I SHOULD ESCAPE TO MAUI RATHER THAN SPRING CLEAN!

Posted on 2006-Mar-25 at 01:12

This is a picture of me at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I love Hawaii and when I daydream about getting away from it all, I think of snorkeling the coral reefs of balmy Hawaii....

But now, back to reality:

SPRING CLEANING has begun at our house on the beautiful central coast of California. How about you all? (Well, I guess if some are reading this on the other side of the globe, like in Australia, it is Fall for yÂ’all. Sometimes I forget that the Internet is worldwide!!).

It looks like itÂ’ll rain again this afternoon, so this morning before the rain wets and makes soggy the ground again, weÂ’ll weed-whack, trim trees, take the load of branches and detritus to the dump, and till the soil in one place so the girls and I can start our veggie garden and sunflower garden.

WeÂ’ve thought about trying to round-up our lop-eared bunny and return her to her cage. But when we get near her, she runs underneath the girlsÂ’ playhouse, burrowing under there. ItÂ’s been hard to retrieve her. SheÂ’s happier outside, then caged, hasnÂ’t left our property to run around the suburbs. I find that interesting that a domestic rabbit is smart enough to stay in its own yard, that it doesnÂ’t find the grass greener elsewhere. So, we may let her stay outdoors in the yard, rather than return her to her cage.

I need to do some SPRING CLEANING in our home. I am a bibliophile—love books and printed matter. Too many papers stack near this trusty computer. ItÂ’s time to organize them into binders, chuck the old newspaper clippings (or pass them on to my many pen pals), and put the books back on the shelf. 

The girls and I will go through our closets and give-away old clothes. WeÂ’re saving some childrenÂ’s clothing for an orphanage in Nepal. A police captain and a few others at our church travel to Nepal once a year to distribute the clothes to the kids. ItÂ’s their only clothing distribution that year, except for what little they can afford from their miniscule budget.  ItÂ’s such a humbling experience to know that our castoffs are so valued by others who have so little. We donate other clothes to a local thrift store in town that benefits developmentally disabled people in our area.

Well, time to get a move-on and spring clean.

What do you need to give-away?