The Spring Clean

You wouldn't know it to look at the forecast, but Spring is coming. Tomorrow it is supposed to be 39 degrees in central Illinois, but I have faith that warmer temps are just around the bend. In this spirit Terry and I embarked on our first annual Spring Cleaning-a-thon this weekend. It was the first time in MONTHS that we both had a Saturday when neither one of us had to work - a fluke of the calendar. We got up at 7 and a list was made - two pages, with every room having it's own sub-list. I love lists! Absolutely, positively LOVE LISTS! We moved furniture and cleaned behind it; we dusted ceiling fans; we rearranged rooms; we cleaned out and bleached the fridge; we did loads and loads of laundry. 8 solid hours of cleaning and you know what? No one but us would ever know we did it! We don't live in a dirty house - it gets messy from time to time because of the crazy schedules we keep, but it doesn't get dirty like some of those places you see on reality TV. So when we were finished and our hands were pruned from all the chemicals, our backs aching from bending over for so long - we looked around and said WOW it looks good, but nothing really changed. :) I'm sure that is a metaphor for something, but I haven't figured out what that is as of yet. I will let you know if I have a major revelation. But for now, I am enjoying a kitchen where everything is in it's place and a closet that is color coordinated again.

Have a great day!

AJ