Busy, Busy, Bee...

I had so much to do to get ready for Thanksgiving, I decided to add to the stress by capturing each moment on camera. This was monumental stuff; I needed to document it! First, I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year (my first time ever) so I had to do some major house cleaning. I started with the kitchen, of course. About 1/3 of my counter space was occupied by mail, papers, and important documents, so I piled it in a trash bag and carried it up to my already messy office and dumped it out on the floor. After I finished cleaning the kitchen, I went up to my office to study for an Astronomy test, but my office was such a disaster, I couldn't concentrate (or access my desk), so I decided to sort through a years worth of mail, papers, and secret documents. I kept thinking about Erin, and how she would never have created this problem to begin with, since she has a strong aversion to clutter. I was also tempted to just throw everything away without looking at it, like Erin would do, but I didn't. Good thing, too, since I found 10 dollars in that pile.

Here's a video I made of my progress, and ultimately clean office. (If you know what this song is from, then you are the #1 coolest person visiting my blog today. If you don't know what it's from, you are only the #2 coolest person visiting my blog today.)

Here's Homer, helping/getting in the way.
(That's frosting on his face--he helped himself to a tub of it while I was distracted.)


What a relief to get that done! It only took me about 2 1/2 hours. (See, Amy, you can have a clutter-free office like me, and it will only take you a week since your office is the size of a small house). Then I scrambled to study for my Astronomy test. Below is a picture Homer snapped of me studying/messing around on You Tube. That's Gus next to me, learning about Oblers' Paradox/dogs on skateboards. (I look annoyed because a two-year-old has my camera).


A few hours later, I was ready to take my test (it's an online class, so I have timed tests on the computer). I got 100% (You Tube is very informational). Then I jumped in the shower, and looked fabulous just in time for Katie to arrive. We were going to prepare some of the food for our Thanksgiving feast Wednesday night (Erin couldn't join us because she had to prepare her house for company, and, as you probably know, Becky is out of town). Now, if you know me, you know that 1) I am a bad cook, 2) I hate cooking, 3) I get grossed out easily if food isn't prepared in a clean manor. However, 1) I had Katie (and Sara) to guide me along, 2) I was actually excited to cook my very first Thanksgiving dinner, 3) I insisted that Katie and I wear hairnets (shower caps, actually) and gloves. Tom, who shares my food sanitation apprehensions, will appreciate the lengths we went to to keep everything sanitary. We took pictures, and I put it in a little video (so my blog wouldn't be too long).