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Reality Shot Thursday #5

October 27, 2011 at 12:01 am by Claudia

It’s that time again. Another Reality Shot Thursday, that day where we share photos that aren’t staged or pretty and wouldn’t normally be included on our blogs. We’re just keeping it real, as they say.

This ugly bin is in our den. In fact it is just to the right of the dollhouse on the other side of the closet. This bin has been sitting in the den for a few months. Do you remember when Don was having yard sales this summer? I was away working in Wisconsin. In this bin are all his CDs and old books that were for sale. (By the way, I looked in the bin the other day and some of my CDs and books were in there. He’s lucky he didn’t sell them.) Anyway, I’m sick of looking at it and am going to strongly encourage my husband to clean it out and put it back in the shed where it belongs. It is directly across from me as I sit in my chair and blog.

As you can see, our various throws have done nothing to disguise its ugliness. In fact, the photo is grainy and I don’t care. Why pretty it up? (Those are dog toys to the right.)

Please share your reality shot with us this week and remember to visit each link and leave a comment.

I’m still pondering the fate of this meme. Do we want to continue it every week? Or perhaps once a month as someone suggested? Maybe the first Thursday or the last Thursday? Let me know your thoughts on the subject.

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Do You Like or Dislike Cleaning the Bathroom?

October 26, 2011 at 5:00 am by Claudia

I rather like this idea of asking a question of all of you, as I did last week when I asked whether you were a bed maker or a non-bed maker. It’s so interesting to hear everyone’s thoughts on the subject.

This morning the sun shone in the windows in that certain way that shows every speck of dirt, every dog hair, every clump of crumbs on the kitchen floor, every streak in the window glass. Since I have been ‘attending’ to my dollhouse and my blog and my job search, the house has suffered. Oh, I ran the swiffer every couple of days and I vacuumed, but that, my friends, was it.

Worse than all that, the bathroom was more than overdue for a cleaning. For those of you who are newer readers of this blog, I have mentioned before how much I dislike cleaning the bathroom.

For the record: I detest it. It’s a thankless job, involving scrubbing, hair in the drain, long hair (mine) everywhere, spots on the mirror, hard water stains, toilets, and general unpleasantness. For a while there, my husband was cleaning the bathroom. It was his job, a job he volunteered for because I do all the rest of the cleaning and he was sick of hearing me say how much I hated cleaning the bathroom. That lasted a short while, until I had to start reminding him that too much time had elapsed between cleanings. And that sort of thing always escalates to nagging. Then resentment. So I took over again.

Today, I could no longer ignore it. The bathroom is now clean. And that will last for about 3 hours. Or until Don comes home from work tonight and washes his face, somehow managing to splash water everywhere. My sister says her husband does the same thing. What is it with these guys?

The photo above is of my now clean bathroom. (I just discovered that it’s not easy to get a good photo of a bathroom!) So here’s my question: Do you like cleaning the bathroom or do you dislike cleaning the bathroom?

Do tell. And by the way, if you like doing it and you live nearby, come on over any old time.

Also – a quick reminder that Thursday is Reality Shot Thursday. Please join in. As I said last week, I’m happy to keep it going if there is enough interest….but numbers have been dropping each week. I’m starting to think it might have run its course? If you’ve thought of joining in this is the week to do it, as I ponder the future of this little meme.

Reality Shot Thursday #4

October 20, 2011 at 12:30 am by Claudia

Hello, welcome to Reality Shot Thursday #4. It’s just a slice of reality – not a pretty, staged shot – but the reality behind the scenes. (I want to mention that I have 2 posts today. If you scroll down, you will see a book review for TLC Book tours, as well.)

We’re back to the kitchen table. Unfortunately, it remains in it’s cluttered state. This time, we have the addition of paint, stain, sandpaper and all the things I use when working with my dollhouse and miniatures. The box on the right is the box the dollhouse wallpaper came in. I’m saving it because I like it’s shape. Why I haven’t put it away by now, I cannot say. Next to the box are the dreaded medical bills. I keep staring at them, willing some manna to drop from the heavens. The Target bag is my husband’s. I don’t know what’s in there. Then on the left, some cough drops, some mail, my husband’s glasses…and we’re back to the paint. And the pretty McCoy jardiniere is still holding the same stuff it did last time I took a photo of the table.

Let me know if you want to continue Reality Shot Thursday. I know there are a lot of memes out there and that we are all pressed for time. Last week, the number of participants dropped. I don’t care about big numbers or anything and if you want to continue, I will.

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