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Olympic Housekeeping . . . 

July 28, 2012 by Marla-Deen Brooks 1 Comment

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I am alone this Saturday evening.  To wind the day down I took my dogs on an hour long walk.  I guess due to the heat and the hills, this is what they looked like afterwards . . . 

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So while the rest of my family is doing some of this (to the left) and this (below) I am home to watch the Olympics alone and work on a few housekeeping projects.  They look like this:

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An empty wall before “The Hat Project”

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After “The Hat Project”. Didn’t you wonder what to do with all those baseball hats?

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Surely you also have one of those junk drawers where everything seems to wind up?  I bet I found $30.00 worth of change in this drawer!


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And, lastly, I hate to admit that I have completely emptied our pantry for the third time in less than 6 months!  Yes, there are photos on this very blog showing that fact!  However, tonight it was necessary as I am ashamed to admit we have these pesky little flying bugs that come scattering out each time a pantry door is open . . . and in this house that is quite often!  So, now you are all thinking we live in a dirty house with bugs!  Please someone tell me you have these “pantry bugs” so I won’t feel like a complete housekeeping failure!  Anyway, as I am home alone, this was a wonderful project to do while the Olympics were on in the background.  So, the pantry contents are either on the kitchen counter or in the garbage.  The inside has been sprayed for the night and I will re-stock tomorrow.  Hopefully, I have gotten rid of all the nasty bugs and any food that enticed them in the first place.

As for the Olympic events so far tonight, beach volleyball was fun to watch.  However, what was up with the sports bra on top of the shirt look?  I had a friend point that out, and I agree, not a good look!
Then to the IM swimming event.  Much anticipated as Michael Phelps was back in the water after saying he would not participate in that event.  Ryan Lochte has worked incredibly hard for the past four years and has stated that this is his year.  I, personally, like seeing him flip those huge tires as his warm-up.  Nice . . . Warm up?  I’m thinking that’s pretty cool.  Then he wins Gold – in a big way!  Those giant tires paid off!  
Afterwards, Lochte had this to say:

“I don’t know if this puts me as one of the world’s greatest. . . I hope so, but I guess that’s not my decision. All I can say is, to me, Michael is one of the world’s greatest. No matter what happens, he will always go down as one of the greatest.”

Now that’s a good sport.

It’s on to more swimming and some gymnastics. . . 

Have a great Saturday!  Hope you had some fun today!


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  1. FZ says

    July 29, 2012 at 8:01 am

    Nice! Youre so productive. Go USA.

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