Looks like a sort of sunny day today, albeit the sun rays have a glacial quality to them..but it's still a bit of sun. Mornings aren't aping evenings, and my spotless floors have an immaculate gleam to them, almost like they're smiling. The house isn't exactly flooded with light, however the dull dreariness of Siberian calm has defrosted a bit. Days like these usually pose a problem for the night and the next week, because the skies clear and temperatures drop even further. It gets cold and clammy, and stays that way until another sunny day shows up and makes matters worse. So really, this vicious cycle will not stop anytime before March..after which it's oddly cold till June, and then warm in July, hot in August, warm in September, cool in October, cold from November..sigh.
Washing Dishes:
is probably numero uno of my least favourite things to do, especially in this weather. I almost feel like my hands see very few dry moments, because I've this aversion to leaving dirty dishes in the sink. Then there's this gnawing OCD to clean the sink so that water droplets don't stay in it too long. The thing is, if the sink stays grimy, water droplets tend to stick to it, and your sink always looks wet..now, every kitchen sink's destiny is to stay wet, but wet sinks look a bit..umm..unsanitary.
A cluttered, full kitchen sink is probably the stuff of nightmares, and washing dishes immediately after you've cooked or baked is really the right way to go, in order to avoid nightmares.
To get rid of grimy, oily, clingy stuff- wash with baking soda. Baking soda is probably a kitchen best friend. Right from cleaning kitchen platforms, to dishes, to sinkdrains..it does it all.
Too often, I've overheard lamentations on how a messier house feels more cozy, and that this obsessive cleaning and shining renders it too sanitary and impersonal..and this is something I really do not believe in. A very clean house, is much more fun to live in..sure it's a bitch to clean, but if you do it every day, it doesn't take too long. Whites should look whiter, and any place you carelessly run a finger should render your finger cleaner than it was before.
- Maybe one of these days, I should write an entire write up on house sprucing, because really, I am that lifeless.
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Some people are grade A hoarders, I've seen people who wouldn't even throw away a gift wrapping paper..they tear at their presents with such calculated ponderous caution, so as not to violate the pretty wrapping papers. They'll slowly peel away at the tapes, and cleanly fold the wrapper to use it another day (????!!!???) I mean they care more about the wrapping paper than the gift itself. This is so absurd, and for some reason I can never be friends with such people..not because of their inability to throw away a gift wrapping material but because this habit of hoarding, preserving and frugal savings on useless things kind of seeps into their real life as well. I mean, you're saving this paper so you don't have to spend on a gift wrapping paper..but you won't carpool? oh, fuck off!
Throw away, give away or recycle..stop amassing useless things in your house to turn it into some kind of urban life museum..having said that, the one thing I can't throw away are glass jars, bottles etc.
There are really useful especially when you're pickling or preserving, or storing things..and they make such nifty vases, and even funky receptacles for drinks (with a straw).
Once I'm through with a jar of jam, or pickle or olives, and it's a nice glass jar with a good lid, I wash it within an inch of it's life, scrape away at the sticker and reuse it a million different ways.
My personal favourite is using them as vases, followed closely by using them for small sized incense candles and tea lights. Ditto for clear glass wine bottles or any pretty shaped liquor bottle. I've reused most of them for storing flavoured oils. I've this jagermeister bottle that's now the proud repository of my ferociously hot homemade chilli oil. So yeah recycling things are better than hoarding.
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other updates:
My drawing is finally on its course, and probably I will finish it in a couple of days. Sounds like a long time, but the drawing is crowded with minute details, and I've to really peer at it through a magnifying glass to get it right..and of course that old chestnut-my neck. Can't keep at it too long, or else my neck might detach itself and euthanize.
I've a couple new recipes for food blogs enqued, ready to be uploaded, I'll probably do that next week.
There was a poem I'd thought of in the morning, and it warmed the cockles of my cold heart so, but I forgot it while taking a shower, so that's a shame. I mean I can't even remember what it was about. Like one of those awesome tweets you think of, and then forget a minute later.hah!
Thinking of doing a spot of baking this weekend..let's see. maybe a pizza, or a nice bread, or some cupcakes or cookies. I'd probably make a gluten free orange torte and use the remainder few oranges, but definitely making something else too. Like a bread perhaps. A nice focaccia?!?
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I've a mind to bitch some more about certain kind of people and human traits that should be avoided with a ten foot pole, perhaps in a new blog..soon.
