Breakfast

I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere today - the winds are howling like a pack of wolves out there.

Breakfast tastes good today.

Poached eggs, greens, turkey bacon, bread with brie, berries & honey in yogurt, and coffee.

I wasn't aware that I had a pet

I've spent the majority of the day so far de-crapping my apartment. I went through everything in the pantry and got rid of old food, excess tupperware, gizmos I don't use, and odds and ends. While I was going through everything I noticed a few little dirts that looked like tiny turds, but I only came across a few, so I didn't think too much of it.

I moved on to the den of crap under the sink, sifting through all the random, miscellaneous cleansing products, shoe polish tins, and additional tupperware (!), throwing out a great deal of it, but also noticing a good many more of the little turds I had first seen on my pantry shelves. When I'd removed everything from beneath the sink, I could see that there is a large hole in the bottom of the cabinet for my sink's pipes, and that there is plenty of space there for a little critter to have easy access to my home. This was also the place where the turds were the most concentrated, so I imagine my little roommate uses this hole as it's primary mode of entry.

I inspected the various boxes and bags of food in my pantry and couldn't find any indication that a feast had taken place; nothing was nibbled into or messed up. I wonder if it came in here hoping to find a decent meal, and when confronted by spelt pasta, jars of pickled beets and brown rice, left in disgust.

hahahahaha

(Thank goodness I didn't have to deal with my mouse like gritona had to deal with hers)

Successful elimination

Today I successfully de-crapped my home. The pantry, the cabinets, the Closet of Things That I Do Not Use, the desk, my drawers, under my bed, and my painting corner.

This was the first of two "movements":


Carrying all this crap down four flights of stairs and then hauling it through the -22 F wind to the dumpster was _not fun_.

I was able to give away the slow cooker to someone who lives down the hall from me, which was fortunate. I would have felt bad pitching it because it works fine. The problem is that it's heavy, takes up a lot of space and I haven't used it in the past two years.

I just made bread dough and set it aside to rise over night.

I'm pooped and my eyes are dry and red from all the dust I kicked up today. I think I'm going to make some hot clam stew and go read a book.