How I spent the day.........

As you (the three of U who read..teehee) know.......I'm currently at the mercy of my comprehensives committee ......waiting for them to give a passing grade. So, to pass this stressfull waiting period, I thought I'd take advantage of a nice sunny Sunday and CLEAN !!!

Does anyone want to take a gander at how fuckin big "dust bunnies" can get as they grow in the crevices of a kingsize 4-poster bed?? Well...I'll tell U....larger than U would believe!

Does anyone want to take a gander at what a toy rat terrier can drag under a bed? I'm beginning to think I really didn't need to invest in that shredder in the office. I have a live mobile shredding machine thats much cuter and snuggles!!!

Over the last two years......the bedroom had become ground zero for my doctoral activities.

I have learned that my kingsize bed serves very well as a great space to spread out all my research, topic specific books, memoirs of prisoners, texts and various journals. In addition, add 1 laptop, 1 cordless phone, 1 cell phone, 8 pillows, 1 container of swedish fish, 1 container of popcorn, 1 little container of berry skittles, 3 little puppies (who have to be physically touching me), approximately 5-8 toys ( half-chewn bears, beanies, a cow that moos, a frog that ribbits, mini-muppet characters of beeker, fozzy, kermit, and the mad scientist).

My bed hasn't been made or been sans all the aforementioned items in two years.

I digress.....after moving the bedtop items to the kitchen table (storage area for all previous coursework and published documents....and extra books not applicable to the current research), the bed was stripped.......the mattress was turned and flipped (not an easy feat when the bed takes up the majority of the room) and leaned against the window wall. Last, the box springs were removed and leaned against the mattress.

OH MY GODDESS!!!! I am sooooo happy I purchased one of those 400.00 dyson vacuums! U know the one .....the commercial shows that guy who talks affectionately (softly with an accent) about the vacuum he designed. Take my word for it....that vacuum is THE BOMB!

Now I know they say bunnies multiply exponentially...... and I believe them! There was a colony of dust bunnies under the bed in addition to two magazines worth of shredded paper, 6 or so more toys, one of my nose rings, a part of a regular ring (sans the stone), 2 bobby pins, 5 pennies, 2 hair ties, a half-eaten tube of super -glue the missing right slipper of the first set and the missing left slipper of the replacement set. Gotta love the rat!!! (Bella and Pebbles NEVER chew or hoard toys like the rat does...or so they tell me).

After vacuuming......the bed was put back together....the reserve pillow-top mattress pad was pulled out, and the reserve set of 1000 count sheets lovingly dressed the bed. I even pulled out the "winter" duvet cover with the heavier feather bed inside.........ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! 10 pillows were back in place......the other duvet cover cleaned and put away, puppy stairs put back in place and everyone crawled under the covers to settle in for the nite.

All is well except I think the pups are a bit upset with their "stash" being discovered and apprehended...I keep getting the "stink eye".

NITE....NITE