At least, that’s what Randy has concluded based on the dust bunnies in our home. Truth be told, we’re both equally guilty. With him being a workaholic and me being, well, lazy, we don’t seem to tend to the house-cleaning as often as we should.<\/p>\n
I don’t think it’s filthy in the sense that bacteria is growing on every surface. In fact, our “filth” seems to be fairly well hidden. Most dust bunnies seek privacy underneath the sofa or chairs. But with spring here and our windows opening up more, the slightest breeze lures those elusive dust bunnies out into plain view.<\/p>\n
And our tub could use a good scrubbing. Again, with the shower curtain drawn closed, nobody ever really sees that either. In essence, we’re superficially clean and relatively uncluttered. But behind the surface, look out.<\/p>\n
Consequently, Randy wants us to hire a maid. I’m not sure what I think about that. I was raised blue-collar\/old school. I was doing my own laundry by 12 years old. Meanwhile, my neighbors all had maids and it just seemed wrong. Particularly the household of my childhood best friend\/next-door neighbor. With five kids and a stay-at-home Mom you’d think they’d have enough home-grown manpower to pick up after themselves and perform a few chores. I should also mention that this was just their summer home so it’s not as if they were accumulating filth 12 months of the year. This was just late May-August.<\/p>\n
Anyway, with our home being just under 1,000 square feet (compared to my childhood neighbor’s home with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, tennis court, and pool) it seems wasteful and sloth-like to actually pay somebody to clean up after us. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, it sure would be nice to not have to think about sweeping and dusting.<\/p>\n
Descisions…decisions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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