Saturday, September 13, 2014

Fall is in the air

I did a little house cleaning today since I could shut down the a/c and open the windows wide. My main objective was cleaning the living room carpet being it's the most highly trafficked area, and to bring the houseplants back in for the next 7 months.
The only real problem with pets that don fur is the abundance of that fur that accumulates on carpets and upholstery. So in preparation of using the rug scrubber, I vacuumed and vacuumed and vacuumed until finally nothing appeared in the dust cup.
Scrubbing carpets is such a pain in the ass, with having to move furniture from one side of the room to the other, waiting for the carpet to dry in order to move stuff around, and then putting it all back together. With the help of my son, it took a total of 6 hours, not to mention in order to move some pieces of furniture, I had to empty and clean the fish tank and the turtle tank, adding another 2 hours
onto the workload.
Starting the day off before the floor cleaning was the dish washing that I should of done last night, but was too damn lazy to get to it. Next I went out and did my outside chores such as feeding the birds and picking veggies that were ripened enough as far as I was concerned. Of course I can't forget the piles of dog crap that needed cleaned up and doing an overall yard check before heading back inside.
The weather today was rather gloomy, but refreshing, as temps didn't get up past 61 degrees, not to mention that there was a steady breeze and spits of rain here and there. Thus the reason I decided to clean carpets.
Finally to top the day off, i cooked dinner, and also baked a cake, the kind in a box mind you, but it still counts as baking one. I was hankering for something sweet so I did one of those opening and closing of cabinets and pantry door things, unsure of what the hell it is I wanted, then going back to the first cabinet and starting the process over again. Finally I saw the can of butter-cream frosting and decided I would make a Betty Crocker yellow cake. So.....half of it is gone already and only three of us are here today. Let me make it clear however, that I am the pig when it comes to sweets, and so my pieces were much larger than the others.
Hell, I made it, so it's only fair.



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