So, it is, officially spring. And I think what we’re doing can be correctly classified as ‘spring cleaning’. The builders are not-yet-finished, but nearly (some light sanding of the bedroom ceiling, and another coat of paint, and a few small jobs kicking around the place) so we’ve commenced the massive task of removing the layer of filth from the house.
We’re currently sleeping in ‘the nest’. This is the spare-room, which is pretty darn small anyhow, but add in the mattress from our main bed (too wide to go in, really, so stored vertically), lots of ‘stuff’ from the bedroom, the scrap-chunks of Minor from my court case, the vast piles of shite we have in there ‘to sort’ anyway, and it’s somewhat “snug”. There’s about a 30cm gap betwixt the door and the mattress, which is wedged between the desk and the bed. It is possible, just about, to sort of squeeze-wriggle yourself in, and flop onto the bed.
So, we started at 10:30 this morning, cleaning the kitchen. We have a few problems, I’ve still got a massive pile of stuff to sell on e-bay, and a chunk to sort through and decide what I’m going to keep. I’m thinking I’ll give myself a largish box for “my dad’s stuff” and what doesn’t fit, doesn’t go. Although I’m not classing some things, pre-herited things, as my dads (Miner’s lamp, Dansette radio, slide rule) because I’ve had them so long.
So, anyhow, there’s four big boxes. But really? Mostly it was just that it was filthy. And layers of dust which had snuck into drawers, cupboards, and stuck to the fine grease deposits which lurk atop the extractor fan and cupboards. It is now awesomely clean however, and once the floor is dry we get to move onto the lounge. The problem with the lounge is that it’s got hundreds of books (I think around 700 books), a good number of 7, 10, & 12 inch records / gramophones, and a selection of random other stuff. Ornaments, for example.
Anyhow, the floor is looking dry, so I think it’s time to continue the cleaning process. Cleaning the house, phase 2, the Lounge. Ph3ar th3 du5t.
