Stress and PMS - it fueled some long-overdue housecleaning - after Mass (which was wonderfully energizing and I'll maybe blather on more about that someday) I came home and sorted and threw away and polished furniture and cleaned the bathroom vanity - I'm sure my husband would be amused to see it took me no time to expand my collection of clutter to fill the entire nearly 8 foot expanse of countertop, but now it's a neatly arranged cosmetics department. If I used all of the crap I own regularly I'm sure I'd be much more glamorous.


I really like those little Swiffer dusters but I blew through an entire box of them on my wooden blinds, which hadn't been touched since I don't even want to think how long. It was not pretty. Now I need some Benadryl, because I stirred up enough dust to make the entire block sneeze, and I'm tired and my lower back is complaining about all this uncharacteristically vigorous housework. Of course, if I take any Benadryl I will be asleep, so nothing else will get done, but that's okay, I have imposed some order on my living space and I think that will help my restless mind. I am not a neat freak, I have a pretty high clutter threshold, but at times the clutter builds up past my tolerance level and then it Bugs the Hell Out of Me! Today was one of those days. Anyone remember John Astin's occasional role on Night Court? "I'm feeling MUCH better now!"


Then I sat down and worked on the white Sitcom Chic. I'm nearly to the eyelet row but snowblindness has set in again, I need to work on some granny squares or do a few inches on my own red SC until the feeling fades. But it looks like I'm on target to finish it in time to take it to Sorority Girl's moving-in festivities in mid-August. If the Sorority Girl is wise, she will go check out that button site an entry or two down and let me know if she likes any of the funky buttons, because otherwise she'll be getting a nice but ordinary button from Joann's - I saw a nice crystal button that would work, but it doesn't have the same style as the one with the compact and lipstick on it, ferinstance. So many choices!