first part

Living room/dining area:

I have cleaned underneath the couch and I have shampooed all the furniture.

I have moved the rug and cleaned it piece by piece and underneath. (mmm)

I emptied the corner hutch and threw away Christmas candy and put all of the parts for all of the mini-appliances with their proper appliances. Organized.

I put all of my cake decorating supplies in their proper places in my little cake-bureau thing.

I put the onions in a glass bowl. I washed the cake plate, dome and all.

I changed the table runner to a crisp white and put out flowers and changed the candles to summer candles (goodbye, spring).

I pulled the leaves of the table apart and cleaned the crack there, filled with flour from rolling out pies and cookies.

I picked up the kitty bowls and cleaned them.

I wiped down the pantry.

I dusted the light fixture! I knocked cobwebs from the windows!

Kitchen/Laundry room:

Cobwebs here too. I never see spiders, though? What's up with that?

I cleaned the canisters. I microwaved lemons and the scrubbed Will's old single-man microwave. I cleaned the coffee pot and prepped it for my remarriage with coffee (starting tomorrow, I am just going to give in - it's cheaper this way - also, I'm out of Diet Coke).

I pulled the toaster off the counter and cleaned it. I rearranged the cabinets and put my mise en place bowls in easier reach (tea cups will now require a step stool, but I will just drink tea from a mug). I moved the cart and the stove and cleaned underneath both (conversation hearts, Christmas baubles, cat food, a wine cork, lots of fur), and mopped there, too. I wiped down the fridge (cleaned it out a few weeks ago) and opened up the stove and scrubbed (whoops, no gloves, that burned).

I scrubbed the plastic carrier that I keep my cleaning products in, oh yes I did.

I cleaned the top of the fridge and reorganized the canvas totes that I keep there and everything in them. I found a $25 gift card to a restaurant from my brother-in-law (in a Christmas card), my "travel log" from our honeymoon and lots and lots of toothpicks. My cupcake liners got their own tote. I put my "tools" (whisks, brushes, cow-head ice cream scoop, etc.) in extra plastic cups I had and now they are sitting upright in their tote. So cute.

I wiped down the inside of the washer, around the rim. I washed and air dried the lint thing. (what is that called?)

(I misspelled dried, and then I fixed it)

I mopped, mopped, mopped. I scrubbed my kitchen sink and polished the faucet until I could see my goofy face in it.

I straightened Curt's picture on my fridge and hung up a note from my sister. (<3)

I asked myself why in the hell I bought "apple bakers" in Tennessee when all they are doing is taking up room. I remembered I had a whole bottle of Jack to cook with! I found a matchbook from Bennett's BBQ in Tennessee from our honeymoon (eee) and I put my seasonal baking pans in a whole new location. Only bread pans and round cake pans in the oven drawer, please.

This week: Our bathrooms! The hallway (it won't get it's own day, don't worry)! Maybe our bedroom?

After that, the guest/bird room *shudder* and it will all culminate in me burning down the office and everything in it. It's already packed and sad. We're going to have to buy a lot more of those plastic totes and start storing stuff in our shed.

Oh, and after it's all done, the shed...the poor, poor shed.