Mice in the kitchen drawer, it’s time to go. Day 193/365

    I feel really bad about this. I’ve had to put De-con in my kitchen drawer to get rid of a mouse, and probably his family as well. Even though I don’t know what else to do, the guilt is there.

     On another note, I haven’t done a very good job clearing, cleaning or letting to of stuff lately. Instead I’ve been visiting two ninety year-old friends, one in the hospital, one on hospice. For that, I feel no guilt.

Grime under the sink, it’s time to go. Day 192/365

      Where did all this grime come from? A mystery that I’ve decided I don’t need to solve. What I know is that all at once it gets to me and I know it’s time to clean. 

The good news is that this time there were no jars, sponges or brushes to toss. Maybe my desire for simplicity is paying off. I just hadn’t accumulated those extra just-in-case things.

Grease in the oven, it’s time to go. Day 191/365

     Just what you wanted to see--my greasy oven. Most of us have one, a greasy oven that is, even if it is self-cleaning. Mine is the regular old-fashioned kind. 

     Today I got spraying and wiping. I hated using up paper towels, but it seemed like the best way to go. I sprayed and wiped a couple of times and then said, “Enough! Good enough.”

     If you were to examine the results in person, you’d only give me a C+. That’s better than D- or an F, but I don’t use the oven enough for it to get dirty enough for me to flunk Oven Cleaning 101.

Glasses cases and dead batteries, it’s time to go. Day 190/365

     My project was small this morning, but high on my list of places to clear out. In our kitchen across from the refrigerator is a handy home-made shelf that we bought at a flea market years ago. Every kitchen needs such a shelf as a catch all for pens and pencils, paperclips, tape, hair brushes and all the etceteras that appear over time. 

    Today, besides getting rid of dead batteries and glasses cases, I consolidated thumbtacks, safety pins, post-it pads, and performed a major dusting.