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Operation 2012 is still running. Life happened, and I fell over a bit in June/July – frankly I expected to, I hate winter. On the plus side, the house didn’t get any worse.

T and I vanquished Mount Washmore and Mount Foldmore last weekend. That freed up the bedroom floor, allowing us to vacuum. The bathrooms have been cleaned.

I bought a steam cleaner, which T has claimed as his own – he cackles gleefully when operating it. Apparently the MAGIC OF STEAM and the GLORIOUS CLEAN that results are worthy of maniacal chortles?

I took a four-day long weekend (Friday through Monday). Today, I emptied and cleaned the front hall, including windows, washing down the front doors, and polishing the furniture. I emptied and organised six drawers in the kitchen, the pots cupboard, and the cupboard under the sink.

I have, somewhat ashamedly, taken to reading home-making and organising blogs. I’m never really going to be Suzie Homemaker, but I may as well find out how other people do things, rather than reinventing the wheel. The cup shelf was one such idea. And today I hung a rail under the sink to hang spray bottles off, to get them off the floor, so the other stuff that gets stuffed under the sink is less squished.

It’s a good feeling, living in a clean space. I still don’t really enjoy cleaning, but I do enjoy the results.