[flickr id=”6408237417″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]As this post goes live I will be enjoying the last few hours of quiet stillness in my house.  On Thursday afternoon I was granted about 48 hours of an empty house.

I likely used 95% of that time to clean, maybe 3% to sleep. The other 2% likely on showers and zoning out on the computer or watching TV.  When my house is empty I clean like mad – and by Thursday I’d already gutted my kitchen, tossed out 7 bags of trash and rearranged all the cabinets – and I’m only 50% done with that room.

I wanted more time – but I’ll live with 48 hours.

Now if only I could get a vacation from the quiet time…because once everyone gets home I’m going to be just about dead tired.