Talk about clean

I remember when I was growing up that the best way to really clean a sink (in those days they were all porcelain) was to scrub hard with Comet. Lemme tell ya, that darn kitchen sink is shining now!

I spent all afternoon cleaning in the kitchen. Funny how things can look clean but then when you get close you realize they are soooo not. I used toothpicks on the door of the frig to get out nasty I-don't-even-want-to-think-about-it crud. I went out mid-afternoon to get some supplies (and be in my air-conditioned car, it's 90+ here today) and when I remember to get a scissors over there I'll be putting in about 36 linear feet of shelf liner.

The last thing I did before I left the apartment to come 'home,' was to hang the shower curtain. It's sage . . . I can't wait to paint after I clean the bathroom from top to bottom.

Then I cleaned up, put everything away, and took one last look around. It's starting to feel a little bit like home to me . . . life is a process.

Oh, and Marshall had a great surprise today. We have neighbors across the street who used to be around all the time and then were not, so when he saw the wife (who said her husband is very sick and in the hospital) he offered to keep her yard free of weeds. She told him he could help himself to the ripe fruit on her trees, so when he went there to work and pick he found that she has fuyu persimmons, his absolute favorite fruit. He was just busy being a good neighbor to this elderly couple, and he got a huge reward in the persimmons.

We're getting along nicely, by the way. And the boys are significantly more calm because of it, I think.

Move in date for me is Sunday, June 25.