Still Cleaning

Most of this past weekend was dedicated to a very joyful occasion -- my youngest brother's wedding. And, joyful it was! Everyone in the family is very happy to embrace her as a Talbot and I hear the feeling is mutual on the bride's family side. You know it is a good wedding when your face hurts from smiling at the end of the reception!

Sunday, however, was more of the same -- cleaning out my parents' house. Each time we walk in we look around and wonder how we can work so hard at this every weekend and still have so much left to do. But, after 7 1/2 hours of hard work yesterday, it really does look better. All furniture left is in three piles -- in one room is everything my other brother is taking home with him at the end of this week (after he spends several days helping my father clean out the basement), in another is furniture that is slated to be picked up by somebody or other, and the garage has still more stuff and furniture to be picked up. The cupboards and closets are empty (except one that my mother hasn't discovered yet, but which will be cleaned out by the Open House on Saturday) and we washed walls, windows, light fixtures, curtains, drawers & shelves and vacuumed everything else. Someone was coming in this morning to clean and "wax" the kitchen, bathroom, and dining room floors.

I was discouraged about our project until a neighbor stopped by and said that it is the details that count when looking at a house (they just moved into the neighborhood a few years ago so have recent relevant experience) -- "If the details are taken care of," she said, "buyers will assume the big stuff is well taken care of too." So, we pitched in with renewed commitment and I think we did make a lot of progress.

Combine all the cleaning and wedding celebrations with the beginning of the school year and I'm not home very much. So, very little knitting is going on here at the moment. With any luck, and another couple of weeks, I'll get back on track. Looking forward to it!