Laundry Room Progress

 My scheduled time to work on my Mt. Vernon project came Friday morning. I worked for a little over an hour. First, I started a load of laundry with the basket of blankets that has been sitting there for a long while. I took care of things in the area I had mentally blocked off for this session that didn't need to be there. Dash's work uniforms went to hubby's side of the closet since Dash's closet doesn't have a rod. That was something I was prepared to address in January, but Dash has not been cooperative with his diaster of a room. Plan B...he doesn't really like the long sleeve uniform shirts and provided dress pants. He's purchased his own cargo pants to wear with the short sleeve shirts so his uniforms can live in my closet. His winter boots went to the boot tray in the office and his winter gloves are in his storage cube. I removed some hangers. I put away my items that were hung to dry. I tightened the nuts on the drying rack, no more wobbling. I used the vacuum to get cobwebs and dust from the areas between the ceiling beams, around the furnace, water heater, water softener, and window. Cleaned the iron holder and dusted the ironing board. Took down the curtain which I was able to wash on Saturday with Doc's load of laundry. I was on a roll so I went ahead and washed the inside and outside of the window and wiped the blinds. A good dusting, a good vacuuming, and replacing the drying rack completed the day's session. It felt good. I found myself peaking in several times just to admire my work. Three things were added to my later list. I need to see about having the fire extinguisher recharged. I need to figure out how to dispose of the dehumidifier that no longer works. I need to wash the buckets and baskets. I did wash 3 of them on Saturday. 

This Friday, the dog has a quick appointment for one vaccine. We should be in and out. However, it's scheduled during prime Mt.V time so I'm going to have to be intentional about getting a chunk done. Looking ahead on the calendar, the following week Doc will be coming home Thursday evening and going to his mom's some time on Friday. It's hard to clean to when he's home. And the following week, Trixie has an eye doctor appointment during prime Mt.V time. To finish this room in March may mean pushing myself on Fridays and/or adding other times to keep it moving along.

The minimum for this week is the sink area, the washer and dryer, and the ceiling, walls and floor surrounding them. Maybe a couple 15 minute spurts to remove recycling collected around the sink and dusting will help. I can do this!