Though I ended up spending the morning with my nieces at a storytime, I cleaned my kitchen this afternoon in about two and a half hours. Mind you, I have lots still to add to this particular routine - floors, small appliances, etc. - but I'm encouraged by being able to do it all "in one sitting." Without having to take an extended break about 2/3 of the way through. Maybe I just need to get things started really early on Friday evenings.
Well, I dashed off to the supermarket while I was still feeling so energized (strangely enough). Reminded myself after picking up the shopping basket that it was time for me to approach grocery shopping again like a grown up and headed back outside to start anew - this time with a shopping cart.
It felt very good coming home to put my groceries away in a clean kitchen. And knowing that, with the exception of some "light marketing" on Wednesday evening, I won't be making any rushed trips to the grocery store to pick up one thing or another that I forgot. I had planned my breakfast menus for the week, planned my vintage dinner for tomorrow night. My shopping list in hand, I felt an unusual sense of control as I wheeled about the supermarket. 50s gal has mentioned this sense of control-over-her-own-destiny in her own blog, and today is the first time I've really experienced that feeling myself. I don't know quite how to describe it yet, but there's something about all those chores I did today - and shopping with a big ol' cart - that makes me feel like a grown up. What is it about housework that makes the difference?
On a shallower note, I was thrilled to spy some chicory in the produce section. That's mentioned time and again in these '40s salad recipes. It's totally not what I thought it would look like! Speaking of salads, here's the menu for tomorrow night's 1945 dinner:
Mashed Potatoes
Boiled Cabbage
Fresh Tomato Salad
Brownie a la Mode
3 comments:
Sounds like you had a great Saturday! Maybe you got your kitchen done in one sitting because you were fresh yesterday, and not doing it after a full day at work.
That "in control" feeling must be wonderful, my house still feels out of control, although not quite as much so now that I'm keeping things picked up and tidy.
In control - wow! I can't even imagine. Keep up the good work!
I gotta tell you - I've never felt that feeling before. It was completely new and hasn't returned since. Who knows if I'll ever feel it again? ;) I think it must have had something to do with doing all that work right in a row. Knowing that everything was proceeding on schedule, despite some of life's happy little interruptions!
Mrs. G, you may be right about being better able to clean the kitchen with a fresh night of sleep in my pocket. I'm going to try the Friday evening thing at least one more time and see if I can't get it done all at once. Maybe if I start as soon as I get home.
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