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Sunday.
This is the first weekend that I’ve been home in several weekends. Home with no class to teach and no out-of-towners to entertain. (Though I’ve LOVED entertaining all the o-o-t-ers!) My house has been a disaster. My “craft room” had become the dumping ground for everything yarn. Knee-high piles of sweaters, yarn, books, business paperwork…it was really giving me nightmares. Every time I walked by, I shut the door. To look was to cringe/feel guilty/wonder what exactly the cats were DOING in there.
SO Friday night I cleaned it! I had come home from work and gotten right into my PJs, as is my wont of late. I’ve been coming home at 6, lying on the bed and reading till I just pass out. As late as 8 if I’m lucky. The thing is, it was 100 degrees outside, and the craft room was the only room with an A/C unit! SO…in order to sit in here and enjoy it…I cleaned.
I can see FLOOR! I have shelf space! I can see what I’m doing for the next book! I can get to the closet! I DID move the A/C to the bedroom…and sleeping last night was SO NICE. We’ve been having 100+ degree temps the last week, and are supposed to be in the 100s next week, too. Summer in the Southwest!
Yesterday was also a big cleanup day. I did laundry and hung it to dry, but the major-major-MAJOR thing I did was to go through my closets. I put away all the summer stuff that I know I won’t be able to wear this summer, as well as all the winter stuff that’ll be too small…keeping out cardigan sweaters and elastic-waist pants. (I’ll be SO stylin’!) I filled up 4 22-gallon Rubbermaid tubs for the garage, making room for Hugo’s clothes and accoutrements.
So…I’m working my way from the back of the house to the front. Craft room, bedroom, linen closet…next are big bathroom (I don’t go in Nate’s bathroom!) living room, and kitchen. Maybe next weekend. We’re meeting my parents at 2 for a Fathers’ Day lupper. Nate’s outside mowing the “lawn” and I’m getting ready to do some work for work, re-pot a couple houseplants, and see how much I can get done by 2. I really feel like I need about a week off…then I could be all caught up with everything. That’s not happening…so I’ll take a few more weekends at home. There’s something so NICE about not having any set plans.
Monday.
Nate mowed the lawn and put some plants in the ground. We’ve got hibiscus, sage, and lavender in the front bed now along with 3 little rose bushes. I did get 3 houseplants repotted…then fell asleep from about 3 till about 7. I just totally konked out. Then was able to go right back to sleep at bedtime. And now…it’s Monday again already.
6 Responses to “aaaah…the weekend!”
Ahhh, a weekend in NM. I’m always way too busy on weekends. I’m hoping it’ll slow down once I get moved in! I love when my weekends are unplanned, it’s such a good relaxing feeling to know you don’t have to be anywhere!
Yeah, once you get moved in, you’ll have lounge-by-the-pool weekends, and sit on the patio weekends, and you’ll be so relaxed and calm!!
(Until we all start crashing your QT and knitting at your house!)
Welcome to nesting. You can expect to clean and organize like a lunatic until the baby is born, especially in the last month. Which is a good thing, because once the little one is born, you probably won’t be able to clean for a while!
Crash all you want. I’d love my place to be a fun, relaxing, knitting condo! Full of yarn, food and friends!
You’ll be surprised how long you can stretch your non-maternity wardrobe. I’m jealous — I need that desire-to-clean thing to hit!!
Stef,
The knitty gritty with you was on yesterday. I have it TIVO’d. You were great, that sweater is great (oh boy another project!!!)