As
I was cleaning my mom’s house on Saturday, I gave thanks that she got rid of
the old coal furnace and switched to oil heat. It was so easy to wipe down the
kitchen, dust, scrub the floors. But as I was cleaning, I remembered how
necessary it had been when I was a kid that my sisters, mom and I gave the
house a good cleaning in the spring to get rid of the coal dust, and open the
windows and let in some fresh air.
And
I thought…Does anybody spring clean anymore?
With
Swiffers and Swiffer dusters (LOL!) I can pretty much keep my bedroom and
downstairs dust free year round.
Scrubbing Bubbles keep my bathrooms sparkling. And my husband has a
rule…if you don’t use it, you toss it. So we don’t have a once-a-year run
through of our clothes to toss things we don’t wear.
In
a way, it’s sad. Some of my fondest memories are of the sweet scent of Pine Sol
wafting along the breeze blowing in through open windows. The feeling of
freshly laundered throw rugs under my feet. And the crisp look of washed and
pressed curtains. The ritual often felt like the first sign that we were
shaking off winter and welcoming spring with a clean house. J
Like
so many rituals of my childhood that are now gone, I miss it. So I’ve decided
to take a few days (as soon as I’m sure it’s not going to snow anymore) and
clean with Pine Sol!
So
what about you…do you spring clean?
