We are getting closer to Christmas being over

So I got all the Christmas decorations down. Finally. But the tree itself is still up. I need Dan's help for that and while he is totally willing to help, I just haven't been up to doing it. However..... Before this weekend is over, it will be done.



We haven't found the missing totes. I was able to get pretty much everything into the other totes we have except for the Christmas balls. I will have to decide what to do with those breakable items.



Once again the house has become a mess. Well really the kitchen. This last weekend Lance was out to stay and he and Dan cleaned the basement up pretty darn good. The Living room will get taken care of as soon as the tree is down, but the kitchen is the bane of existence.



I'm really a bit miffed about the whole phosphates removed from the washer detergent. I know that the environment is important, but I'm wasting a ton of water washing my dishes before washing my dishes.



I have yet to find a truly good dishwasher soap that will CLEAN my dishes. I'm not even talking my usual just toss it in the dishwasher dirty dishes, but the ones I rinse before I wash. I was using Finish and I've used Cascade. But it's just not the same. *sigh* I don't have enough room to hand wash everything. I've even been washing stuff 2 or 3 times in the dishwasher. So all the dishes are piled on the counter and Dan has been hand washing anything we need to use right then. I suppose that's a great idea. I mean we could just only use two of everything and hand wash them every night. (yeah right).



I need to get the Kitchen cleaned, so I can move all the kitchen stuff in my Spare room back to the kitchen. For the Christmas party Dan and I moved everything that was on the counter tops into the spare room to make room for all the food. Just like the tree still up, we've never moved it back. I'm thinking that maybe I should just toss it. I mean if it's been in that room for 2.5 months, it means we don't really need it. Right?



I read an article in CNN confessions of a declutter-er. I was almost appalled at her attitude at clutter. But then, I started thinking about it. Maybe I should have this woman come to my house. I bet I wouldn't need a 3 bedroom, 1 family room, 1 car garage after she was done. LOL. an I bet my Christmas tree would go down......