Domesticity
Planning six to eight weeks in advance for a gathering never seems to equate to actually having my house ready in advance for said gathering.
*sigh
Yesterday I drove 120 miles -- and it was good. I haven't been off my usual routes between work, home, and parents' house for a month or so. Wolfling and I drove south to a store I'd been planning to visit before the snow hit, then I dropped her off at her dad's place and continued north to another store I hadn't been to in more than a year. It felt good to just go.
But that means I still have a lot of housecleaning to do today: cleaning the kitchen floor, dishes, vaccuuming pretty much everything (with my new vaccuum cleaner!), getting books up off the floor and onto shelves, sorting the laundry on my bedroom floor, making my bed, taking out the trash. Plus going to the grocery store to get some treats. I had been thinking about baking brownies, but I suspect I'm not going to want to fuss with that.
I also need to clear off the dining room table, which is currently covered with my beading supplies, plus odds and ends of stuff, and get everything off the coffee table. There needs to be room to lay out tarot cards!!
Once again, I prove that I need to have friends over at least every two months, just for the housecleaning involved.
*sigh
Yesterday I drove 120 miles -- and it was good. I haven't been off my usual routes between work, home, and parents' house for a month or so. Wolfling and I drove south to a store I'd been planning to visit before the snow hit, then I dropped her off at her dad's place and continued north to another store I hadn't been to in more than a year. It felt good to just go.
But that means I still have a lot of housecleaning to do today: cleaning the kitchen floor, dishes, vaccuuming pretty much everything (with my new vaccuum cleaner!), getting books up off the floor and onto shelves, sorting the laundry on my bedroom floor, making my bed, taking out the trash. Plus going to the grocery store to get some treats. I had been thinking about baking brownies, but I suspect I'm not going to want to fuss with that.
I also need to clear off the dining room table, which is currently covered with my beading supplies, plus odds and ends of stuff, and get everything off the coffee table. There needs to be room to lay out tarot cards!!
Once again, I prove that I need to have friends over at least every two months, just for the housecleaning involved.