cleaning, cleaning, cleaning

So what to do when you have the whole afternoon/evening to yourself?  Clean of course!  Lola's teacher, Elaine, took her to the zoo and she won't be back until 7 or so.  What I really wanted to do all day = take a nap.  But, the basement needed cleaned out!  We had more water in it a few months ago (not as much as the big flood) and it's still messy from that.  I think I have fixed the problem of the city's stormwater backing up through our floor drain, but just in case.....I decided I needed to get everything off of the floor, and what remains on the floor has to be able to tolerate water (plastic buckets, pots, coolers, etc...).   Everything on the bottom row of shelving needs to be in plastic tubs, and everything above that can be boxes.  No boxes within 18 inches of the floor!  I learned that the hard way last time.  I bought some shelving and assembled it and there is now EMPTY shelving in the basement.  This means I can actually put more stuff down there, not on the floor, but up, up, and away.  Productive Saturday!!!