Spring cleaning

I am on a strict schedule to be "on duty" from 10-5 each day. This involves handling all office work, filing, answering the phone, and donig household duties when the office proves too claustrophobic.

Today, I went crazy on my kitchen, spurred by a donation card in the mail to put stuff on the curb for the Cerebral Palsy Coalition, and the SF Food Banks need for post holiday donations. Three garbage bags of trash (hello, canned peaches that expired in '04!!), two paper sacks of food donations, and one box of household items (old crockpot, old stockpot, travel mugs, etc) later, my kitchen is sparking, spotless, organized.

Now if only I could say the same for the rest of the house. We have been preparing for a move for what seems like years. Now that it becomes imminent, I am trying to purge purge purge before packing day comes.

I kept my holiday decor up for Sunday, when we had Cam's family over for a belated Xmas. I am waiting for trash/compost/recycling day tomorrow to get rid of all the food, wrapping paper, and just plain old junk, so I can fill the bins again.

The CP people come Jan 14th. I cleaned out my dresser and closet a few months ago, giving everything to Miss Jayne or our housekeeper. Now it is Cam's turn. He is a bigger packrat than I, keeping paint stained, too small, ripped shirts like they are Versace. One of the big things I believe in is not getting rid of other people's stuff, so this will require an afternoon of he and I going through things together.

Once again I wonder how I left Iowa with a suitcase, and now have a 1600 sq ft flat packed to the gills with stuff.

Pics of my AWESOME kitchen cupboards to come tomorrow. I wish I had thought to take before pics. I wipes out every cabinet, climbed up on the counter and wiped the TOPS of the cabinets (YUCK), etc. Hopefully the kitchen is far more functional now.

I am tired, but content.