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Spring Cleaning
While I was doing my routine vacuum cleaning this morning, I turned around and came nose to nose with a spider who had dropped from the ceiling. Now, we all know that I’m not opposed to spiders, as a general rule, but this one looked menacing. It was black. And shiny. Not my kind of spider and I have no idea where it came from. I sucked it up in the vacuum cleaner and decided it was time to start spring cleaning.
The thing about spring cleaning is that the best time to start it is not two hours after the trash collectors have departed for the week. There is a five bag limit per week and I have already surpassed it. Early this morning there was one lonely little half bag of trash sitting by the curb. Oh well.
The thought of spring cleaning must have been percolating in the back of my mind somewhere last night. I came home with a Microfiber Mighty Mop. I love microfiber cleaning fabrics. They do a fabulous job. So I had the opportunity to give my new mop a whirl today and I love it dearly. Oh I do, indeed.
I’m about finished for the day. You wouldn’t think that cleaning would be so tiring, but I’m dragging. The parts I’ve scrubbed and cleaned feel wonderful, though. Nothing like a spring cleaned house! The rest of it is a little depressing. A house just seems to know when it has been scrubbed. It may not look that much different, but it seems to glow from within. I’m hanging out in the glowing parts this evening.
I have been holding off on mine. I don’t want to do it and then have five inches of snow come. That would just bum me right out.
Outside is not quite ready to be raked and prepped yet. And if I start spring cleaning I am going to want to head outside and get stuff done there too.
So I am going to hold off a few more weeks before I get into the heavy duty stuff. Like the windows. They are not going to be fun. I need to find a ladder so I can get the out sides of them. They are icky.
I’m SO glad I don’t have as many windows as you do. And half of mine (so far) I can tip in and wash without having to do the ladder thing or stand on the roof. I need to replace the back windows next. The ones I washed yesterday are squeaky clean and shiny. They make the world look so much better. I’m more focused on washing stuff inside and scrubbing and polishing. And filling trash bags....
Believe it or not, I still have a lot of snow in the yard. I’m beginning to believe it’s a permanent fixture.