i do more before 9pm than most people do before... 9am... wait

[pauraque_bk]

I:

-got up before noon.
-bought a mop and some other things.
-cleared off the "dining room" table, on which no one ever dines; I use it only for painting and accumulating junk.
-found an unfinished Artistic Work and finished it.
-mopped the kitchen floor. I've never mopped anything before. (Wait, hasn't he lived without his parents for SHUT UP.)
-made the beginning of what I want to be a comprehensive list of things I need to ship to _hannelore and things I need to get rid of.
-realized I forgot to buy cat litter box liners, and bought them.
-attempted to buy a box in which to ship the first of my books to _hannelore (!!!) but found the UPS store is closed on Sundays.
-unclogged the kitchen sink.
-realized I forgot to buy lightbulbs.


eta: Ooh. I just realized that you have to pay to access the custom mood theme editor now. I have a mood theme I made years ago and passionately love, but I lost the password to the fotobukkit they're on. Is there some way I can weasel in and access the full chart of images via LJ?

Comments

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I hadn't mopped the kitchen floor in eight years. To be fair, it had nasty 1970s carpet on it. After not being *able* to mop the floor, mopping is a joy!

[pauraque]

Carpeting in the kitchen?! Was this normal in the 70s? o_O

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Apparently it was, along with the bright orange benches I still have! I remember some houses with thick, permanently damp carpeting in the bathroom (I was born in 1974), but luckily the previous owners of my house didn't go that far.

[pauraque]

Even to me, Guy Who Never Mopped The Floor, that is disgusting.

[wootsauce.livejournal.com]

Bathroom carpeting has always creeped me out. Carpeting in the KITCHEN? It's not a meal if I haven't spilled something on the kitchen floor, so..... yuck.

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

My favorite mopping strategy involves an old bath towel rather than a mop. Soak it in soapy water, wring it out, then spread it on the floor, put one foot on each end and basically skate/dance your way around the surface to be cleaned. Your weight gives you much more pressure to scrub away anything stuck on the floor than a mop does (a little brisk toe-rubbing with the towel usually does it.) When you're finished, rinse the towel, go over the floor again, then follow with a dance through the area with a dry towel. You can add music if it helps your mood.

This is something I came up with during the third or fourth pregnancy. Or maybe it was the second or third; they all run together at this point. :-) It's a nice alternative to having to lean over a mop.