You know what I mean? Life is just going along fine, and all of a sudden you take a look around your dining room and cannot believe what a mess it is.
*WALL*
From that point on, the only thing you can think about or do is pick up the dining room. Nothing else will do. Are you with me?
Out of nowhere, I just hit the Pots & Pans Wall. This wall came about over time. From constant use, a nice patina of water stain has built up on them, and I’ve been progressively hating said water stain, but never done anything about it.
*This is where I’d post a picture of the pans at the point of hitting my wall, but frankly, it’s too embarassing.*
Suddenly, *BOOM! WALL!*
I spent the evening scrubbing those suckers with a magical cleaner (♥), and behold! Shiny pans!
The shine of a thousand suns. Well, I got so excited that I couldn’t stop there. Now my glassware is officially scrubbed, some silverware, & basically anything shiny has been re-shined. The result is that this morning, I feel like I have a brand new kitchen!
The moral of the story? Sometimes hitting a wall can be a good thing.
*No physical walls or hands were harmed during the writing of this post*
Inspire; to breathe 
I seriously want to know what your “special cleaner” is. Those pots are pretty! 🙂
Well the truth is, it’s not quite as magical as I made it sound. I was trying to diminish the “every-day availability” factor to make it seem like there was just cause for having waited as long as I did. The truth is, it’s been sitting under my kitchen sink with some other cleaning products for, you know, ever. Bar Keeper’s Friend. And, yup, I used it on the glassware too, but I bet that baking soda would do the same thing.
Please post the magical cleaner. Does it work for cloudy glassware? Google came up with white vinegar for cleaning water glasses, and then another suggestion was baking soda. Neither did it for mine. They are hard core cloudy, even tho we don’t have hard water.
Marilee, as I just wrote in a different comment, sadly there is no magic in this cleaner. It’s just Bar Keeper’s Friend. It worked for my cloudy glassware, but I would have thought other things (like your white vinegar) would work just as well! Next on my list is vinegar/baking soda for the dishwasher. Happy scrubbing! 🙂
I love this post. And I love that surge of energy that is born of frustration but leads to great productivity! 🙂
Ha! Yes, but the more disciplined folks out there somehow get to the productivity part before arriving at the frustrated *wall*. It’s a goal of mine, but it seems to be in the far-off future. Josh is now so experienced with my wall-hitting that he often sees it coming. 🙂 Tell me I’m not alone in this?
I love to keep things clean, but I’m with you when I hit walls… I too am guilty of letting things get to a point where I go bonkers and would be embarassed to post pictures. I’m so sick of cleaning right now though after 3 longs days of moving… who needs a stair stepper when you live in a second story, haha! Don’t hit too many walls this spring and when you do enjoy every moment of conquering those walls, Lord knows I will!!!
Ugh, I can only imagine how much work you’ve had in the last week! You could be a professional mover by now. I’m going to you for advice if we ever need to pack up & move!