You never know what you have until . . .
. . . you clean your room.
– Anon
A pertinent quote today I thought, as I am in the middle of spring-cleaning.
Yes, washing windows and curtains, bedding and cushions; cleaning out kitchen cupboards and washing glasses.
Also, as spring is the time of year here in South Africa, where everything in the garden suddenly starts growing madly all at once, I have to spend a lot of time weeding flower beds and hacking back trees, hedges and vines.
So, what have I found so far after all my cleaning?
A lot of dust bunnies!
No, Little Monkey, not that kind of bunny!
I really like that quote. So true. If only we could find the vacuum cleaner bags that were lost during our remodeling.
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hahaha Isn’t that always the case? 😀
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Happy spring cleaning and do share the “treasures” you find. I usually find stuff that I “lost” ha ha!! 😁
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Thank you GH. 🙂 Not many treasures to be found in the kitchen except a few cracked coffee mugs! 🙂
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Lol!! I used these for mini “vase” or pencil/pen holders or water plants like money plant that thrives in water. Usually “recycled” as I love the design which is why I kept it and like you forgot about it😊
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Ah yes, me too – but I already have many of these mug pencil holders! 🙂
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Great minds think alike. Ha ha! I wish I have your life of enjoying a garden and walking Garfield 😉
Have a great day Sci!
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hehe I can just see you taking Garfield for a walk on a little lead! 🙂
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😃 seriously if Garfield could walk and live for ever it would be swell. But it is impossible ha ha unless he is a robot. I cannot take it emotionally when pets take their journey to the other realm. Heart breaking as any pet is a family member too.
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Sorry about the dust bunnies. I hope you also found some spare coins down the back of the couch.
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No such luck this time, but previously I found actual Notes in a junk pile. Score! 😀
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That’s extremely cool! 😀
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I know! 😀
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That quote is so true!
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haha Yes 🙂
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I need to visit my closets…
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Be brave! 🙂
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😄😅
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That’s funny! My house collects a lot of dust too! Dusting is like my least favorite chore because of it.
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It’s always dusty here too, maybe because of the heat? But I just do what I can. 🙂
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That’s good, I usually put it off as much as I can! LOL
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I have a junk closet. I just close the door and forget everything in there 🙂
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Excellent idea 🙂
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🙂 🙂 Well happy cleaning and happy spring! Enjoy the rewards of spring… 😉
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haha Thank you 🙂
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Most welcome! 🙂
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🙂
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I think in my case I’ll never know what I have until I finally finish unpacking boxes from our move! I’ve made a dent, but there are a lot to go!
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Ah I remember that after moving once; we had a whole room filled top to bottom with boxes and I tried to go through one a week. In the end, I figured if I didn’t miss it, I didn’t need it! 🙂
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Exactly! Most of the things that are in boxes still are books – I’ve decided I’m done moving them, so I’ve been giving them away (except for a few that I love). Hopefully, I’ll get through them and then be down to things that I use and love!
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Good Luck 🙂
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I need it – and a lot more time!
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Hahaha! What a hilarious quote!
I’m jealous it’s spring where you live, cold man winter is just around the bend, oh well, winter is good for waiting for spring! 😂
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Thank you 🙂 But I wouldn’t be too envious of our spring, as it means a very hot summer is just around the corner, which I am trying not to think about! 🙂
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That quote describes my childhood perfectly! My Mother would threaten to use a shovel on my room every Saturday. Sigh…good memories.
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haha 🙂
I don’t remember having much junk as a kid; it just seems to accumulate over the years! 🙂
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What did ya find
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Sadly no treasures! 🙂
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😞
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Junk drawers turn into junk closets, which turn into junk rooms that turn into junk basements….
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Don’t they just! 🙂
Actually, I don’t blame myself too much, as I grew up with a junk room in our house, and thought Everyone had one! 😀
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Haha, happy cleaning. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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I’m tired reading this. I’ve been working on Sping cleaning for months and am still nowhere near finished. Maybe by next year…..
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Yep, it is super tiring! I just do what I can, but it is the garden that defeats me. 🙂
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Meeee tooooo
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Maybe I should buy a donkey! 🙂
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Let me know how that works out! Fergus likes to “help” in the garden, but it usually means he’s biting off fresh blooms from the perennials. If I can get him to pull weeds, I’m golden.
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haha That would be training indeed 🙂
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In my place, dust bunnies seem to multiply just like real bunnies.
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hahaha I know it! 😀
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Every home should have a “junk drawer” that, when overflowing, gets cleaned out. Oh what treasures to find!
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hahaha I think I have a junk House! 😀
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