cleaning the kitchen

I'm being a lot like my mother this weekend, but I'm not stressed out.  I've been deep-cleaning the kitchen -- oiling the cabinets, dusting every nook and cranny, cleaning the stove, re-arranging the cookbooks.  It feels good.  It was time to do this.

The last time we had Thanksgiving here, I think E was an infant, and the house was still rather chaotic from renovations.  More family members came than I had anticipated, and I had to pull out some plates from the back of the cabinet.  I didn't realize that those plates were covered in a film of sawdust until someone was about to fill one up with Thanksgiving dinner.  I caught it before my guests noticed, but I felt pretty icky that I hadn't made sure everything was perfectly clean before the guests arrived.

So...  because it is time for this sort of deep cleaning around here and because I want to feel as relaxed as possible this week, I am leaving no stone unturned.  I have pulled out everything from the cabinets and am washing it all and wiping down the insides of the cabinets.  I'm sorting through plates and baking dishes and have a new donation pile growing in the garage.

I had hoped it would only take a day to finish this job, but I think it will take two and a half days.  I'm tired, but this feels very good -- connected in spirit to the burning of the journals and even the emergency laundry room cleansing that happened earlier this week.  I am getting rid of yuck and all sorts of negative energy.  I am clearing space for creative, happy work.  I am dusting off old treasures and getting rid of things that don't serve me anymore. 

Comments

[Taylor]

There is something SO wonderful about a really good deep clean of something. You are right that it is so clearing to the energies. Yay for you.

[Stephanie]

Yay you!
I really need to do this too, although I am not having Thanksgiving company. Unfortunately, I don't really *want* to do it, and so it remains undone. :-)