It’s a gorgeous day outside, sunny, warm, little wind, a rare treat for the first of November.
Even more rare was my urge to clean the kitchen, so I’ve been missing out on the beautiful weather to accomplish this:
Those of you who are perfectionists are probably wondering why there are still cobwebs, a back tag hanging above the sink, dirt chunks on the floor, a hole under the counter where a dishwasher should be and why we still have a counter that was chewed on by a certain Great Dane puppy many years ago.
Those of you who saw my house yesterday probably fell down in shock at the expanse of white counter top visible, pre-chewed or not!
I always run into a problem when I do a major clean, there are just some things there are no good spots for.
The binos, they live next to the microwave. Do we need 3 pairs there? No. Do I have any other place to put them? No.
The oatmeal doesn’t fit in any of the cupboards so it stays on the counter along with the deep fryer.
And then there is the bowl of miscellaneous small items. Screws from the dove cage the girls ripped out that haven’t gotten fixed, tiny bits of hardware for the ice maker water line, and the cat skull that I re-found behind the microwave.
Sometimes my life makes me wonder.
Just as I was beginning to think it was completely ridiculous that I had a cat skull hiding behind the microwave Ivy saw the skull again and said, “MOM that’s really cool! Is that a cat skull?”
Then the two of us had a conversation about what cats eat, (Eyes in front likes to hunt.) what holds teeth in, why skulls are hard and if Granny would like to see it.
Now I’m no longer wondering, we may have some unorthodox adornments in our house but it’s worth it!
(If you are wondering where the skull came from no need to worry it wasn’t a family pet, it was the remains of the cat in Confessions Of A Lawn Hater.)
Behind the Willows 
Lookin’ good, Jessie! On the rare occassions that I clear the counters in my kitchen, I’m likely to get out the camera to record the event. The kitchenscape slumps back to normal all too quickly!
I had to check my driver’s license to see if I had the right address, it was so clean.
This is my first potential nesting activity that included a cat skull…I know, I know you probably weren’t really nesting. I said “potential!”
Your kitchen looks great! Now you need to do a post of what happened in the 24 hours after this with photos.
No way that would be too depressing!
This post got me thinking today that I could also do it since the weather was so yucky outside. Never happened! I stayed up too late last night and laid on the couch for a few hours. I did get close to catching up on my laundry but it seemed to take me all day to make progress in the kitchen. I am off to bed and the kitchen isn’t clean. My bed time has to be no later than 10:30 from now on!
Well if it makes you feel any better I got NOTHING done in the house today, because I also stayed up too late last night and I am also off to bed earlier tonight!
I was feeling horrible today laying around and mad at myself for not being able to handle a late night. When I was able to do it all the time! I figured out today that it will be about another 2.5 yrs before I can stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning getting tons of things done! Oh wait, I am going to be older and may not be able to do that!
I have to tell you I am sharing your blog with a friend who just started one because she was inspired by mine. She has to see where my inspiration started.
Good night!