irrelevant (and sometimes questionable) ramblings

From the My House Is A Mess files…

It just occurred to me — while staring at my bathroom sink — that a really awesome baby shower gift would be arranging even a one-time service from Molly Maid (or the local moral equivalent in your town). I don’t know what the costs are, but having just the bathroom and kitchen scrubbed during the haze of post-baby-arrival sleep-deprivation would be worth much, much more than another package of receiving blankets or cute sleeper.

Then you could even pretend that cleaning fairies do exist! Wouldn’t that be fun?

I feel like I’ve almost done a 180 from the last post. Perhaps it’s just in doing some small chores around the house I’m noticing more and more clutter. But now I’ve got the urge to purge.

(Don’t worry, dear husband, I am not touching anything of yours. )

Now it’s a matter of sorting things out. What’s going in the garbage (hopefully the smallest amount)? What’s going in the charity donation box? Can anything go on Freecycle? And finally, is there anything that’s eBay-able?

Hmm. Lots to think about. Perhaps I may not get very far, but at least it feels like a start. And maybe the momentum of starting will carry on.

At least we can hope.

Mostly.

Last night gave me a half-decent night’s sleep, and the Offspring went to school with a minimum of fuss this morning. Not bad.

Higher Learning is now in the hands of the E.E., and so today I am focusing my energy on cleaning my office, doing laundry and generally tidying the house. In a day or two I think I will pull out an old story that is written, but is too short and needs to be expanded (and probably *could* be expanded to full novel length — ie. 50K words, even!). I like the premise and think the plot is pretty strong, so it’s just a matter of re-envisioning it to deepen and strengthen the story.

I like the idea of turning this into my first full-length novel. It would be a real challenge, but I think it would be very satisfying. The bare bones are there, it just needs a lot of flesh to fill it in.

I will keep you posted.

On that note, however, I need to get the first load of laundry for the day in the machine. Oh, what a life of glamour!

Catch you on the flip side, gang!

Yeah.

That’s about right.

I have a list of things that I would like to do around the house today. If I were a betting gal, I would bet against me getting it all done, because it’s a bit dramatic of a list. I may also be feeling a tad better (hence the creation of the list in the first place) but I don’t want to do too much and subsequently wear myself out. Ugh.

Well, I do at least have laundry underway, so that’s one step in the right direction. I’m just going to do what I can, I suppose, and whatever gets crossed off the list gets crossed off the list. There’s always tomorrow.

At least the sun is shining today, which feels nice, and I will break at lunchtime from whichever task is underway and take a jaunty stroll down to the library and post office. Until then, I think a second cup of coffee (decaf, this time) is called for, and perhaps an eeny-meeny-miney-moe approach to the To-Do list.

Hey, whatever works.

Well. My desk has now been reassembled, and the computer reconnected. All is good thus far in the Starr domain. I am looking forward to working in this office — I think it will be great. There’s a big window with lots of light, especially in the mornings, and I envision an excellent creative space once all is said and done.

In the meantime, though, it’s all about the cardboard boxes. I figure we’ll empty them all by, oh… Christmas, perhaps.

In other news, I’m so far behind on people’s blogs…. *sigh* Oh, well. Onward and upward, as they say…

Three hours of cleaning the new house this morning. Then several more hours of packing stuff here. Fighting with the seating chart due to odd numbers.

There was other stuff I’d intended on doing tonight, but forget it. I’m going to bed. A worn-out me is no good to anybody!

I’ll try and pop back soonest to keep you all in the loop.

Ciao!

The keys to the new house are now in our possession. Yay! Home-ownership has begun!

And I tried on my newly-arrived dress today — and it doesn’t need any alterations! This is good news too.

Finally, there’s just one more thing: fifteen days to go…

Be done with it. G’head.

This week is so crammed with schtuff that it’ll be Friday before I know it. Ugh.

On the way plus side, though, we get the keys for The House on Friday! W00T! And The Dress has arrived, so I’ll be going to give it a try on that same day. Then it’s all about moving, and makeup trials, and lawyer’s appointments, and caterer’s appointments, and spa treatments…

The insanity will end, I know. And really quickly, actually. Which is kind of unfortunate…

I’m back.

Sorry for the slight disappearing act, folks, but with Easter, plus making an offer on another property, the last few days have been slightly chaotic!

In good news, though — the sellers counteroffered, but B.E. and I pretty much expected the price they came back with, so we took it. Barring any unforeseen complications, we shall be homeowners May 1st!

Busy?

Naaaah! Got tons of time!

*insert hysterical laughter here*

I did intend to start work on a new story, but I’m sorry, folks, it’s looking like it just may have to wait until probably the beginning of June. Because now on top of all wedding taks, I also have to pack up the Offspring’s and my lives. Oy.

S’okay. We shall overcome. And if not, there’s always rum. (Lookit me, poet… )

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In other news…the humble abode situation may have changed yet again. Stay tuned for news as events warrant!