On 2/23/11 8:34 PM, in article
, "Susan Hartman"
wrote:

On 2/23/2011 10:26 AM, Ellice K. wrote:


Thinking the bathroom rugs are going in next...might actually get me to mop
the floors....

Ellice


Two weekends ago I set aside a Saturday for much-needed cleaning. When I
spoke to DM on the phone to say I was busy and wouldn't be over to
visit, she asked what I was doing. "Cleaning bathrooms, then I have to
vacuum."

"Are you having company?" she asked.

"No," I said. "Why?"

"I didn't know you vacuumed if you weren't expecting someone."

AAARRRGGHH!


sue
Ouch. Basically the last year my housekeeping has gone way down-hill.
Having grown up with a fanatic mother (who actually went nuts on me once
because a pair of shoes was in my room, rather than put away in my closet) I
think I'm rebelling. For years I was fastidious - even in grad school and
with the first house - my XDH would wonder why the heck I was cleaning
bathrooms in the middle of the night. Now it's all gone down the tubes,
which I blame on the DH - too many years of bachelorhood. Not to say his
house wasn't clean - it was pretty good. But we have too much clutter. And
now with a shedding dog, and stairs, stairs, stairs, open loft, etc there is
always, always, always something to dust/vacuum. I suspect my DDM is
rolling in her grave. However, I'm working up to getting the house back to
some level of clean most of the time so it won't drive me nuts. And if the
real job happens, then we'll get a cleaning service to come in every couple
of weeks - honestly, this house is too big for 2 people and a dog. Who
knows.

I can remember my DA actually cleaning the kitchen sink edges with a
toothpick 'cause my DGM was coming over. Insane.

Ellice