Cleaning and a Smoothie

Tuesday, July 15th



Day 1 of my apartment cleaning. Finally, I have started cleaning my apartment.

I started the day with another blender drink. This time I wanted to use the bananas that were turning brown. I decided to make a basic banana smoothie, and to my surprise, it tasted almost like the store-bought. I added about a teaspoon of honey which wasn't in the recipe, but I got tired of the "funny" taste I kept getting from my blender drinks. I also think the "funny" taste is coming from the low fat yogurt I've been using. Anyway, the taste of the smoothie was okay; I liked it. I liked it so much that I decided to make another one. This time, I made a strawberry and banana smoothie. I drank one glass of the S&B smoothie, and saved the other glass. Today I also had hot oatmeal and hot green tea. Today however, I did not turn on my computer.

Finally, I was able to start cleaning up my apartment. Finally!!!
Today I tackled only the living room. I went through the mounds of papers. I packed, stacked, and bagged the papers, newspapers, and magazines that had taken over my apartment. I think it will take me about another 2 days to finish my whole apartment.
* Today (Cleaning Day 1) - I cleaned up the school related trash and clutter almost covering the living room floor. I have 7 large black trash bags full to throw out. I also cleaned off the surfaces of the coffee table, my file cabinet, and my dining table which doubles as a office table. It is actually a folding card table. I stacked my school materials in the hallway with the boxes from school. When it is time to return to school, I'll rent a small moving van with a driver.
* Tomorrow (Cleaning Day 2) - I will need to go through the papers, mail, and junk mail and organized the papers that I keep. Today, my main goal was to get rid of trash and clutter. Tomorrow, my main goal will be to organized the papers that I will keep, and do real cleaning (meaning using soap and water). After dumping the 7 bags of trash, I will come back to clean my bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. Later, while I'm watching the evening news, I will go through the papers and organize them.
* Thursday (Cleaning Day 3) - Cleaning the Venetian blinds, taking down the curtains to be washed, and mopping the living room and hallway floors. Hopefully, I will have mopped the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen floors on Wednesday.


Completion Date - Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:53PM
Post Date - Friday, August 8, 2008 1:12AM

Smoothie

Saturday, July 12th


This will be an extremely short entry.Today I was determined...a bit to clean my apartment. I told myself this morning that I would not even turn on my computer because I knew I would vegetate for a couple of hours in front of the screen. Well, tomorrow I will be meeting an epal (Veg.) for a walk along 5th avenue. I told myself that I should send the confirmation information via text message to avoid turning on my computer, but I ended up turning on my computer, and I have been sitting here for about 12 hours. Finally, about 11p.m., I was able to drag myself from the computer. I zapped a Smart Choice meal in the microwave.

While my dinner was "cooking", I moved most of the vegetables to the freezer. My strawberries were starting to get moldy, so I decided to make a fruit smoothie from my juicing book. It took me about 25 minutes to make the simple smoothie. So, how was the taste? Strange. Strange in that it tasted (and smelled)almost identical to the couple of vegetable drinks that I tried to make a couple of weeks ago. It was thick and creamy, but it tasted like I was eating lawn grass. I attached a photo of the finished product.


Post Date - Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:21PM
Completion Date - Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:02AM