I do certain things well.
Housework is not one of them.
I do like a clean house, but as I get older the futility of constant cleaning gets more and more obvious, and it doesn't help having five undisciplined and unbathable mutts ( four, actually and a Schnauzer ).
And I think of my mother who, when she finally got rid of her mutts ( we, her children ) would really rather spend time painting her exquisite birds on porcelain plates and reading trashy novels than cleaning house.
I think she was very happy when my dad retired and sold the barber shoppe and suddenly had time to help out with the housework.
And so I look at the dusty/dirty floors, the dust balls in the corners the size of rodents, the windows that could do with a wash, and I say to myself
Self; One of these days we will have to do something about this
and then I scribble some or write some or find a trashy book to read ( or Trollope if all else fails ) and decide that too much housework is not good for the constitution.
Hey, I only have to convince me, and I am easily convinced.
One of these days though, one of these days.
2 comments:
I am not a good house keeper either, that is really hard for Kirk, he would love to live in a perfectly clean house! I have too much stuff, but I don't know what to get rid of! Not the kids, for sure.
I hear you on this one... I am not a great house keeper. Most of the time it does not bother me, but Kirk loves a clean and tidy house! I have only so many hours in the day! Cleaning doesn't always make the top of the list, but I don't have any dust bunnies as big as yours.... unless you look under my bed!
Thanks for posting!
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