Jun 30 2010
What goes up must come down
After yesterday’s happiness, today was a rough mental health day. Too many things to stress out about. I do it to myself all the time. But when I got home, I had a pleasant surprise – our neighbor had pulled out the buck-thorn infestation around the tree by the fence, and cleaned out my front flower/shrub bed, too. And poisoned the ants. We are blessed with good neighbors. And here’s the list of other things that got done:
- Dropped off the minivan to get the oil changed and the glove compartment latch fixed.
- Baked tilapia fillets for dinner. Turned out OK. Hard to mess up fish in the oven.
- In anticipation of Bill’s return, cleaned the fridge and the microwave.
- Found instructions for running the oven self-clean cycle. Apparently oven racks should be removed prior to the 3-5 hour process. Ours are soaking in the bathtub upstairs.
- Washed the kitchen floor.
- Cleaned the downstairs bathroom.
- Got a load of dishes started.
Busy Wednesday ahead. Water-meter guy coming at 7:30 am, then I am dropping off the Jetta for a timing belt replacement, then a long day at work. But at the end there is dinner with Shannon, so it’s all good.
4 Responses to “What goes up must come down”
I am guessing Ken and Barb, they rock.
Nice neighbors are awesome! If/when we move, I will definitely miss ours, they have been so great to us!
About oven racks, when I self-cleaned ours the manual said the racks could be left in for the cleaning cycle, they would just look bluish with a dull finish afterwards. They didn’t mention if that was premanent, or if there was something that could be done to help.
You still got a lot done yesterday!
At least you self-cleaning cycle actually works. Ours broke about the time we moved into this house. The oven desperately needs cleaned, but I don’t have the time or the energy to clean it manually.
I could have left mine in, but the instructions said they would get darker, rougher, and harder to slide. With my luck, they would have gotten permanently attached to the oven, so I decided not to risk it :-)