I always have high aspirations for doing a thorough house cleansing and purging at this time of year, but the problem is that spring is the wrong time to do it. Winter is the right time. Winter, when you’re stuck in the house anyway and there’s no escaping the mushrooming filth. Spring, on the other hand, is the time to get the hell out of the house and back into the world. To escape said filth. Spring is not the time to be forced into captive scullery work like a disregarded stepchild.
So, I stepped outside yesterday to breathe in the warm, fragrant spring air, and all the oxygen was sucked out of my chest by a wind so cold and bitter, I had to run back inside and cuddle up with a vacuum cleaner for warmth. Maybe, just maybe, I thought, spring is also a time for rebirth. A time to reinvent myself as someone who cleans the house once in a while. Someone who takes pride in the appearance of her domicile.
Long story short, I did some spring cleaning on my blog instead. If you put your laptop on your actual lap, your body temperature goes up by 30 degrees in five seconds flat. Also, it has a soothing whirring sound unlike my Eureka upright.
You may notice that there are some new links to local blogs over there on the left, some optimistically seasonal pictures on the right, and I finally fixed my FAQ page so the banner isn’t cut off halfway across (it only took two years). I updated the questions themselves, too. It’s not much, but it’s something. The non-virtual dust bunnies will have to die another day.
Your spring cleaning was significantly more fun then mine - I took on our garage last weekend. Wow. now THAT was a project!
Posted by: Cindy | March 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I don't remember the "before" picture, but the "after" looks great!
Posted by: Julia | March 25, 2009 at 12:35 PM
I see, I see. Cleaning the house? I will resist with everything in me. Cleaning my blog? Always a fun task.
Posted by: Melissa | March 25, 2009 at 06:50 PM
Melissa: It's so much more satisfying and longer lasting.
Julia: Thanks! I've been admiring your blog from afar for a while now.
Cindy: Ah, but that's a worthwhile project in that you end up with all kinds of space. We really need to tackle our basement someday. And by someday, I mean never.
Posted by: Tammy | March 26, 2009 at 01:47 PM
At least you can open the windows in the spring without jacking your gas bill to high heaven. Open windows are more effective when the daphne's blooming.
Posted by: Heather | March 27, 2009 at 10:56 PM