I’ve been tidying up a bit in anticipation of a home party I’m having this week, the first time I’ve done this and I’ve always sworn I never would, but I actually like the stuff. And it’s the first home party line where I went and didn’t feel like if I didn’t buy something, they would send my name to the Department of Homeland Security and report that I was a suspected terrorist.

Anyhow, yesterday I pulled out the computer so I could pull some of the dead dust rabbits out from behind. This was an enormous task. I have so many wires, some that weren’t attached to something, like the one I picked up right around the same time B asked if I turned off the computer? Whoops, that was the power cord. I spent a good hour untangling, dusting, wiping, scrubbing, blowing out with compressed air, and cursing before I finally got everything done and successfully reattached. Speaking of reattached, did you know that you can get the tip of your ring finger reattached for the bargain basement price of only $12,000?

Our computer desk is one of those hot spots in the house where everything seems to settle. Other hot spots are the dining room table, the living room coffee table, the kitchen counters, the entranceway, and each of our rooms. But the dining room table is now a sparkling clean surface with just the blinking lights of the modem, a frog statue, headphones, my CF card, a bead, the phone, some keys, a pen, some pictures, a bill statement, a CD case, an unattached iPod cord, and the webcam.

Fortunately, everything on the table minus the modem, statue and webcam are on their way to their homes and the desk will be spotless again. It’s nice, becaues I can sit at my computer and if I only allow myself to see directly in front of me and a little to the left, my house looks spotless! I’m going to have all my guests huddle around my computer at a 45° angle when we have this party and they, too, will think my house is spotless.