Library of Doom, update

[valarltd]

I'm pooped. i learned a lot today:

It's amazing how much stuff can fit into the 4x4 inch space under the edge of the cabinets.

I have no clue how to mop a floor, but i'm pretty sure i did it wrong. It's still dirty.

I'm not sure I want to know how, but I now known why I have no serving bowls. They were broken into the space between the counter and the fridge.

There's an actual room with computers in it instead of islands and paths in a sea of stuff.

Cheap trashbags are thin enough for my non-existant nails to rip.

I miss Jaws. Jaws was my vacuum, a wedding present from our best man. Since he died, we haven't had a bit of luck with any new one. The latest burned out its belt trying to suck up yarn (Jaws went for the comforter and didn't burn anything). The power switch was not in an intuitive place and I didn't yank the plug fast enough. I hate the smell of burning rubber.

And i'm never going to get anything else accomplished if I have to clean the same room over every day because 5 people can mess it faster than i can clean it.


Also, consecrated Hosts run $8.99/box of 1000. But you can get a nifty shell-shaped holy water bottle for 99 cents.
(amazing the sort of catalogues we get at work.)

Comments

House cleaning empathy

[djinanna.livejournal.com]

>>It's amazing how much stuff can fit into <<

... any small space that's hard to access. ::nods:: Oh, yes, I feel your pain. I *live* your pain!

>>I have no clue how to mop a floor<<

Um ... water, floor cleaner, mop. Mix and apply. Toss dirty water, repeat application. Over and over until water after application isn't totally disgusting. It's kinda like with weight training -- it's not how much you lift (or clean) at one go, it's the *reps*.

>>Cheap trashbags<<

::nods:: Once you've dumped an entire box of "used" cat litter into a cheap trashbag and had it rip and spill across the entire kitchen floor, you *never* go back to cheap trashbags again... ::shudders at memory::

>>I miss Jaws<<

I miss my Mom's old cannister vacuum. It kinda looked like R2D2 and was older than me. I *hatehatehate* "upright" vacs with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I think I may be the only person who feels that way, though. I *yearn* for the day my present upright burns out it's nasty little motor so I can justify searching out and buying a cannister style again.

And finally, I suggest some hot chocolate laced with rum (or your preference) and multiple viewings of HGTV"s Mission Organization (or local equivalent) for clues on how to deal with multi-person clutter attacks. They've actually got some tips and tricks (among the pipe dreams) that can be adapted to real peoples' lives.

((I wonder if you can fit a spray nozzle on the holy water bottle. It's nice to know, though, that vamp fighting equipment can be got for reasonable rates... Um, that *is* why you mentioned it, right?))

Re: House cleaning empathy

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

The size of the bottle argues more for an atomizer than a squirt nozzle.