The long cleanup/hidden treasures

[elSicomoro]

Moving day is in the not-too-distant future (Labor Day weekend, free food and soda/beer for all that help out...pm me for details), and given how bad Rho and I are at cleaning, we've decided it's best to start the process now.

It's not that we're necessarily bad at cleaning...it's just that our apartment is so cluttered. We've been here 3 years now, and we've accumulated quite a bunch of shit. It amazes me how quickly it piles up.

This weekend, I completely cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom. That was just the beginning though...Rho needs some sort of caddy to keep all her beauty care items together...there are so many of them...on the sink, in a basket we keep in there, under the sink, in a box in the linen closet, on the shower caddy...Jesus!

Rho started going through a couple of boxes this weekend and threw away half a trash bag of stuff. In doing so, we found something we've been looking for for a while...the menu for Steak and Hoagie Works...man, their sandwiches are so good! Meanwhile, I started cleaning off the dining room table and the desk, and also found something important...my ExxonMobil credit card bill that is due in 2 weeks.

Maybe I'll start taking before and after photos...the goal is to have this apartment cleaned up and everything unnecessary in storage by Memorial Day. And I'm sure we'll find more interesting items as the cleaning goes on.

I'm stopping for the night, but more reports will come as work continues...