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April 02, 2006
I Love my Clean House
The apartment is the neatest, cleanest it's ever been, thanks to the constant threat of people viewing it. We've started packing up, and the office is amazingly neat. I can actually think in here! I've been so inspired by neatness lately; we've put all of our CDs into those album thingies and disposed of the jewel cases on Freecycle, I've started buying bulk containers for stuff in the pantry. No more browsing through opaque, irregularly shaped containers and bags for flour, rice, and spices. Everything is all stacked neatly and labeled. And I scored at the antiques market this past week—a new dresser for Lily that can hold lots more, a cool vintage case for my knitting stuff, and a new teapot (which has nothing to do with organization, but was too cool to pass up.)
I was also introduced to the wonders of The Junk Shop, just outside of Michigan City. It's a huge barn and two football fields worth of... wonderful junk. Buses. Old sinks. A mountain of old bicycles. Windows. Electrical parts. A wall of vinyl records. I scored a batch of painting stuff for when we start working on the house. Dropcloths, paintbrushes, rollers, etc., for cheep cheep cheep.
So these are my joys right now. It's the little things, you know?
Posted by mwashburn at April 2, 2006 09:13 AMPosted to homeownership
Comments
That teapot is *fabulous*!
Posted by: Susanne Hinson-Rieger at April 4, 2006 10:04 AM
Thanks! It's Mikasa, probably 1960s, but I can't seem to find any info about the pattern. I picked it up for $6, just to actually have a teapot to use.
Posted by: flygrrl at April 4, 2006 11:16 AM