Lazy or Genius

In approximately 2 weeks-ish, I am moving. (With my dad, for those of you keeping track. My job is not nearly secure enough that I feel like moving out. Yet. Soon. But that's a whole long story for another day.)

So, you're moving into a house where the previous owner's idea of housecleaning was... nothing.

Literally, there are 10 years of dirt, dust, and grime on every single surface. The carpets, the countertops, the walls, the light fixtures. Every single thing is FILTHY.

(Yes, I've gone through several rolls of paper towels and I do a load of housecleaning rags every single time I'm at the house.)

And then I get to the light fixtures. And I'm all "ugh, I don't want to deal with all of these ugly cheap-ass light fixtures."

Since the house was built in the '90s, it has a lot of ugly brass light fixtures. Fixtures we are going to replace... when we have time. AKA not before we move in.

So what's a girl to do when the light fixtures need cleaned but she wants to throw them in the trash?

Step 1: remove all glass parts from fixtures.

Step 2: realize the home's dishwasher is shot, which isn't a big deal cause we're replacing it... but still.

Step 3: Load all glass light parts into a laundry basket.
(Can you SEE how dusty these things are?? BARF!)

Step 4: Load the laundry basket into the car. Take great care because one slip and all your light fixtures are dunzo.
Step 5: Pray for no traffic and crazy drivers. The last thing I need is glass shards embedded in my skull.

Step 6: Unload lights directly into dishwasher. Run.

Step 7: Sparkly shiny lights.

Wasn't that easy??

(Or would it have just been easier to hand-wash them at the new house? You be the judge.)

So am I lazy or genius?