Cleaning out the play pen

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We love our cats, we love them so much we had a cat safe porch built onto the house that is screened in and the cats can come and go through a cat door in a window. It leads out to a cat tree outside and there are shelves and stuff for them to climb on. And our cats love it out there. But, they also have a bad habit of going out there too. Well, in their defense, the rain will wash a bit of dirt in and that got them started, but you know how it is, they shed, they potty, they throw up, etc. So, every so often, we have to go out and clean up some of the mess. And today was the day I did that. Now, I've done it like 5 times, and we got the roomie's nephew to do it once, and really considering how many cats we have, and that its been there for almost 5 years, it really isn't that bad. Still, it had been like a year or so since it was last done, and the last time it was completely cleaned was when the nephew took the hose to it about a year and a half ago. I don't do that, I go in with a shovel and scoop out what I can into an empty bucket and then dump it between the fences (to try and kill off some weeds and stuff. since my fence is metal, I don't see an issue... I also took a rake and got a few weeds and leaves up or at least rearranged (piled leaves over some weeds ya know) - actually piled a lot where the other roommate parks her car in the yard so they will get pressed into the dirt the next time it rains... There's some sticky weeds in the yard that a friend suggested I get out and that they had really shallow roots, she was right, put those in the trash can. Still, most of the time was spent on the porch. I'm now aching a bit, but at least I feel like I've gotten something done around the house, while the temp isn't too hot or too cold! So, have you done anything today that you feel good about? oh - I know, I was going to talk more about the cats, but the discussion wandered...