My house was in sad need of a cleaning from top to bottom today . I was planning to clean the downstairs yesterday, but I've learned the flexibility is essential here. I didn't get one thing cleaned yesterday. So, this morning, I'm thinking that I will do a quick over all cleaning. But as I began looking at the living room I saw so many things that needed to be cleaned I decided to spring clean the whole room. Very dangerous! So instead of cleaning my house, I spent all day cleaning my living room. I was washing and hanging out curtains, polishing the lights and windows, dusting the shelves, cleaning out magazine racks, wiping the baseboards, and oh, my, everything looked so nice. Such a good feeling!!!
The last thing that needed to be done was to roll up the big rug and haul it outside. These sweepers over here are for the birds. Every so often we just have to take our carpets out and beat all that dust out of them, which isn't impossible since we don't have wall-to-wall carpet. So, bless their hearts, Austin and Robin hoisted the rolled up rug and hauled it out and I could hear "Whack! Whack!" What a lovely sound. I quickly swept and mopped so it would be dry and ready when it was ready to be laid down. Soon, Robin comes in and says, "You won't believe this, but the neighbor lady saw us out there beating rugs and she decides hers needs to be beat, too. So, our comes her husband laden with their rug. 'Only a little one!' she told them. Ha! It was big!" So they got a double job. But what a blessing! My rug is nice and bright and I can just feel that everything is cleaner.
And the final stroke was to move out the couch! That is dangerous. How embarrassing! Here is what I found:
1. 4 matchbox cars
2. 3 dice, all different colors
3. a pencil
4. a broken pen, plus two that still worked
5. various game cards and game pieces
6. play money
7. blocks
8. Derek's favorite recorder
9. peanut shells
10. an eraser
11. a crayon
12.a puzzle
13. legos
14. a screw
15. a sticky blob of something
16. 2 children's books
17. a table knife
18. 1,000 dustballs
Ok, everyone! Move out your furniture and you will be appalled at the discovery!!! And sadly, the rest of my house waits to be cleaned. Next week perhaps???
The last thing that needed to be done was to roll up the big rug and haul it outside. These sweepers over here are for the birds. Every so often we just have to take our carpets out and beat all that dust out of them, which isn't impossible since we don't have wall-to-wall carpet. So, bless their hearts, Austin and Robin hoisted the rolled up rug and hauled it out and I could hear "Whack! Whack!" What a lovely sound. I quickly swept and mopped so it would be dry and ready when it was ready to be laid down. Soon, Robin comes in and says, "You won't believe this, but the neighbor lady saw us out there beating rugs and she decides hers needs to be beat, too. So, our comes her husband laden with their rug. 'Only a little one!' she told them. Ha! It was big!" So they got a double job. But what a blessing! My rug is nice and bright and I can just feel that everything is cleaner.
And the final stroke was to move out the couch! That is dangerous. How embarrassing! Here is what I found:
1. 4 matchbox cars
2. 3 dice, all different colors
3. a pencil
4. a broken pen, plus two that still worked
5. various game cards and game pieces
6. play money
7. blocks
8. Derek's favorite recorder
9. peanut shells
10. an eraser
11. a crayon
12.a puzzle
13. legos
14. a screw
15. a sticky blob of something
16. 2 children's books
17. a table knife
18. 1,000 dustballs
Ok, everyone! Move out your furniture and you will be appalled at the discovery!!! And sadly, the rest of my house waits to be cleaned. Next week perhaps???
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