I know that you are all so -o jealous of my glamorous life. [cough, cough] Just look at who I’m dancing with today:

Isn’t he cute? He and I will be cutting cleaning a rug today.

May you find joy in the simple chores of life. Take care!

Today we cleaned under the couch. And yes it was a big enough deal that I need to write about it. For me it was like – eww yuck. For the kids it was like – oh wow what treasure!

They found several things they thought were lost forever. They also found at least 5 pens. So next time all my pens are missing I know where to look. We still did not find the library book. I really think it’s the library’s fault; but at least my money went to a good cause. We only found one penny; guess we’re pretty tight with our money.

Have you cleaned under your couch lately? Find anything good?

As a teenage girl I was privileged to have my own bathroom.  [Let me tell you that I would appreciate a single user bathroom so-o much more now.]  My closest sibling is 6 years older so she was out of the house six years before me. With the privilege  of my own bathroom came the responsibility of cleaning it.  I did that once a week – whether it needed it or not.

In my mind I can still see and hear my mom one time she came up in between cleanings and saw my toothpaste spotted sink.  At least my mirror was clean; I always brush with the mirror open.  Spots go on the inside and blend in with the white that way.

Mom said, “Why don’t you just wipe your hand around the sink while you are washing your hands and clean up the spots?”

I cringed as she proceeded to do it.  Her hand, blue sink, running water, MY toothpaste spots.  ”Yuck,” I thought.  I always used a rag or sponge.

A couple months ago I caught myself doing something.  Did you guess what it was?  Yep.  I was using my hand and swiping around the inside of our sink.  This time there are 5 of us that use that sink.  As a teenager I would have gotten sick at the thought, but as a mom I didn’t even blink an eye.

The moral of this story is multiple choice:

1. Children will remember things you tell them even if they don’t like the idea.
2. Motherhood changes your yuck level.
3. I was a priss.

What kind of bathroom cleaner are you?  Do you wear gloves?  Do you use a rag?  Do you always use a toilet brush or do you just plunge your rag in?  For the record – if I don’t have a toilet brush that potty ain’t getting cleaned.