Here are some tips to remember, which should make cleaning your house easier–or at least more fun!
1. Don’t vacuum too often— it weakens the carpet fibers. Say this with a serious face, and shudder delicately whenever anyone mentions Carpet Fresh.
2. If disturbed, dust bunnies cannot evolve into dust rhinos. Rename the area under the couch “The Galapagos Islands,” and claim an ecological exemption.
3. Layers of dirty film on windows and screens provide a helpful filter against harmful and aging rays from the sun. Call it an SPF factor of 5, and leave it alone.
4. Cobwebs artfully draped over lampshades reduce the glare from the bulb, thereby creating a romantic atmosphere. If your husband points out that the light fixtures need dusting, simply look affronted and exclaim, “What? And spoil the mood?”
5. In a pinch, you can always claim that the haphazard tower of unread magazines and newspapers next to your chair provides the valuable Feng Shui aspect of a tiger, thereby reducing your vulnerability. Roll your eyes when you say this.
6. Explain away the mound of pet hair brushed up against the doorways by claiming you are collecting it there to use for stuffing hand-sewn play animals for underprivileged children.
7. If unexpected company is coming, pile everything unsightly into one room and close the door. As you show your guests through your tidy home, rattle the door knob vigorously, fake a growl and say, “I’d love you to see our Den, but Fluffy hates to be disturbed, and the shots are SO expensive.”
8. If dusting is REALLY out of control, simply place a showy urn on the coffee table and insist that “THIS is where Grandma wanted us to scatter her ashes.”
9. Don’t bother repainting. Simply scribble lightly over a dirty wall with an assortment of crayons, and try to muster a glint of tears as you say, “Junior did this the week before that unspeakable accident. I haven’t had the heart to clean it.”
10. Mix one-quarter cup pine-scented household cleaner with four cups of water in a spray bottle. Mist the air lightly. Leave dampened rags in conspicuous locations. Develop an exhausted look, throw yourself onto the couch, and sigh, “I clean and I clean, and I still don’t get anywhere.”
So if you are thinking of popping in beware of many of the above. Isn't it cute, I would like to take credit for writing, but I didn't and I can't remember where I stole from, but they don't know me so the likelihood of them reading is next to nil, and if they do, leave a comment and let us know who you are.
Doing my link building I run across a lot of good talent and it makes for a great day reading peoples thoughts and opinions. There is so many people out there doing the same thing with their blogs daily, just writing their thoughts down; whether for themselves or others, it is great. A good place to talk about what is on your mind or what is happening in your day, or what ticks you off, which is kind of for me all of the above. When Donkey doesn't want to talk to me, which can be often, he tells me all he hears is blah, blah, blah, I have somewhere to sound off. I have been blessed with a large mouth and sometimes it is really hard to contain myself. Who am I kidding I very rarely contain myself if ever really if we are going to be honest. :)
We are having fall like weather here in my little village, trees are already changing colors and of course falling in the damn pool. I wish they would just blow to someone else's yard, or die. That is mean, but I don't have any trees in my back yard, it is the neighbors that fall over and don't think it is fair that I have to clean up after them. Maybe large nets around the yard would work, is that too much to ask Donkey to create for me? I guess this year with being retired it will fall on me to rake leaves, yuck! Don't mind if they are dry but when they are wet and goopy I am hard pressed to want to handle them at all. Maybe I should get a leaf blower and blow them back over the fence, mmm, I am thinking this could work. They aren't home during the day, will have to buy myself a new toy.
I really don't have much else to say today, I should be link building still, which I will when I am done here, this is kind of my afternoon break and re-fuel. With the link building you have to stay fresh or you don't get published, no publishing and you don't get good ratings, ratings keep me employed. Its a hard gig but someone has to do it. So off I go, have a very Happy Day!
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