minutiae

In no particular order...

Big Yay, for once, imho, on all 6 of the major Oscar wins - it's incredibly rare that all my faves win (even tho There Will Be Blood was my second choice for best pic, but right after NCFOM)

House is cleaner than it probably has been in a decade or two - continued hyper-cleaning; broom-swept, then vacuumed and mopped the whole house after piling as much furniture up high as possible to maximize floor-reaching. Also took a whole carload of completely unnecessary stuff to Mission Thrift yesterday and recycled a gazillion bags of shredded papers. Also, my antique telephone table and the electric radiator are now living in John's guestroom and closet, respectively. Even partially cleaned out the two biggest bookcases in my campaign to purge/declutter. Will continue with the livingroom bookcases soon. Also reorganized the closet (it doesn't know what hit it), put my largest plastic drawer art-stuff-and-stationery thingy up on top of the filing cabinet (Crazy!) as well as organizing the TV/DVD cords so they're not on the floor (do zipties rock or what?!) and hung Dad's homemade pine TV tray on the wall in the corner (my drill and my masonry bit and my anchors and my drywall screws rock even harder than zipties!) Anything to get stuff off the floor both for ease of cleaning/bug spraying and to reduce the cat hair collector spots. Also hung up my knitting caddy with a ribbon from the drop-down desk knob. Basically if it's manageable and doesn't look stupid it's either hanging up or sitting on top of something else.

When I got up to the grocery checkout today I had two jelly donuts, a bag of French rolls, a bag of cheddar cheese rolls and Bagel Bites. Hmmm, crave carbs much? What can I say, extreme cleaning and job stuff makes me want bread... For the record I also had a bunch of leaf lettuce. :)

Feeling somewhat better than this week - huge flea-stress plus lack of rest - am now resigned to its taking upwards of 2 months to get the fleas under control all the way (confirmed by both the vet and my bug man that it's no reflection on my homemaking or my catcare but that it will simply take a while); Sammers is itching a little less the last couple of days so hopefully that's a sign...

Loving the shredder. How did I do without that? Instant crap minimizing. That fricking rocks. Plus it was only $17 AND when it rang up wrong ($26) at the checkout I didn't let it go. Way to take charge!

New rug on the same trip to Target yesterday as the shredder; on clearance for 7.50 (down from $20!) - fun brightly striped runner that is our new kitchen rug - finally a rug that matches my assorted bright bowls and Fiestaware (as well as the countertop I painted red a few years ago :)

Job stuff ready to drop off at the COE office tomorrow. Probably it's more proper to mail it but I'm afraid my transcripts will beat the app. packet if I don't hand deliver; maybe I'll campus mail it... Then really need to get the Clems*n stuff ready asap...