Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Almost Wordless Wednesday - I Did A Thing

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Confidential to Nance:


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Note: The cards on my desk are a combo of sympathy and birthday cards and I can't bear to look at them. They've been on my desk for months. I'm going to leave them there until I decide what the proper course of action is. 

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What's the last cleaning project you did? Please brag here. I will compliment your housekeeping skillz. 

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  1. What a charming little desk!

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    1. Thanks! I bought it from a guy for $50 and have had it for fifteen years. Ha.

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  2. mbmom111/14/2026

    Looks great! My recent housekeeeping- I vacuumed the floors even though a cat glared at me ( she does not trust the vacuum -hates it- but cannot leave it unwatched if it's in use).

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    1. YOU ARE A HOUSEKEEPING GODDESS. Good on you for getting things done despite pet judgment.

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  3. Wow, what a great job!!! I love those kind of things, they feel so satisfying. As for the cards, I have a box that I keep old cards in. This is not perfect because when we moved I had like 20 years worth of Christmas cards, and I did have to get rid of most of them. But sometimes, it's okay to keep things for a while.

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    1. I'm sure that at some point I'll throw them out to save space, but I will want to go through them and I don't have the energy at this exact moment to do so. We'll see.

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  4. Looking good!

    I had to clean up my office before my brother's visit at Thanksgiving, and it was very satisfying. But, full disclosure, part of my success was putting a lot of things int he closet, and I haven't started working on that yet. My goal is to have it done before his next visit, but I need to chip away at it.

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    1. I give you FULL CREDIT for getting the room clean. No one sees the closet anyway.

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  5. Nice job on the desk. My computer desk in the study was piled high with clutter. A few weeks before Christmas, I worked hard to get thru everything. Bottom layer was my rough draft for my ‘23 Christmas poem- so it had been YEARS. Your desk before you cleaned it looks immaculate compared to my head. I attended to the whole room and what.a.difference. I need to stay on top of that.

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  6. I cleaned off the top of the coffee table that sits behind the big chair in the family room. Besides that, I organized three boxes of Christmas stuff, which is not really compliment-worthy given that it's January, but my husband is away and I have developed terrible tendinitis in my left hand and arm so I am working one-handed. The last thing I organized which has stayed organized is the linen closet. I open it and just stare at it for a bit when I'm feeling really stressed.

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  7. Yessssss what a satisfying desk clear off. I need to do one of those as well.

    Let's see. The most recent major cleaning project was cleaning my daughter's closet. It was very satisfying and it took probably four days for it to return to its previous state of chaos.

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