A cleaning sort of day

Decided over the weekend that for the remainder of the month I'll deep clean the kitchen (this week) and the living room/dining room (next week).  I need to feel that the summer months have been profitable in some tangible way.  So.  Today I set my plan in order---figured out what I could reasonably do in one day, and will try to keep to that schedule.  I'm a perfectionist, though you couldn't tell by my environment, and will usually avoid a task if it either takes too long, or seems too overwhelming.  I give up way too easily.  Limits of how much I'll do on a particular day prevent me from that situation.  I hope!

Today I emptied the cabinet over the washer, and the one to the left of the sink.  Second son is at this very minute buying me a can of white enamel so I can re-paint the cabinets.  I have some shelf paper around here somewhere that I put in a safe place.  Right.  Will have to waltz right around that issue, though, and do that later.  I'm not going out today, and considering the get-up I'm wearing, that's a good thing.  Shelf paper isn't a necessity, but it's sad to not be able to find it, since it's so darn cute.

And actually, if it wasn't for the copious amounts of iced tea/coke zero I'm drinking, I'd would just fade away.  That's my household secret for the day.

Oh, and oldest daughter is cooking Indian for us tonight, least I think it's Indian.  She had it over at SIB's house recently and it'll be lovely.

All in all, a nice day.

(painting of 'the housemaid' by william mcgregor paxton)