~The Daily Grind~ 1/15/10

[tinkryansmom]

Go Rebecca!!

OK - Mommy humor moment!!

Tackling a 5-minute FlyLady/Kelly mission - clean out holiday leftovers....

Sounds easy right!? OK open fridge - remove leftovers...hmmmm

Discover something has spilled from middle shelf all the way down to below the veggie drawers...EEEWWWW. And its dried and sticky. EWWWWW. Remove all food and begin scrubbing. The phrase "housework done incorrectly still blesses your family" was written for me. I have OCD cleaning issues and now I have to find a toothbrush and bleach!! Veggie drawer won't come out due to pony wall where fridge is situated - fridge door cannot open all the way up so drawer cannot pull all the way out. DANG. I need that drawer out of there! Tear fridge apart. All food, shelves, drawers are now all over my kitchen floor. (OK food is really all over the counters) Still scrubbing.

OOPS - potty training accident. UGH. Now this turns into toddler into tub after a wipedown, which turns into soaking soiled jammies in bathroom sink, which turns into scrubbing bathroom sink and counters and wiping down cabinets, which turns into the floor, which turns into another load of laundry to clean the jammies and towels.



Back to the kitchen for my 5 minute mission!! Torn up fridge.



I need another coffee!

Longest 5 minute mission EVER!!!

 

[PinballFamily]

Funny (sorry!) story! The topper will be when your DH comes home, looks around, and says "So, what did you do all day?"

The "Dynamic Duo" seem to have made a significant dent in the disaster that is Z2Hs room. It is looking better, but isn't quite finished yet...

I swear I must have had Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak on today while walking the dog! I stopped counting at five, for the number of cars almost hitting us during the walk - sheesh! Most days, we come across a couple of inattentive folks, but they seemed to be having a local convention today!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

OH my TRM!! That is a day!!! I've so been in your shoes..

The kids will spill in that fridge and leave it for me to find... ERRRR!!! I now line the door shelves with paper towels.. it's great... grabs spills and I don't have to scrub for hours!!

I've been cleaning out kitchen counters/shelves... It's been 3 cabinets a day.. I did the top left side today.. tomorrow is bottom left side.. I'll even wipe down the canned goods... DH laughs at me...but might as well clean everything!

Ok, back to cleaning up the scraproom.. it's a mess on the tops of everything as I rearranged a few more things...so now I have to finish that all.. now the scraproom counters have become the catch all for the couch! LOL

I'm making some progress!!!
My upstairs is spotless so I have nothing to do this weekend...except spot cleaning!

 

[joyah]

HE'S HOME ............
Stopped for his salami and cheese and plans on going to the grocery store tomorrow (with mom).

Thank you all for your prayers, hugs and everything through this. You have no idea how much it has meant to mom and I. There were days that I know you guys are what got mom and I through it. She loves my friends in the box. I even caught her reading the ckc manchester thread the other day. July & Aug were no picnic but this was well lets say I'm very glad that my normally healthy active 68 yr old dad is DONE with this and can move on.

 

[PinballFamily]

Yippee! What wonderful news - you all must be so relieved!

Enjoy the celebration -

 

[rlovew]

Hip!Hip! Horray!

Rebecca

 

[PrincessNancy96]

That is so great to hear Christy!!!!

Remind him to take it slow though!!

I bet your mom is thrilled to have him home and in comfortable surroundings!!!

 

[ddavis860]

Yeah, what Nan said... S.L.O.W.

Way to go Bubba!!

TRM- Funny story!

AWM- yeah, I miss my part time so much

 

[tinkryansmom]

Yay! Dad is home!!

Convince him if you can to take it slowly!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I'm so glad Christy!!

 

[Lisa]

Christy, that is wonderful Dad is home. Tell him not to over do. We are watching from our box.

Holly, we are so proud of Bubba!!!!!

Steph, good luck to DS on his events

The Dynamic Duo are so cute!!

Yeah, it's Friday! The start of a long weekend too.

My to do list:

Put wood in the woodstove
write in DD's communication book
empty the dishwasher
Get DD up and ready for school
caffeinate
work
book hotel for CM Expo Crop in February.
pick up kitty!!! He is fine and really happy to be home.
Oversee bath and bed time

 

[PinballFamily]

Hey, you'd never guess who just called us?

President Obama!

(Well, ok, it was a recorded message! But, it is ONE we didn't instantly hang up on!!!) The kids think it was pretty neat, and I do too. He sort of sheepishly said that he doesn't make these kinds of calls often and apologized for interrupting us.

There is a special election here on Tuesday to fill Ted Kennedy's seat in the Senate. (Will stay away from the political aspects of the topic...but will say that I want the candidate who lives in our city to win...she's marvelous! )

Well, since I really don't think he'll ever call us for real (at least until Z2H wins the Nobel Prize or sumpthin'!) this may be as close as we get!

 

[morgansmom2000]

I wonder if that was one of those private calls I keep ignoring! Why didn't Obama call me?!

I'm home. Had a long day, considering my boss wasn't at work.

Glad to hear Dad is home, Christy. Try not to let him overdo!

I did do some shopping today...let's just say that the wagon is so full of stuff there's *no* room for me. But I paid cash for it. And, I got the best.invention.ever! A milk frother to go with my k-cup machine. I'm one happy girl!

Ack, the phone just rang! It wasn't Obama, but it was a political call!

 

[ZeroToHero]

The Dynamic Duo?

And my room looks so much better than it did a week ago!

Lou was vicious - I had a whole bunch of stuff I wanted to keep, and he was like "Do you need that? No. Throw it out. Danica. We are cleaning. The point is to throw things out!"
Me: "But-"
Lou: "NO!" *holds out trash bag* "Put it in the bag!!!!"

He also started clapping his hands briskly, saying "this is the speed you should be cleaning. Every clap is something that should be getting thrown away."

What a jerk... hahaha. At least it's cleaner now.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Yay for Lou!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Lisa, I'm glad to hear kitty is home and fine. It's a quick little surgery for those boys (figures). I bet he's glad to be there.

 

[PinballFamily]

Lou was vicious - I had a whole bunch of stuff I wanted to keep, and he was like "Do you need that? No. Throw it out. Danica. We are cleaning. The point is to throw things out!"
Me: "But-"
Lou: "NO!" *holds out trash bag* "Put it in the bag!!!!"

He also started clapping his hands briskly, saying "this is the speed you should be cleaning. Every clap is something that should be getting thrown away."

Boy, and I thought I liked this guy *before*...WOW!

We aren't going dancing tonight - DH came home from work with a migraine. Oh, well.

 

[party of 3]

Oh Christy that's wonderful news. You
must be thrilled. Give him hugs and kisses
from his rhode island family!!

 

[party of 3]

The dynamic duo!!!! That's funny.
love that Lou. Helping with the cleaning.
He's a keeper!

Jennifers got a frother. I got a k-cup and
it works awesome. I just have to figure out
how to turn the heat ip on it. Which means
I have to read the book!!!

And Pam fear not zth WILL win the noble prize!!!!