Kung Hee Fat Choy!!!

We did it! Yesterday we bombed Peggy's room and gave it a thorough cleaning. I would like to send a BIG thank you to Julie Percell, whose OCD rivals mine. She was on her knees wiping down baseboards and scrubbing every nook and cranny. Julie, you are the BEST!

Thank you to Marvel for getting Peggy up in the chair and working on her many many MANY sorting projects out in the living room. And we couldn't have done any of this without the Amazing Karen - who helped get Peggy up and watched the kids while we cleaned out the room as she simultaneously did about a million other things. She is the master multitasking wonder woman.

And thanks to Magda who set up her sorting party/Father Damien project out in the living room. This helped make the time Peggy had to be out of her room fun and productive. Magda's friend entertained us with beautiful original guitar and vocals while we sorted, drank wine, ate Chinese food, and cleaned.

We had some great company in the house throughout the afternoon/evening - Rhea, Lynn, Ty, Kelsey (who even stayed to give Marv a ride at 10 so she wouldn't have to catch the bus!). Jason brought the two girls by in the evening - so all the kids had fun running around like crazy monkeys. The weather was pretty miserable outside, but it was cozy and fun inside.

So I feel like our mission was accomplished. I feel like we're ready for the Year of the Rat! We even have a new toilet to start the Lunar Year off! Check out our new white toilet in the office bathroom. I know you will all miss the ancient blue one.

And we have another surprise for Elroy when he gets back. I got Eric to take Elroy's secret refrigerator out of Elroy's room outside to empty it and clean it. The smell was horrible - there was tons of rotting meat in there. He's going to flip out when he comes home, but that's when I can say, "I didn't do it - it was Eric!"

Lolo is still sick and so Andy, Lisa, and Hanna are covering today and tomorrow for us. Thanks, guys. Hope you feel better soon Lolo!

I spoke to Kelly this morning (who is also feeling under the weather - ugh) and she told me she heard that there was a sewage spill in the Nuuanu Stream yesterday and some warnings not to go in it until it clears. I researched it a bit more to see if we needed to worry about the awai (stream) in the front of Peggy's house. So, here's the scoop...

It looks like while the awai system is water from Nuuanu Stream, the spill seems to be downstream from Peggy's house, closer to Wylie Street, so with the direction of the flow, it shouldn't be of concern. Still, with the rainy weather we've been having, the awai is pretty nasty, so don't go wading around in it or drinking from it. I'm keeping Maka Boy home today for sure - we don't need his muddy paws on our newly cleaned floors anyway!

Have a great Chinese New Year's Day today! Remember - no cleaning today - you'll sweep out all your good luck for the new year! What a great excuse to relax :)