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| I always smile like this when cleaning |
Husband came into the bathroom while I was scrubbing the shower. 'How does the shower get so dirty' I asked, 'when all we do is wash in it?'
Husband laughed - when he'd spat out his toothpaste - and said, 'We'll get a cleaner, shall we?'
I ignored his comment at the time thinking he was being facetious but then I started thinking how lovely it would be to have someone come in once a week to clean the bathroom. Nothing else. I just hate cleaning the bathroom and don't do it often enough. So next time I ventured downstairs I said, 'Were you serious about getting a cleaner?' Expecting him to laugh again.
But he said, 'Yes.'
'Holy moley,' I said, 'I would love that. Only for the bathroom. I don't mind the rest.'
'Okay, when we've finally sorted out Uncle's estate you can have a cleaner.'
I spent the rest of my cleaning time singing joyfully.
It seems terribly decadent to have a cleaner, after all, I'm retired and, in theory, have plenty of time for cleaning. But we can afford it so 'poops!' to decadence. I have grandchildren to play with and books to write. Not to mention a blog. Although I tend to do more blogging on my cleaning days than at any other time. It's because I'm writing posts in my head as I clean not because I'm avoiding cleaning, honest. Oh yes I can multi-task: today I was cleaning, thinking and getting hot feet all at the same time.
I'm recording our conversation here today so when the time comes - although that could be any time over the next few years - I can say to Husband, 'Look, you said ...'
P.S. Searching for an image I was stunned by the number of websites dedicated to cleaning a shower - the natural way, the easy way, the smear-free way, the never-have-to-clean-it-again way. I could go on but I got bored. Reading about cleaning is even more boring than cleaning.
6 comments:
To paraphrase Charlton Heston at the NRA convention -- "they'll have to pry my cleaner from my cold, dead hands!" I've had a cleaner for 30 years while I worked full time and I kept her when I retired this year, too. Life is too goddamn short to do housework as far as I'm concerned. If you can afford it, it is money well spent, every last single penny of it!
We had a cleaner for a year or two when we lived in a mansion-block flat in London and we were both working full-time. But we always felt guilty that we could perfectly well clean the flat ourselves, we just didn't want to. We've never had a cleaner since! We now follow the traditional practice of having a frantic cleaning blitz whenever visitors are expected.
The trouble with cleaning is, it never ends. You clean, it gets dusty and messy again. You clean again, and then it needs doing again. it's a never-ending cycle. Oh for a self-cleaning home!
Wise words, Debra!
That's what I do now, Nick, and I'll still be doing that but more bathroom cleaning would be wonderful.
The worst bit, Jacqui, is on a sunny day when you can see the dust motes just waiting to settle again.
But would the cleaners work be "good" enough..!!!!
My problem is dog hair! Only do the floors when you see dog hair balls floating down the hall or peeking out from under the bed! 😁
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