I took the last two afternoons off work in hopes that being up and about for work in the morning would spur me on to hard work at home in the afternoon.
As it turned out, it spurred me right into two lovely afternoon naps. Oh well. The best laid plans, right?
But these last two days (minus one rain shower yesterday) have been SO PRETTY and I think I have officially diagnosed myself with spring fever. More specifically...spring cleaning fever.
I've been on the go much of March, and as a result, my cleaning has been sporadic. The bright sunshine and open windows and doors have been wonderfully refreshing...and a spotlight on the cleaning that so needs to occur.
I love spring cleaning. I love bringing out the Easter decorations and the bright flowers (the fake kind that I can't kill). I love rearranging the furniture, putting away the fleece sheets in favor of the regular ones. I love exchanging the space heater for a fan. I love, love, LOVE bringing out the summer clothes and putting away the bulky coats.
I love thinking ahead to planting the flowers I'm likely to kill, and for five minutes, I even love the thought of mowing the grass. (Then, of course, comes the first attempt at starting the mower after it sat all winter and my disdain returns.)
And while I'm never a fan of rain, yesterday reminded me I do love the smell of a spring rain. Tomorrow is the first official day of spring, and in celebration, I plan to have a closet-switching party tomorrow night. (I know - I have the funnest Friday nights. Try not to be jealous, okay?)
So happy spring (a few hours early) - and here's to happy cleaning!
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5 comments:
Can I have some of your cleaning enthusiasm and energy please?
I am so ready for spring. I've had the sliding door open and some windows the last couple of days so that I can air out the house (and germs) and even the animals seem to appreciate the sunshine and fresh air.
Now, if only the laundry fairies would come for an extended visit, I'd be in good shape!
Happy Spring, a little early.
I must warn you that the cleaning enthusiasm comes with the touch of OCD - which can be so annoying sometimes. So you might not really want it.
Right now I just mostly want to clean the kitchen. I've been working on friendship bread for four hours now and bread has overtaken the entire kitchen! (When the kitchen is 2 square feet, it doesn't take much to quickly fill it up.)
What's a closet switching party? Is that just you and the cats putting the sweaters away and pulling out the shorts? :) My tulips are sprouting! I need to take a picture and put it on our blog. Also, I have a funny story:
Last night I was ready to get in to bed early for once - I've been up 'till midnight every night this week - so I washed my face around 10, planning to go to bed right afterwards. I put the face wash back into the medicine cabinet which pushed a bottle of nail polish (named "Red-y To Help" from O.P.I. - a limited edition color given to me from the American Heart Assoction) out of the medicine cabinet and onto our brand new bathroom floor. When it hit the floor, it shattered and red polish was all over! It looked like a murder scene! Spatters all over the wall, floor, shower, towel cabinet... I could have cried. We spent 45 minutes cleaning up the mess with nail-polish remover & paper towels. Only afterward did Joe say, "We should have took a picture and put it on the blog." I got it all off the shower & ceramic tiles, but as for the door & frame, I have painting to do this weekend. I will probably put something about it on our blog, so stay tuned!
Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have cried too! :( man you must have dropped that hard! those bottles are usually pretty durable - especially OPI. did you rip the finish off the cabinet with the polish remover? I have a cotton ball spot on my end table where i made the mistake of putting one down with polish remover on it. SUPER. My one piece of for real furniture and it's marred by polish remover. Leave it to me!
Oh - and yes, the closet switching party is the retiring of the sweaters and the return of the SKIRTS AND SHORTS!!!!
I just put a post on our blog, so you can check it out. The cabinet is a cheap-o painted white, so it didn't rip the white color off enough to notice. I didn't even bother taking it off the door, frame & base board. I'm repainting those this weekend. I spilled nail polish remover on my Aunt's end table when I was a teenager. Not cool. I got a major scolding.
Stop by our blog and check out the post!
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