Frantic Cleaning
Do you ever go into high gear, cleaning frantically when relatives are coming? I do. This is not to say that my house is a complete mess, but my office where I work is, er, creative. Usually when the relatives come, I fling everything on the desk into a big box and hide it. The problem is, I’ve done this for the past four months which equaled four boxes of junk. Finally when my husband was away, I spent all day Sunday going through the boxes, sorting, filing, and throwing stuff out.
Today I have 11 people coming to my house for my daughter’s baptism on Sunday. To top it off, the poor baby came down with a virus. So I have a sick, screaming baby, a house that needs cleaning, and ELEVEN people coming for dinner tonight. Can we say–AAAAHHHHH!!! 
I bought a bottle of wine for dinner tonight. I might just have to find myself a corner and savor it to keep my sanity. 
Now, off to scrub toilets. Which house cleaning job do you hate most? :batman: (I hate mopping).
History trivia: In Victorian times, the seaside was considered good for your health. A bathing cart (completely covered) would take a woman into the ocean from the beach, they would dunk her (clothed in a woolen bathing suit) a few times, and then the cart would return. This was to maintain a woman’s privacy. Dunkings were considered quite healthful. 
Michelle posted in Life and So On @ 7:16 am | Viewed 1697 times
kacey Says:
Hell of a lousy way to get a tan at the beach..fully clothed in a covered cart…
Hm, are supposed to clean our houses??? Damn.
Suzanne Says:
I thought that was when you were supposed to clean. When people are coming over.
Michelle Says:
That’s always when I clean! I wait until the last possible second…:thumbsup:
Amy K. Says:
I’m with Suzanne. I need an Event to make me clean.
I don’t do toilets. Thankfully, the hubby does, when I mention it a dozen times. I also hate mopping. The only chore I actually like to do is vacuum, and yes, I know I’m sick in the head.
Larissa Says:
I hate dusting. And mopping. And I only clean when someone is coming over!
Caro Says:
::Hugs:: Does not sound fun at all.
Household job I hate the most — cleaning the grout in the bathroom. That’s why I can tell when I’ve got writers block; I clean the grout.
As for the woolen bathing suit, do you realize that once it gets soaked with water, those things could add at least 10-15 pounds to a woman’s weight? At one point, some people I know made some and we tried them out in a pool; I could barely move once the fabric had been immersed. It was bad enough in a pool — I hate to think what would happen if you were standing in the ocean and an unexpectedly heavy wave came in.
Tori Says:
I’m with Amy. The only cleaning chore I like is vacuuming. So I guess we can be strange together.
Jill Shalvis Says:
I have a teenager now. She’s good for slave labor …