Week 11

 Doc left on Sunday for his trip. The den is free for a good cleaning. Not that it needed a lot since it got a good cleaning in August when Trixie moved out of that room and into Card's. What really needed to be done was organizing the craft supplies hiding under the bed. But I need Trixie for that. She just moved back home for winter break and she needed a break. I put "organize craft supplies" on her break list. So hopefully we can do it before she goes back to school. I know there are craft supplies in the master bedroom and in the office so it isn't the end of the world if we don't get to them right away. At some point they'll get weeded out and consolidated. 

So why did I put off doing anything in that room all week? I even made a list breaking down all the pieces. Early in the week I sucked into working on budget numbers for 2023. Then I spent a lot of time updating and reformatting spreadsheets. Then I got sidetracked on cleaning out both email accounts. Knowing this coming week would be a little busier with Christmas treat baking and both kids working a lot with only one vehicle, I knew Saturday morning that I had to make some progress on the den. I still have the upstairs bathroom and two hall closets and a major dusting of the stairwell to do before the end of the month. I decided I would put in a Christmas CD and work until the CD was done. Any undone parts would have to be put into the coming week. Well, I got the whole room dusted and vacuumed with a few things relocated before the CD finished. I certainly could have done little spurts all week and finished that room leaving my Saturday free to do other stuff. But it's done now and the bathroom is next.

I know the light fixture and top of the vanity needs some serious dusting. I'll clean out the medicine cabinet, drawers and cupboard. Maybe Trixie will clean out her parts for me. I need to find some recipes for toilet and shower cleaners. That toilet has been a struggle for years. Maybe I'll try a different natural recipe each week until I find something that really works to break through the mess that it is and will help keep it nice. The shower has some parts that always look dirty. I did clean out the drain last Tuesday after I showered. It drains much better now.  It would be really nice not to wait to the last possible day to finish this area. I have two weeks to finish the upstairs portion of my Mt. Vernon adventure.