Yay Perkins congrats!
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Dec 28, 2011 6:38:02 pm PST #13390 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2011 7:11:25 pm PST #13391 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Congrats Perkins!
Ah, does anything motivate household cleaning like the prospect of guests stopping by? When my cousin mentioned she hadn't ever seen my apartment the other day I told her now is the time, since it's in rare suitable-for-company shape. Then today I found out that her sisters (and maybe the two new babies) might stop by in the morning too, and since getting home I've been in a frenzy of cleaning.
So far tonight I've:
• super-glued the frame of the big print from my living room back into shape
• put up the clean dishes from my dishwasher
• cut up an old pair of jeans into cleaning rags
• scrubbed my kitchen and bathroom sinks and the surrounding countertops
• given the toilet a cursory cleaning
• washed my shower curtain
• scrubbed the microwave and the cabinets above it that had accumulated airborne grease from the stove
• put Christmas wrapping paper, bows, and cards back in the closet
• done 2 loads of laundry and rolled up clean towels for the bathroom
• sorted and trashed about 6 months' worth of junk mail
• thrown away a year's worth of accumulated catalogs and scrubbed the coffee table they were previously covering
• straightened up my desk and thrown away loose papers
• organized DVDs
• swapped out the plastic sheet my anemic snapdragons were perched on for a decorative ceramic bowl
• set up a little house-of-cards assemblage of various pretty greeting cards that had previously been piled up on my breakfast cart (not coincidentally hiding some cables and such on the bar in my kitchen)
• tidied up my drawing desk
If I start breaking out the steam vacuum to do my floors at 11:15 at night y'all will send an exorcist over to drive Monica Geller's spirit out of my body, right?
DavidS - Dec 28, 2011 7:14:33 pm PST #13392 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I start breaking out the steam vacuum to do my floors at 11:15 at night y'all will send an exorcist over to drive Monica Geller's spirit out of my body, right?
Definitely. But only after you've classified your towels.
Scrappy - Dec 28, 2011 7:29:41 pm PST #13393 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
congrats, Perkins!
Strix - Dec 28, 2011 7:45:33 pm PST #13394 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Congrats, Perkins!
No, Matt; while I was having a drink with friends, my Virgo cleaning frenzy spirit (guests for NYE! Dust the ceilings! Magic Eraser the bannisters! Lemon oil the furniture! etc, etc.) just moseyed on down.
Parties and guests are the ultimate motivation for a good, hard clean.
meara - Dec 28, 2011 7:50:53 pm PST #13395 of 30001
But only after you've classified your towels.
"Guest, fancy guest...13?"
That's a lot of work, Matt! I am not looking forward to getting home and needing to clean like mad.
Also, I am not used to going out where people are still allowed to smoke in bars. I got home tonight and was like "I have to take a shower, I reek of smoke"--I'm not used to that anymore! But it was fun doing karaoke, and I now have wonderful blackmail of my brother doing "Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory. HILARIOUS.
Calli - Dec 29, 2011 1:24:55 am PST #13396 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations, Perkins!
amyth - Dec 29, 2011 1:49:28 am PST #13397 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Woo hoo, Perkins!!!!
Anne W. - Dec 29, 2011 1:53:37 am PST #13398 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Congratulations, Perkins!
sarameg - Dec 29, 2011 2:44:10 am PST #13399 of 30001
Despite my best efforts, cold wins. Back to bed.