Posted on August 7, 2010 - by Ashley Jackson

Operation: Clean Sweep

The first day of Operation: Clean Sweep has been a success, but only because I took out the easy targets first. I cleaned out the laundry room, which is essentially a closet big enough to house the washer and dryer. Then I took out the dining room, which involved cleaning off the table behind my sofa and organizing the dresser drawers I didn’t get to yesterday. Then I realized my living room was basically done already, so I finished it off. I marked all three of three locations off of the map I made of my apartment (seriously–I made a map on a giant sticky note and stuck it to my living room wall). Next up will be the hallway–a sea of bookshelves scattered with odds and ends–and the kitchen, where I intended to remove everything from every drawer and cabinet.

Or maybe I’ll do the bathroom after the hallway. Don’t want to strain myself.

I had no idea what to make for dinner. Then I spied a box of rice spaghetti in my pantry and the wheels started turning. I threw some in a pot to cook while I sauteed part of a vidalia onion, some baby bellas, and a few shrimp. Then I mixed it all together with some pesto sauce.

It was swell. Loved the sweetness of the onions with the pesto.

To cleanse my palate afterward, I had some more of that delicious dark chocolate peppermint crunch bar.

Later, I caught Heath sleeping on my throw pillows on the couch.

Well, I was going to take a break from cleaning the kitchen (which I did already start doing, so I guess I should finish…), but now some downstairs neighbors have decided to play Spanish music and it’s shaking my bedroom floor (and my keyboard), so I guess I’ll wander as far away from it as I can, even though I’m fairly certain I can feel the floor shaking in the kitchen, too. Sigh…