Cleaning Adventures and Car Damage

 On Friday, NYE, the woman who cleaned called and asked me if she could still come to clean at 10 am on Sunday, if it would be okay, like I might object or had made other plans! Of course, I said she could come! She changed my sheets, putting on the new, pretty sheets with pink flowers. They are so thick. She picked up clothes and I sorted by telling her where to put them--sweaters in the sweater tote, dirty clothes in hamper, and so on. Plus, she vacuumed almost the whole room, dusted most furniture.

This room is a wreck, so "almost all" still took four hours. Plus, she carried things into the Christmas decorations. We talked lots, too. 

She changed my sheets, putting on the new ones, floral flannel. I am saying this in all kindness, but my five-year-old could make a bed better. NOTHING was level, even, or square. But, the bed is made and looks really nice. As of this writing, I have not tried the sheets out. 

She said the bottom sheet had a tag that said "bottom of bed." I have never seen a tag that told me where the end of fitted sheets went. Or, I have not seen that tag. Usually, I struggle and put it on sideways and start over, or I measure one side by the side connecting the sheet. This is so much nicer and easier. 

She dusted books, and she took a bag of books for Tommy to sort. He still has three times as many books on the shelf in the bedroom. This 6-ft-long bookcase that is 3 feet high is in front of the heat/ac vent that is on the floor. The vent is right under a window. This is a recipe for ineffective air dispersion. So, I am hot in the winter and cold in the winter. The drapes were blowing in the breeze of the vent as the air went behind them into the window. He has an identical bookcase in the living room. I want to be rid of these monstrosities that eat up floor space and block vents. 

She rolled his computer desk to the road. Maybe someone will take it. I had gotten the desk dumpster diving, put it in my basement where the pressed wood immediately started growing green mold and disintegrating. Tommy asked if he could have it when I asked him to take it to the road for the garbage men to pick up. Since it was a moldy piece of junk, I said I wanted it in the trash which made him furious. So, I let him bring it to his house about ten years ago and have had to sleep with it for three years! So, it is gone, thankfully. 

She also spent time putting my green beans in order and in boxes in the food bedroom. That was a relief as carrying even three cans in one bag really hurt my back.

So, she did not spend four hours cleaning in the bedroom and only to get part of it done. Tommy took one load of clothes and washed them. I suppose tomorrow he will need to wash more loads. 

She set another date to come back and help me. We love springlike temperatures, but some people pay.

Tommy and I went for a short drive and to Publix where he got a2milk for me. He bought 6 half gallons. The refrigerator is overstuffed. The a2milk I have to drink is 3/$12. It was 3/$10. He had to get whole milk as there was no low-fat and there are no scheduled deliveries. I forgot they give rainchecks, or we could have waited. Oh well.

New Year's night, there are still fireworks going off like it is NYE. I hope they stop before I need to sleep. 

I was planning to have pork loin, sweet potatoes, black eyed peas, and turnip greens. But, the pork loin was still frozen solid. All the milk would not fit into the refrigerator with the two turkey breasts. Plus, there were meatballs that needed to be cooked. So, the pork loin is in the refrigerator along with one of the breasts, still not cooked. I cooked the meatballs and the two turkey breasts.

For dinner: Tommy had meatballs, salad, black eyed peas. I had meatballs, sweet potato and black eyed peas. 

Monday

 The sheets were wonderful for sleeping. I need to get another set, and they are on sale. I had credits at Belks, plus the gift card Tommy gave me for Christmas. However, I cannot get any of them entered online to spend. So, I may have to spend my cash to purchase these and use the cards for something else. 

Last night, I slept well and long, thankfully. Today, I will put paper in chest of drawers and put my belongings in there, getting them out of laundry baskets on the floor. I put one more baked turkey breast into the freezer. 

Tommy needed milk, so we had to go to Publix to get it and lettuce and celery. He can pour that last cup into a fruit jar to save an extra trip but he prefers the milk jug be perfectly empty before he purchases more. If I see it, I will empty it without asking. So, we went out at near dark.

While we were waiting for a car to vacate a spot to the left, a car on the right backed out of her parking space. I cautioned Tommy to back up. He did--about two feet and put the car in park. The woman kept coming and I was saying his name softly over and over and to back up more. He just sat there, so we were hit. I got out and determined it was not much damage. So, we told her it was okay. He parked and went into the store.

When we tried to drive away, turning the wheel caused the metal bent inward to scrub the tire. He would not correct his angle and it kept scrubbing. I instructed him to lessen the angle of left turns. He almost did it correctly, but the wheel scrubbed lots on the way home. 

She asked if we honked. I did not tell her the horn does not work. Tommy refuses to have it repaired! The lack of a horn has almost caused us to have a wreck about a dozen times in the last 18 months. There is also a crack from within three inches all the way across the windshield and all the way to the top of the window! He takes care of nothing! 

He would keep driving if I did not tell him he had to get a wrecker and have it towed to body shop. He agreed, but in the morning, he may buck up and say NO. The tire is probably ruined by now.

Monday dinner: turkey, dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato. 

Do you have fitted sheets with the foot of the bed labeled? 

Isn't a horn required on cars for safety? Isn't the windshield dangerous?