Timmy went home this weekend to celebrate Pseudo-Thanksgiving with his family! He hadn't been home since Christmas of last year, so I think he had a lot of fun.
While Timmy was gone, Navi and I spent a lot of time with each other. She woke me up with cold, wet nose pokes in the morning and sprinted happily on our long morning walks. I spent a lot of time swinging on the rope swing at the top of the hill, and roaring at Navi. It was very peaceful.
Then, I decided to seize the moment, and clean the apartment. By clean, I mean really clean. The kind of clean where your apartment smells fresh for at least a week after, and where there is no dog hair anywhere or in anything. While I was at it, I decided to buy some nice bins so that we can put things away. Currently a lot of our furniture has open shelving, so you see every single thing we own. It lends to a lot of clutter, and isn't very attractive. Since nothing has a proper place to belong, we end up just shoving anything anywhere. I figured I'd spend some time thrifting around the Target home aisles. I found some cute canvas drawers that stand up on their own. I bought a few green ones, and I placed these inside some of the cubbyholes in our 3x3 cubicle shelf. In these, I placed a lot of small items that just lended to the clutter. I found lots of books that we have no purpose for, and donated them to the library. The only books I kept were useful books such as hiking guides or maps of California, textbooks, and cookbooks, of course! I also bought a little bin for paper. We had lots of colored paper, construction paper, scrapbook paper, and other sorts laying around. They had no place, and since some are oversized, I couldn't find a bin to put them in. I finally found one, and it was pretty, to boot! So all of those are tucked away in a pretty bin that is easy to access when you need the paper, but easy to put away. I also put our cabinet to use by putting away lots of things that don't need to be out in the open, including our fish supplies, music books, dvds, video games, and random papers and booklets from high school. I moved the bed, and vacuumed underneath it. Then I vacuumed everywhere else. I swept the balcony clean. I did all the laundry. I scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom floors by hand. Then I did it again. I scrubbed all the counters. I cleaned the cabinet doors. I rearranged the cabinets. I dusted every surface I could find. I went nuts cleaning the bathroom and the shower. I cleaned all the windows and mirrors. It looked fantastic when I was done! I was so proud every time I walked into the apartment and it smelled wonderful!
I can't wait for Tim to come home and see it!!
While Timmy was gone, Navi and I spent a lot of time with each other. She woke me up with cold, wet nose pokes in the morning and sprinted happily on our long morning walks. I spent a lot of time swinging on the rope swing at the top of the hill, and roaring at Navi. It was very peaceful.
Then, I decided to seize the moment, and clean the apartment. By clean, I mean really clean. The kind of clean where your apartment smells fresh for at least a week after, and where there is no dog hair anywhere or in anything. While I was at it, I decided to buy some nice bins so that we can put things away. Currently a lot of our furniture has open shelving, so you see every single thing we own. It lends to a lot of clutter, and isn't very attractive. Since nothing has a proper place to belong, we end up just shoving anything anywhere. I figured I'd spend some time thrifting around the Target home aisles. I found some cute canvas drawers that stand up on their own. I bought a few green ones, and I placed these inside some of the cubbyholes in our 3x3 cubicle shelf. In these, I placed a lot of small items that just lended to the clutter. I found lots of books that we have no purpose for, and donated them to the library. The only books I kept were useful books such as hiking guides or maps of California, textbooks, and cookbooks, of course! I also bought a little bin for paper. We had lots of colored paper, construction paper, scrapbook paper, and other sorts laying around. They had no place, and since some are oversized, I couldn't find a bin to put them in. I finally found one, and it was pretty, to boot! So all of those are tucked away in a pretty bin that is easy to access when you need the paper, but easy to put away. I also put our cabinet to use by putting away lots of things that don't need to be out in the open, including our fish supplies, music books, dvds, video games, and random papers and booklets from high school. I moved the bed, and vacuumed underneath it. Then I vacuumed everywhere else. I swept the balcony clean. I did all the laundry. I scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom floors by hand. Then I did it again. I scrubbed all the counters. I cleaned the cabinet doors. I rearranged the cabinets. I dusted every surface I could find. I went nuts cleaning the bathroom and the shower. I cleaned all the windows and mirrors. It looked fantastic when I was done! I was so proud every time I walked into the apartment and it smelled wonderful!
I can't wait for Tim to come home and see it!!
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