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Because I don’t want to….

This is what I should be doing this weekend.


I cannot remember the last time I’ve washed our car which is found underneath a layer of dust and bright purple bird poop splotches. The neighborhood birds have been eating some form of black berries which seem to pass through them at lightening speed and they are using our car for target practice. Thanks, birds.

 


The tea, coffee, flour and sugar tins on my counters are sporting a mess of water spots, food tidbits, and fingerprints. But hey, who cares?

 


The rugs have a fine layer of white cat fur resting atop of them. But if you shut the door to the living and dining room, you don’t know that it’s there. Job done.

 


And then there’s all of this that I could do but haven’t.

 


Instead, anytime Biceps puts his studying material down even for just a second, I want to be there to offer him this. I’m such a doer, a get-it-doner, that it’s hard for me to ignore all of the chores that should be done. But, they’ll be there tomorrow and Biceps will be back at the fire department. I’ll still have the laundry, but not the lips of my beloved.

I hope that’s ok with anyone that visits my house this weekend. If not, come back later.

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Gross Things-Volume 2

I started off with Gross Things-Volume 1, destroying all notions of me being a perfect housekeeper. Today, I am going to share something even more gross, just to really hit home my point.

The peculiar odor of burning rubber hit my nostril-just one of them-the other one was plugged up, while vacuuming.

I flipped over my ancient Kirby vacuum cleaner while it was still running. The beater bar wasn’t moving.


It was in lock-down mode due to this disgusting mixture of my hair, cat hair and dust.

 


After about thirty minutes armed with two screwdrivers and needle nose pliers, this was removed from the beater bar and the belt.

 

I cut open my hands with the dang screwdriver and the vacuum cleaner still isn’t working.
This is gross and I took a picture of it just for you. I hope you have enjoyed knowing that life around here isn’t always rosebuds and glitter. This has been today’s installment of “Gross Things-Volume 2”.

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