Thursday, January 26, 2012

Works for Me!

My wonderful cleaning lady has been out of town for a couple of weeks, and she just called and said that she can't come tomorrow either. I have to wait until MONDAY! Quelle horror! (#FirstWorldProblems) Fortunately, in her absence, I've learned that if you clean just one thing with Pine Sol (full strength), people who come in your house will say, "Wow! It's so clean in here!" even when it's obviously the opposite of clean. So if you come in my house and you're magically transported to a mental pine forest, you'll know what's up. I'm willing to give away my secret, because I really think this is a trick that any working mother of small children needs. In fact, I think I should give up this rocket science thing and work on a Pine Sol scented potpourri. I could make a fortune. I may start wearing it as perfume. Then I'll give the illusion of cleanliness wherever I go. It will be yet another valuable service I provide...

3 comments:

Bev said...

A trick I've known for decades...Pine Sol = clean to anyone within range of its scent!

angel0199 said...

I also like to leave the vacuum by the front door. It looks like you really were in the middle of cleaning. Although I don't actually have carpet on my main floor so I am not sure who that is fooling.

Rob Monroe said...

Between this and the microwave-the-onion thing I might be ready to dump my Martha Stewarts "What to Do when Mom is not Around" book... :)