Post by play on Mar 1, 2006 21:09:40 GMT -5
nami wakes after her nights rest, smiling as she thinks of the trip that her and Master have been on. she rises and walks to the basin in her kennel to wash her face and hands. taking a deep breath she thinks ~ today will be a good day to start the spring cleaning, that way it all gets cleaned and before the Spring Thing Fair as well~ quietly as to wake no one she moves down the hallway to the servery, looking around quickly, taking note of all that needs done. she smiles knowing that she will be very busy this day. walking to the shelving area she quickly finds a pile of clean folded repcloths and takes them in her hands, looking around she sees the buckets stacked in the corner under the shelves. she moves to the stack of pails and drops the repcloths in the top one and then lifts them up to take the pails to the counter and set them there. taking the top pail out of the stack with the cloths in it she sets it to the side away from the others, she then takes two of the pails and walks outside and down the little path to the stream thanking the Priest Kings that it is so close to the HS. she reaches the stream and lowers the pails to the ground and fills them with the rushing cold water, then she walks carefully back toward the HS to fill the water barrel inside with the cold clear water. she makes this trip , returning to the stream many times to completely fill the barrel in the servery and to fill the large cauldron hanging on a hook in the hearth and to lastly fill the rain barrel outside the servery door of the HS. she then makes one last trip to the stream to fill the pails once more and struggles to carry them back to the HS where she sets them on the floor just beside the hearth. moving quickly she pads to the counter and takes two small kettles from beneath the counter and places them upon hooks in the hearth and taking one of the pails fills both of the kettles with the cold water from it. she then lowers to her knees and taking some kindling places it in the hearth making a tiny pyramid shape with the kindling and she adds some paper and some wood chips. she starts a fire with this and when it starts to burn good she adds some small peices of wood from the woodbin watching that the fire does not go out, then when it is burning feircely she adds some large wood from the woodstack beside the hearth and happy that the water in the kettles will soon be heating she rises and moves to the shelf area of the servery. looking around she finds the container of soapflake and the container of blackwyne and looking around takes up two more clean repcloths in her hands, she sets one to the side as she opens the other one in her hand, she then scoops out some blackwyne beans and ties them tightly in the cloth and places it to the side as she grabs and opens the other repcloth and then she scoops some soapflake into it and folds it closed to take to the counter with her. she then picks up the cloth with the blackwyne beans in it and looking around takes the broom and the mop from the corner as well and takes these to the counter and there she places the soapflake beside the stack of pails and the broom and mop she props against the counter. she then takes the blackwyne to the hearth and drops the tied repcloth into one of the small kettles of steaming water and inhales deeply as the rich aroma bursts forth from the kettle. reaching for the other small pail that is heating she pulls it from the hook, not thinking she hollers "OW" burning her fingers as she forgot to bring something to grab it with, thinking that is what a girl gets for not paying attention to what she is doing, so quickly she rips a peice of her camask work dress and uses that to lift the hot kettle to pour the water into the pail. that done she lifts the pail and carries it to the end of the counter where the wash basin is for the dishes and pours about half of the water from the pail into the sink, adding soapflake to watch it sud up. she then adds some soapflake to the pail that is still half full of water and then sets it to the side upon the counter. she moves to the stack of pails that are sitting on the counter and takes them back to the servery as she does not need them all. returning to the counter she takes the pail with the repcloths in it and taking the repcloths out she places them on the counter except for one that she tosses over to the dish basin, she takes the clean pail and pads over to the water barrel and fills the pail with cold water, this she takes and pours half into the basin of hot soapy water and one half of what is left she pours into the other pail and then walks to the hearth and using the ladel for the large kettle of heating water fills the pail with warm water, this done she carries it over to the basin area and pours it into the second dish sink for rinsing the dishes. with the water all taken care of and prepaired for her cleaning she then moves throughout the HS gathering the dishes and drinking vessels that were left from last night, and places them in the basin. she then takes a cart and goes to the servery taking all of the dishes from the shelves and placing them upon the cart to be re-cleaned and checked for any breaks or cracks, she pushes the cart to the counter and taking up the pail of soapy water and a clean repcloth nami carries this to the servery shelves and carefully scrubs the shelves one by one making sure that there is no dust on any of them, even in the corners. she then takes the wet repcloth and scrubs the floor of the shelf area to gleaming shine. returning to the counter she tosses the dirty cloth to the empty pail and sets it on the floor. she then taking care washes all of the dishes and rinses them, she then dries them, stacking them she places the clean dishes back upon the cart and pushes it to the servery shelves, there she places the mugs, tankards, and goblets upon the second shelf, she places the plates and bowls upon the third shelf so they will be within easy reach. the horns she places upon the rack that holds them. returning to the counter she lifts the skirt covering to reveal the shelving beneath the counter and moves all the cooking utensils to the basin and taking another repcloth cleans all of the shelves beneath the counter, she then washes and rinses and dries the cooking utensils and replaces them upon their shelves. humming to herself she then moves to the pail of warm soapy water again and taking a new repcloth she washes down all of the wall-hangings and the counter, taking care to scrub them all clean and free of dust. tossing that repcloth into the pail with the other two nami then takes another repcloth and wipes down the windows and all the walls and the mantle and shelf over the hearth. nami then takes the broom and sweeps the floors clean of dust making sure to get all of the corners and then she mops the tiles to a shiny brightness, she then opens the windows to let the fresh air inside and help the floor dry quickly. while the floor is drying she takes the pail of soapy water outside and empties it and then ladles out some water from the rainbarrel rinsing it, this she takes with her back inside to the chillery. opening the door she feels a chill blast of air upon her skin and shivers, she quickly moves into the chillery and looks around, she starts dumping things that are soon to go bad and things with bad spots on them into the pail as scraps for the sleens. taking special care that she misses nothing so that she may take note of anything that needs resupplied. finishing that she then looks around at what is left and chooses some bosk meat and taking a basket from just inside the chillery doorway she places the meat into the basket, she also takes some cheese and a bota of kalana and a bota of mead and places these in the basket with the meat, lifting this she then reaches down and grabs the handle of the pail of scraps and lifts it and carries these from the chillery, using her hip to shut the door until she hears the click that means it has closed tightly. taking these to the counter she places the basket upon the counter and then reaching under the counter she takes another basket and walks outside. nami goes to the sleen pens careful to make sure that they are not around the feeding area and quickly pours the scraps from the pail into the feeding troughs. nami then walks over to the garden and pulls up some suls and some carrots placing these in the basket she moves back to the servery. quickly she places her fresh veggies into the basin that has been emptied of water and walks over to the shelves where the pails are stacked and she takes a new pail and fills it half full with water from the waterbarrel and takes this to the basin where she washes the veggies and she then cuts them into small chunks, this done she then takes the meat and cuts it into small cubes as well. reaching under the counter she takes a medium kettle and places it on the counter, placing the meat and veggies into it, then she adds some spices, salt and pepper, she takes the kettle to the hearth and places it upon a hook and then ladles water into the kettle from the large cauldron of heating water, filling it to about one inch from the rim and then places the kettles lid upon it tightly. nami returns to the counter and reaches beneath it to grab a small tray and placing that on the counter she slices the cheese into small chunks and places them on the tray, this she covers with a repcloth until the pot of soup is done. looking around she smiles as she sees all is done and she will have plenty to do to stay busy for the next few days. she quickly pens a note to Master and places it on the counter for Him to see.