So, my site stats resemble something like the dip in an exponential graph… Why you might ask? Most likely because I have stopped visiting my site every 10 minutes! (see ‘Blogging Buzz’).
Take this post for example, in my wish to blog at a more steady pace, I have opted to blog about nothing in particular at 11.00pm at night!
Today was a constant stream of housework… Typically, when I am working, I rarely do housework in the traditional sense, so it’s a little novel to actually do a series of things that resemble cleaning, in one day! My usual routine is wiping down benches when I spill something (which is quite frequent thankfully) and vacuuming when I can no longer walk barefoot and feel the plush carpet between my toes… when I can feel other “bits” I know it’s time to vacuum! I like to think of myself as a sensual person and apply this to my cleaning methods.
I enjoy the free and light feeling I get after having sorted through everything I own and categorising it into the “I-need-this-to-live” pile and the “I-want-this, but-it’s-unecessary-clutter-complicating-my-existence” pile.
Now, what to do with the piles of unnecessary clutter?… This time, in addition to the usual bags of old clothes and shoes, I have discarded two particular items of interest. First is the third of the four mops I own (see Sydney Royal Easter Show post). It lay discarded, unloved and rejected, a reminder that purchasing a mop in my household should never be a decision made lightly or carelessly. The second item is a pair a green marbled stallions rearing up on their hind legs. They’re bookends I was given as a gift many years ago by an old boyfriend. Whether the horses were of any significance to him, me or us, I have long since forgotten. They do, however, serve as a reminder that, at least for me, serenity comes from remembering the past and then letting go of old things to make room for the new. Hmm… I think I read that in a quote once.
Have a happy, uncluttered day.
At last! I’ve gotten round to reading more than bits and pieces of everyone’s blogs … I’ve been so immersed in my daily blogging grind (enjoyable though it is) that not only have I had zero time for cleaning, apart from the daily wash up, which I cling to like a drowning person to a life raft, I’ve had no time to actually be part of my blogging community! Time to put that to bed and get into reading other people’s stuff in more depth.
I enjoyed this piece … keep writing!
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Thanks BeachBlogger… keep swimming!
I liked this story of nothing in particular but somehow everything. The extraordinary in the ordinary. The special in the mundane. The new in the old and the feeling that you have arrived somewhere great. I love that mop and as for the bookends please can I have them?
So glad I don’t have to do housework although discarding irrelevant and unnecessary gods can sometimes be tedious.
Of course you can have them… will bring them this morning. Just a word of warning, my term “marbled” describes the pattern of the horses not the actual material they are made from!