On Thursday morning I got the kitchen cleaned up, chores done, and then wasted an hour trying to use my husband’s ultrasonic cleaner on the silver. In the end, I just used the silver polish as I always have. The cleaner didn’t have the right formula for silver. If I want to use it, I will have to get some.
Some of the silver, which I have used every day since 1974, had gotten quite tarnished, almost black. It has been cleaned many times before, just not recently. It took a long time to clean those pieces. I finally finished around noon.
Then I started the house cleaning, dusting and polishing everything in the dining room. My son ran the vacuum around.
Then I moved into the living room. The house plants looked particularly sad, as I’d not tended them in months. So I sat down and started cleaning them up. I got them all done and they look a whole lot better now.
Then I started dusting and polishing in there and got it about half done. I had to keep taking rests every hour or so and didn’t quit until 7PM. I was halfway around the room.
On Friday I hope to finish it, scrub the kitchen floor for the first time (it’s been washed but not cleaned since construction), and then put polish on it for the first time. Something I’ve been wanting to do for years.
I need to wash the dining room and living room floors too. My son said he’d clean the bathroom. Then I can start setting up for the potluck. It looks like there will be 6 coming. I have 2 salads to make and am contemplating doing a protein filled main meal.