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| Indentured servitude. I should be ashamed. |
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| As far as Joe was concerned, dipping the brush in the soapy water was the best part. |
As you can see, Joe grimly decided to make the best of it. He insisted on taking the "big" utility brush, leaving me to scrub the floor with a tiny nail brush. So much for "child-sized" versions of adult tools, huh? (Eventually, I negotiated an exchange - I let Joe carry the bucket from spot to spot, and he gave me back the big brush. Can you imagine scrubbing the whole kitchen floor with a nail brush? I think there are whole Greek myths that revolve around tasks like that. So yes, there were some spills, but they were well worth it.)
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| That teeny weeny spot got very clean. |
Also, yes, I scrubbed the floor in a dress. In retrospect, not the best choice, but you know how it goes: I decided to scrub the floor and I happened to be wearing a dress. When that type of motivation strikes, you don't want to risk that it will dissipate while you change into pants.
I'm not sure the floor looks that much better, but I know in my heart that it is cleaner, and that's something.
Am I the only one who finds mopping to be a completely useless exercise? You have to scrub to really get the dirt out and no mop really has that much traction.
What was that you just said? It's because I do it so infrequently?
Shhhh.
* I made yet another Patterns by Figgy's "Tee for Two" shirt a couple weeks ago, before we left for Denver, and Joe's wearing it here. I skipped the exposed seams on this one, and I like the different look.
Poor little Joe, just wants to go to the ball and meet Cinderella... or something....
ReplyDeleteI do a small bit of cleaning most days so the choice would be either a) wear crap all the time or b) clean in something kind of pretty and I choose mostly b. And don't clean too hard or I might mess up my clothes....
Oh my, this is so me! Rarely mopping...but on some freak occasion crawling all over the whole kitchen scrubbing it with a rag in hand thinking it doesn't work so well with a mop anyhow. Hmmmm...methinks you're right. Perhaps if we mopped more often? :)
ReplyDeleteRosieDreams: It's just something I've heard - that if you mop a couple times a week, you need to scrub less because dirt doesn't get ground in. Goodness knows, I have no personal experience.
ReplyDeleteI broke down and finally hired someone to do the cleaning, because I am a failure as a human being. (Also, I killed my car and that has saved me tons of money!) Anyhoo, think Joe might do it for a little less than the gal I hired? ;P Those cheeks! Good lawd, those cheeks!
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