My floors get swept a lot more now that I have a roomba. This makes the dust that doesn't get dusted look all the more dusty. A person who wasn't me would probably dust because of it.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Calli - Aug 27, 2010 4:30:40 pm PDT #334 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
amyth - Aug 27, 2010 4:31:48 pm PDT #335 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I covet Calli's roomba.
sarameg - Aug 27, 2010 4:31:56 pm PDT #336 of 30000
I need to get a replacement battery for my roomba. It died and won't hold a charge any more. It made a difference with the cathair.
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2010 4:35:17 pm PDT #337 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We liked this book: [link] It tells you how to Clean All the Things without Taking All the Time.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2010 4:53:54 pm PDT #338 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I read the first chapter of the book I got. It's all about how housekeeping isn't about keeping a house clean, but about making a house homey. She also keeps talking about airing beds. I have no idea what that means.
That reminds me, I need to find a dry cleaner around here. After a week of teaching, most of my good slacks are covered with chalk dust.
Trudy Booth - Aug 27, 2010 5:10:31 pm PDT #339 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Not sure what the strip tease was all about.
Undressage?
Jessica - Aug 27, 2010 5:14:45 pm PDT #340 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Also, most of the chemicals make me feel sick.
I clean almost everything in my house with baking soda, vinegar, and Dr Bronner's Sal's Suds. (The hardwood floors get Murphy's Oil Soap. For dusting I just use those Swiffer fluffy things or a wet rag.)
javachik - Aug 27, 2010 5:43:46 pm PDT #341 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
She says that the best thing is to vacuum every day, but if that's not possible, then at least vacuum the whole house once a week, and on in-between days, vacuum one or two rooms, so that each room will get done two or three times a week. Do people actually do this?
Guilty. But I have dogs.
WindSparrow - Aug 27, 2010 5:53:07 pm PDT #342 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Hil, Flylady's strategies are brilliant for my ADD mind. Here is a link to the site index [link] so you can get to the good stuff with less of the visual weirdness.
I clean almost everything in my house with baking soda, vinegar, and Dr Bronner's Sal's Suds.
I second the rec. of baking soda as a scouring powder and vinegar for a multitude of cleaning purposes - don't worry, the smell dissipates quickly and often takes even less pleasant smells with it.
She also keeps talking about airing beds. I have no idea what that means.
It means pulling the covers down off of for a while before you make the bed for the day. I believe it is a moot point for people who tend not to make the bed at all. Also, once in a while it is a great thing to strip it completely and let it sit in a nice strong patch of sun. That, of course, is not particularly practical for most people to accomplish, so I highly doubt more than 1% of the population of the U.S. does it.
Spidra Webster - Aug 27, 2010 5:59:51 pm PDT #343 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I'm with others here, Hil. That's not a realistic cleaning schedule for anyone who isn't being supported by someone else or who has housecleaners.
amych, I really hope your brother gets better news soon.