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Thursday, February 12, 2004

notes from Operation Sanitary Conditions

A few things I noted in my Restore My Home To Sanity organizational/cleaning buzz today:

1. If I ever smelled a misty breeze that smelled like Formula 409's "Misty Breeze" scent I would assume a terrorist attack had just occurred in my vicinity. What were they THINKING? It doesn't even smell bad in an ammoniac reeks-but-clean sort of way. It just reeks.

2. Oven cleaner + torn cuticle = pain so bad it makes me want to puke. They mean it with that "long gloves" thing.

3. Once you start a thorough cleaning job it's hard to stop. No, this is not a motivational doesn't-it-feel-good-to-get-it-done moment. It's just that, when one area's clean, it makes everything else look much, much worse. HOW did I live like this? There is -- there is CRUD under my stove! And between my stove and the counter! I will be up for the next three days going from one disaster to the next, I think.