Forecast: A Good Day for Dusting
Friday, January 25, 2008 at 07:29AM 
Today promises to be another bright and sunny, frigidly cold morning. The kind of morning that puts the spotlight on my dusty tables and lampshades and wood floors.
It's a good day to stay inside, bundle up and do laundry in my icy, unheated basement. (It's also a good thing Kim doesn't live in this house, because with her cold feet, her poor family would not have clean clothes for 3 months!)
Most of the time I like my Friday cleaning days. I try to get the house sparkling clean before Tom gets home from work so we can relax together over the weekend. Relaxing is much easier for me when the tables are dusted and the bathroom is clean.
Which brings me to a nosy question; can you relax in a messy house? I confess I cannot. (That's not to say my house is never messy. It is.)
I'm off now to find something to throw in the crock pot before I collect my vacuum and Swiffers and get busy!
Keep warm and don't forget to send your weather report to Rebecca or she'll nag at you! : D
Reader Comments (6)
Thursday is my cleaning day the only problem with that being it's as bad again by the weekend.
I like to clean on a Thursday and keep Friday's free for baking and other nice jobs :-)
I'm afraid I can't relax in a messy home either - not that I'm especially tidy!I vary my cleaning days.
I think men can relax whatever way the home is!!! No, I love to sit down with a cup of tea/coffee (and two squares of chocolate!!) after a hard day's cleaning and tidying and relax.
P.S. With 4 kids (sorry 5) it doesn't always work out that way though!
No! A couple of hours ago I said "I've got to tidy up so I can relax. I can't relax in a messy house." I'm fighting a wretched cold, but the crockpot is full of country-style ribs, and a pot of soup is simmering for lunch. Now I can sit with a steaming mug of tea and relax.
Never! I'm of the clean and tidy in order to relax breed, although you might not know it if you looked at my house right now. I always keep my bedroom in good shape, though, so I have a tidy retreat in case I need it.