How am I so dirty when my apartment is so clean?
I spent literally all today cleaning. Ok, not from midnight to midnight literally, but I got started at 12:30 and finished up at 9pm. That's a lot of cleaning! On the plus side, my apartment is shiny! Well, actually it is still a bit cluttered because I haven't boxed up the things I'm donating, but still- shiny!
The bathroom- oh my god, the bathroom is sparkling! I finally got some Simple Green and a scrubbing brush, and it worked like a charm! A charm that required extensive scrubbing and made me sweat buckets, but a charm nonetheless! I also scrubbed at the walls with bleach, so they are lovely now (quick aside- my bathroom has no ventilation, so mold develops on the paint quite quickly. It is gross, it is now gone. For the moment.)
The bedroom was easy enough, just had to vacuum, and dust/sort the bookshelf. Picked out a bunch of books I no longer want, and set them aside. Then, dear readers, it was on to the living room. Otherwise known as the bottomless Pit of Stuff. But oh, did I clean the hell out of it. Started with the bookshelves, dusting and discarding and sorting. Found an old wooden doll my aunt had given me which had gone missing- the Lokasaur had most likely knocked it off its shelf. It had broken a bit, but the handy dandy Super Glue fixed it right up! After that, it was the coffee table's turn- dusted inside and out, discarded all the accumulated detrius, and put stuff there that actually SHOULD go in a coffee table. Cleaned off the desk and dusted there, then tackled the "entertainment center." This thing was a disaster. It isn't much, but the tangle of cords and dust behind it was horrifying. So I detangled, and dusted, and rearranged, and now it actually looks kinda nice!
Palmer arrived at that point, so I began to cook dinner (chili with noodles, it was delicious and QUITE spicy) while he swept, dusted, and vacuumed the living room. Now all that is left is the kitchen, and all that needs is a quick sweep and mop. AND THEN MY PLACE WILL BE SO CLEAN, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!
Next project- the closets of DOOM!
The bathroom- oh my god, the bathroom is sparkling! I finally got some Simple Green and a scrubbing brush, and it worked like a charm! A charm that required extensive scrubbing and made me sweat buckets, but a charm nonetheless! I also scrubbed at the walls with bleach, so they are lovely now (quick aside- my bathroom has no ventilation, so mold develops on the paint quite quickly. It is gross, it is now gone. For the moment.)
The bedroom was easy enough, just had to vacuum, and dust/sort the bookshelf. Picked out a bunch of books I no longer want, and set them aside. Then, dear readers, it was on to the living room. Otherwise known as the bottomless Pit of Stuff. But oh, did I clean the hell out of it. Started with the bookshelves, dusting and discarding and sorting. Found an old wooden doll my aunt had given me which had gone missing- the Lokasaur had most likely knocked it off its shelf. It had broken a bit, but the handy dandy Super Glue fixed it right up! After that, it was the coffee table's turn- dusted inside and out, discarded all the accumulated detrius, and put stuff there that actually SHOULD go in a coffee table. Cleaned off the desk and dusted there, then tackled the "entertainment center." This thing was a disaster. It isn't much, but the tangle of cords and dust behind it was horrifying. So I detangled, and dusted, and rearranged, and now it actually looks kinda nice!
Palmer arrived at that point, so I began to cook dinner (chili with noodles, it was delicious and QUITE spicy) while he swept, dusted, and vacuumed the living room. Now all that is left is the kitchen, and all that needs is a quick sweep and mop. AND THEN MY PLACE WILL BE SO CLEAN, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!
Next project- the closets of DOOM!