Then Now and OMG

I HATE Cleaning House

HATE it, I tell you!

There is a reason

It has to do with "allowance" and

we will get to that in a bit.

For some VERY strange reason

I have become a "clean-o-phile"

(is that even a word)

I am obsessed

Cleaning everything

Walls, ceilings, floors, carpets, toilets, sinks

Everything, I tell you!

For example, On Saturday

I whipped out my steamer

and steam cleaned the kitchen floor

then it wasn't clean enough, so

I went and bought vinyl floor stripper and stripped all the wax etc off the floor

THEN I steam cleaned it again

THEN I mopped it with disinfectant

Then I waxed it

It took me FOUR hours to clear a 12 X 12 room!

And it wasn't that dirty!

I also in this process ....had El Jeffe help me move all of the appliances

So the floor is cleaned under all of them!

So Help me GOD if someone so much as spills something on that floor

I think I will have to hurt them or hang myself!

Today, I scrubbed the oven...inside and out! And I am talking, scrubbed!

This sucker wasn't this clean when it was delivered and installed!

And I am steam cleaning all the bathrooms tomorrow

I clean them every week...unless I need to do it more often!

I do not recognize myself anymore!

What the heck has happened to me!

I have never been a person that felt the need to clean stuff, I knew if I worked hard enough I could hire someone to do that for me! (see I like this..but I forgot it!)

And here is where the then and allowance comes in...

I got fifty cents a week...here are my chores for that money!

1. clean and disinfect both bathrooms, toilets, baths, floors, sinks and mirrors (weekly)

2. Vacuum and dust the entire house.(weekly)

3. Wash and dry all the dinner dishes. (daily)

4. Muck out the horse stall and clean up the rabbit cages. (every other day)

5. Cook dinner (once a week)

Okay for fifty cents a week, plus having to maintain at least a B average (and trust me it had to be better or I heard about it) I think that was alot of chores for the money, since I was in HIGH SCHOOL at the time!

So, my back is killing me and my knees are raw from scrubbing...and I complain to El Jeffe about my plight...and in his infinite wisdom he says

"That's nice Sara, why didn't you hire a maid?"

OH MY GOD! (OMG moment!) (I think I also swallowed my tongue, but I can't be sure...it still seems to work pretty well)

So when my head stops spinning on its axis, I think I will write a new blog about the wonderful maid service I now have!

And just be thankful!

;)