Assaulting the Housework

Today I made Miss Scarlett a promise-I wouldn't simple "do" the housework, I would assault the housework. Oh, yes, we were going to get some stuff DONE today, and thank God I have TWO city of Virginia Beach garbage cans because if they're going to charge me $10.00 per month to pick up my trash, I''m going to give them some trash to deal with.

Things started simply enough-I started by trying to clean and organize my desk, then we moved to the bookcase where we boxed up about 5 book boxes with old books we're taking to the library. We have exactly ONE box that we're putting into storage and a few other odds and ends. We also came across some music CD's and three brand new Star Wars collectors edition soundtracks that have never been opened. I'm going to have to do some research on those because I'd like to turn those into cash-they're leftover from wife 1.0.

So we managed to get some bookshelf space opened up in our office, we got rid of a lot of "clutter" in here which is good because next week, we're going to clean out the closet in the office that hasn't been opened in liek three years-I'm sure most of everything in there will go out. All the cat boxes were emptied, scrubed, re-filled and set back up, all the floors were cleaned and somehow, I managed to cleant he kitchen not once, but TWICE today.

I'm just tired of all the clutter and the start of a new year is I suppose the best time to deal with that.

Also more big news, both Miss Scarlett and I are attempting to quit smoking-again. More about that on my other blog on HamptonRoads.com. We're just tired of hacking our lungs up and we can think of many other better things to do with the $100.00 per week our habit costs us.

We even cleared out an entire bookcase with a small cabinet at the bottom for Miss Scarlett's exclusive use and now for the first time in forever, she has a desk that is clean and clear, not overflowing with papers, an ashtray and God knows what else. Hey, maybe this year she won't forget to pay the water bill two or three times and we won't get it shut off on us-saving us another $60.00!

I think that will be our new years resoluition or goal-room by room, we're going to go through each space and eliminate the clutter that we're tripping over-we're going to get rid of the clothes we don't wear anymore or don't fit us, we're going to finally let go of the things we didn't want to throw away but still never used and finally be able to open a cabinet door without something falling on our heads....

That would be nice. Be sure to read about our attempt to quit smoking (again) on my other blog-and have a little sympathy for us, it's a tough, uphill climb but I think this time, we CAN do it.

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