Kitch Cure (2014) 17 & 19. Plus 100 Days of goodbyes; Day 87

[parasitegirl]

I cleaned the sink! This was to be a task on day 16...and I finally did it. And I put away all the dishes! I don't know when that last happened...so I took photographic proof.



And then, that evening, I kept going into the kitchen to look at it...as if it might vanish. As if what I had previously seen was not real.

The Kitchn Cure Day 17: Tuesday, September 2
Assignment: Clean out trash can and wipe it down.

Easy. I do this regularly.

Almost all the trash in my entrance way is out. Tomorrow is recycling day but my major victorywill be this Thursday.

It's the elusive once-a-month "Chinaware, Glass, etc. : Once Monthly"  which, at my place, is the 3rd Thursday of the month. You can well imagine how easy that is to remember. What this means is that I generally break some dishes, put them in a safe place so I don't have a bag of things I can hurt myself with in my entry way...and every few months remember that I need to put them out...and promptly forget. I never remember which day is the take out day and am too lazy to remember to go outside, down the stairs, across one street, and check the sign on our metal trash container....

Thursday I will get to put out that bag.

100 days of 20 Goodbyes, day 87.

Yesterday I dragged more than 20 books to GoodDay Used Books in Tokyo. This doesn't mean that all my books fit on my bookshelves but it's getting close. I will see my 100 days plan to an end. I never promised those days would be consecutive. Maybe i'll get them done before Dean Mommy visits never month...maybe I won't!

The Kitchn Cure Day 19: Thursday, September 4
Assignment: Buy something nice for your kitchen!

Where's day 18? The Kitchn is not the boss of me. It involved too much cleaning and I didn't feel like it. I'll do it tomorrow or the next day.

I skipped ahead to random purchases.

Day 19 Task: Buy Something Nice For Your Kitchen

Yeah. It's not exciting. It's my new dish-soap dispenser. It's designed to dispense shampoo but I'm a rebel.

I also never use special pumps for my shampoo and conditioner because being in the shower often means it's morning and I don't have contacts or glasses in...so I don't trust anything that isn't clearly labeled or needs me to remember which is which.  I'm blind and abscent-minded in the morning.

That evening I went a little crazy cleaning my shower? Well, it wasn't JUST my medication not being right yet, it was also due to the fact that I switched over to soft contacts again and experienced my shower as something other than an off-white blur. My shower/bath is in a separate room from my sink and from my toilet...and I wore my hard lenses as little time as humanly possible...so I rarely actually SAW that room.

It was just a perfect storm that my shower area came into focus as my anxiety started ramping up.

My new soap dispenser blends in with its surroundings, which is what I like. I got it home and then made a walk to my local 100-yen shop and stocked up on dish soap/sponges/the net things that go in the drain.

This does all seem to be working..I'm making yummy food for myself again.

Comments

[kimuchi.livejournal.com]

The rare shower with contacts in also results in shower-cleaning ASAP for me. Everything seems so much more clean when you can't see at all!

[misa1.livejournal.com]

I need to try working through the kitchn cure list in a month or so. Ours is a mess and it's only piling up more since I've been busy with Rhys. That would be a good way to tackle it a little at a time.

[mekyria.livejournal.com]

I try not to look too closely when I'm in the shower because once I start seeing things that need cleaning I will go berserk. I love the bright green accent in your kitchen, it makes it more personal yet easy to change if you feel like it.