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Ooooh, Clean!
Posted March 18th, 2008 by Mom |
A couple of days ago, my mom called me and asked me if I would like her to come over today and help me wash my wooden blinds and my windows (inside windows, not outside). Of course, I was thrilled with the idea! It is very hard sometimes to accomplish large tasks with C and J. It is very easy to get side tracked and this results in nothing getting done.
We were able to get the kitchen, living room and dining room windows cleaned. This might not sound like a lot, but it is 2 double windows and 7 single windows and 1 glass door with floor to top blinds. All the wooden blinds were removed and washed, windows cleaned and the blinds put back up. It took me 4 hours and took my mom 6 hours! (I had to take C to a doctor’s appointment - that is why I didn’t help the whole time.) My mom worked so hard, even while I was gone, with Jared playing in the fort during this gloriously warm weather.
The only remaining rooms are the bedrooms and the playroom. Taking 1 room at a time, I should be able to finish with the boys being my helpers. (After I would take the blinds out of their rope holders, J would carry them to my mom to have them washed.)
At the beginning of the cleaning process, the boys were very active/overjoyed to see Nana. After a while, they calmed down and went about their normal day-to-day activities. As I was cleaning one of the windows, I would just drop the used paper towels on the floor since I knew I could pick them all up at one time. To get J involved in the process, my mom suggested that J pick up the paper towels and put them in the garbage. J replied, “It’s too hard for me” or something like that. I did hear my mom’s reply, “You’re not the first male to complain that work would hurt him!” This brought some laughter to a drudgery task.
While we worked, we talked about my upcoming birthday and plans for Easter. The boys are going to dye Easter eggs on Saturday and we are celebrating J’s birthday on Sunday. I can’t believe my baby is going to be 4!
Thanks mom for doing the lion’s share of making my home clean and look so much better! I’ve known that I needed to clean the blinds, but have been sidetracked with so many other events and projects. You’re awesome!!!