn't been deep cleaned since I went back to school in April. I was spot cleaning as needed but today I went all out. Our apartment was a pit. Now it looks amazing...well, at least to me. Bob said he doesn't really notice a difference but I can tell you that our apartment was horribly dirty. Gah. I cleaned out the cat boxes and the room that houses said boxes. I vacuumed the furniture and every corner and crevice, cleaned baseboards, swept, mopped, dusted, and scrubbed. It was cathartic. I even changed the sheets on the bed and will do laundry tomorrow.
There is something about having a clean house and full pantry that makes me feel complete somehow. I feel as if I can go to bed tonight and be satisfied and rested. I feel as if my house is in order. I made chili for dinner and will make the pork roast for dinner tomorrow. We have everything we need for Thanksgiving, the house is clean, and I feel as if my job is done. It was a good day.
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I can so relate to the calm mental state that accompanies a tidy home. There is something very settling about going to bed knowing that you will wake up to a tidy, clean house.
That might explain why I'm not very settled at the moment!! I have a day off on Friday (nothing to do with holidays yet... Australia doesn't do Thanksgiving) and had not planned to do housework but, thanks to you and this post, I think the rest of my life will be far more organised if I can get my house in order.
Thankyou :)
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