Yes, you heard me right- dancing while cleaning makes it downright fun! Actually, in my past life as a full time pediatrician, I was blessed with alot of assistance both at my office and at my home.
Have a great weekend!I had a secretary, nurse, medical assistant, physical trainer for teens, a massage therapist at the office.-
At home, I had a part time Nanny who cooked dinners, great food from Cape Verde, a cleaner, an occasional gardener, and pool specialists ----all this to say that I had absolutely superb back up for maintaining an organized and clean environment---Well, then we moved to France, and right, we simplified, downsized and you can guess who is the obsessive cleaner, secretary etc- MOI!
Yes, I was spoiled before,stateside because I worked long hours but, it has just occurred to me why, in writing this post, that things seemed easier- hellloooo- with a staff it should have! Now I am the official toilet paper fairy, bathroom scrubber, duster, flooring cleaner.... I am not complaining, well kind of, but, to reframe this domestic charge I have adopted my new technique-
Dance N' Clean
- need good music, cleaning products, no audience , good light , a towel., a duster !!
- protocol in place , music at high volume- dusting to classical or a slow song for these long feathery strokes...
- vacuuming with headphones and timer ,I use the Dyson vacuum because of the dogs and allergens and right, the dust bunnies which seem to seep out of these ancient french homes and threaten the dogs!!
- Then instead of a soft mop, I use a soft bristle broom, kind of like a long handled scrub brush, get it, and off to the upper & lower body aerobic work out- music, rock, R&B, Salsa
- For drying the floors I use the towels, using both feet , a swishing rhythm, until the ancient tiles are buffed dry.
- clean house AND
- pediatrician morphed into a whirling dervish, germ hunting, dancing mom, with hopefully, more toned legs and arms.
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Your pictures are so rich and sumptuous! They have a liveliness well-matched by your exuberant cleaning techniques.
ReplyDeleteI often forget to put on music when I clean . . . must remedy that. I almost always do my dusting, though, as I talk to my mother on the phone. I hate to talk on the phone and do nothing else, and dusting is the perfect mindless activity to accompany nattering.
Keep on dancing! Love your blog, xv.
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ReplyDeleteYes, dusting and chatting with family works too, maybe I can adopt that one here - for all the in between cleans, kind of an extra, or free bee- no pun intended!
thanks for stopping by ! salut du midi!
vicki- thanks for the encouragement- will do!
ReplyDeleteYes I need to embrace this advice and learn to love cleaning.
ReplyDeletesounds fun your way!
And is that your house - if it is beautiful!!
Bee-
ReplyDeleteYes,this is our home-actually, the pink chairs are from our 2nd,old home, a Napoleon III style which unfortunately, was butchered by the antique dealer owners who sold many of the original features...hence it will a long time before we can refresh it - given the economy etc. The other photos are from our first home here in France, it sold after many months of restoration but, it was on a main village street-alas, life has a way of sobering us to accept changes and for us downsizing!!!