Chore Day(s)

I was supposed to write this blog 2 days ago. But I got caught up with too much Girltalking (femalenetwork.com) and was also "too tired" to write. In short, I got lazy, I was "tamad".

Last Tuesday was chore day (well, everyday is actually). But that day was special. I vacuumed the whole condo, pre-soaked all the dirty white laundy (kula, so to speak), and cooked. I want to rant about my vacuuming experience.

Beeing in such a "lousy" mood to do chores did not help make the vacuuming easy at all. I started with the room. Then moved on to do the dinning area. I took about 4 "rest periods" before I finished that area, I think. Vacuumed a few inches, then went to the computer (Girltalk!), a few more inches, then back to the computer again. After the dinning area, I tackled the living room. Basically, that part of the condo I did with no "rest period" (ok, maybe just one).

After vacuuming the very last inch of the place I felt proud (and relieved) that I was able to suck the place clean. But the story does not end there. For some reason I stooped down to tinker with a part of the vacuum. Alas! I realized I did something very moronic! I left this little switch on the vacuum, on the hose part while I wasn't using the hose at all!

Quick Info: There is a knob at the lower part of the vacuum that lets me choose whether to let the vacuum cleaner suck all the dirt through the hand held hose (hose) or through the bottom of the vacuum cleaner (floor cleaning).



Meaning, I busted my ass pushing and pulling the vacuum cleaner all over the place without picking a single dirt. Talk about placebo cleaning! No way was I vacuuming all over again. Maybe, some other day. But for now, I think the place was "psychologically" cleaned.

Another thing I am worried about though is that the vacuum smelled funny after. It smelled burnt. I saw some smoke-like something coming out. I think it overheated from sucking absolutely nothing. I hope it's not broken or Brian will kill me. I sort of mentioned this to Brian (while he was busy watching a basketball game -- a technique I use when I want to tell him something I don't want him to actually hear). Anyways, I will clean the vacuum cleaner next time (What, clean the cleaner?) then contemplate cleaning the condo (for real this time). :)

So let this be a lesson to y'all (or for me). Check those darn knobs in your vacuum cleaners!

Cloudy Day

Well, it's back to the cold and cloudy weather (with a few drizzle too). Just when I was enjoying temperature on the 70's, here comes the icky weather again. Sigh. On a weekend too.

I don't know, the weather does affect me more than I thought. Right now I feel like curling up in bed and just sleep the day away. I don't know if it's just the weather or what. But this PMS-like feeling sucks. And I was even contemplating walking around the Magnificent Mile today! I should be vacuuming, cleaning, and all but I have to put that off. Chores will definitely not uplift my mood. What I'm thinking is..... I'll probably just watch Ambush Makeover and hopefully I get to catch What Not To Wear too. It would be nice to see someone else getting glammed up -- I'm definitely just staying in my jammies.

I'm not even in the mood to post my replies in Girltalk! This is bad. Brian will just find me in a horrible mess ---- curled up in the couch, in my jammies --- when he gets home. Hopefully we get to go grocery shopping today. Shopping is shopping. Be it shopping for clothes or for vegetables. I'm up for any shopping. Hehehe. :)

Test Broadcast :)

I finally jumped into the "blogging bandwagon". I've been hearing so much about blogging and about how fun it is. So...... I thought to myself, "Hey, I might as well start my own since I find myself talking to...... uh.... myself most of the time." It might be healthier to "type my thoughts" instead of letting them just float around my brain. I tend to let them spill at the end of the day and find all my precious thoughts in a horrible mess on the floor. Hehehe.

It's the middle of the night, and though I promised myself to sleep early tonight (so I can start doing my chores in the morning with more gusto -- yeah, sure), here I am, clicking on this and that, not knowing how to actually..... er... blog. I reckon this is like an online diary right? Just letting my thoughts loose in cyberspace. Not that I am expecting anyone to actually read them. I'm in front of the computer most of the day so might as well.... write.

Ok, that's it for my first entry here. This is very much like a dry run, a test broadcast, a preview of all the gibberish I'll be letting loose in the internet. Adios. Need to sleep. Signing out. :)