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Ambushed!

  • May. 4th, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Violet the Inventor
The media room is now SPARKLING clean.  This process started with an audio receiver.

My father-in-law bought a new one, and shipped us his old one, except the table was too small, so we had to buy a cabinet, which meant we had to redo all the wiring, which meant a lot of dusting and vacuuming and cursing and sneezing.

I took the cushions off the sofa and vacuumed out all the crumbs.  And then I vacuumed the cushions.  And then I put the throw pillows in the wash!

It's very pretty now.  And very clean.

But now I want the rest of the house to be as clean-and-organized.

Booooooo.

On the upside, I sent my latest round of revisions back to My Lovely Editor and I will get back to work on yonder retrofuturistic NeoVictorian silliness.  So Keffy and Sän don't come after me with lead pipes... *G*

Comments

[info]marshall_payne wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:42 pm (UTC)
The media room is now SPARKLING clean. This process started with an audio receiver.

Sounds like you have a "multi-media" room now! A clean one though. *G*
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:53 pm (UTC)
Now to keep it that way. It means shaving the dogs and the kid. Surely they won't mind...
[info]marshall_payne wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:59 pm (UTC)
You do have a vacuum cleaner, don't you? I think I remember reading that somewhere... wink

Oh, when you shave the dogs and the kid, are you gonna dress them funny too?
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 07:12 pm (UTC)
I have a Dyson that I run EVERY DAY, Mr. Smartypants. :P
[info]marshall_payne wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
What, you don't have an overpriced, overrated Kirby that's difficult to operate? From what I hear about Dyson, they suck! Which, for a vacuum cleaner, is a very good thing. :D
[info]kristine_smith wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:52 pm (UTC)
That happened to me the last time I changed the battery in the office UPS. I wanted to move the unit from the desk to the floor, which meant that I needed to move stuff off the floor...

Soon I was on my hands and knees, washing the strip of floor between the desk and the wall.
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:55 pm (UTC)
Why is it ALWAYS the hands and knees??
[info]kristine_smith wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 06:58 pm (UTC)
Because you need to get nose to nose with that dirt.

And in my case, because it was a corner desk that I couldn't easily move.
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 07:12 pm (UTC)
*trying to not think about the dirt in the corners of my office* *whimper*
[info]kristine_smith wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 12:18 am (UTC)
One day, it will call to you.

"Lisaaaaa...Lisaaaaaa...clean us...."

Because none of us have anything better to do than channel the shades of elderly female relatives and attack corners with a paper-towel wrapped knife and a toothbrush.
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 01:56 am (UTC)
channel the shades of elderly female relatives and attack corners with a paper-towel wrapped knife and a toothbrush.

Word. *once scraped most of the peeling paint off our (rental) bedroom walls with a *koff* palette knife.
[info]kmckiernan wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 01:54 am (UTC)
(giggling) Isn't it funny how that happens? I did much the same thing... or, rather, much the same thing happened to me. I aquired some electronics for the family room and ended up redo'ing the entire room, including paint and new curtains. Sheesh.
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 01:55 am (UTC)
All the trim in the house needs to be done. Save me! SAAAAAVE ME!!!
[info]kmckiernan wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 01:58 am (UTC)
Somehow, I also ended up starting two patios and ripping out carpet. Need to transplant plants, etc... ARRRGGGGHHH!! Will it ever end?
[info]lisamantchev wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 02:03 am (UTC)
No, no it won't. *whimper*