Saturday, 28 April 2007

Happy Housework Day!

Today is Saturday, and on Saturday's we get up and clean the house. This is a fairly new routine but something that Smiley and I have talked about many times in the past...mainly when we're so sick of the place because it's a disaster! So when we moved I made a FIRM decision that every Saturday morning we would get up and clean. We've been here for 3 weeks now and I've got up for the past 3 Saturdays and cleaned the house. I hate doing it as I am just lazy by nature and always have been. But this morning something was different. It didn't seem to take as long and I didn't necessarily enjoy it but I knew that the house would be lovely and clean so I enjoyed that thought!

I have a friend who does her house cleaning on Fridays and she calls it Happy Housework Day. She loves cleaning but I suspect it's the end result that she loves, not the cleaning itself.

I know I'm only 3 weeks into my house cleaning routine but it's 2 weeks longer than I've ever gone before. I love having the washing going only on one day and with the weather nice I can hang it outside and can take down the line by the end of the weekend so our garden isn't cluttered with it all week. It's such a nice change to the way I've been doing things for the past 10 or so years since I left home.

I know "they" say that it takes you 7 weeks to develop a habit...so four more weeks and I should do it without a thought!

1 comment:

Mr. Cherry said...

Tuesday is our night because garbage day is Wednesday. I hate it too but now that we are in a routine is a very quick task and it feels so much better. They say a messy home or room causes a great bit of stress.