tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292536106410956617.post2023419068699310008..comments2012-08-12T19:35:42.396-07:00Comments on Riches and the Kingdom: Clean Monday Evemagdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869042484263319553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292536106410956617.post-91279754358571817282012-02-26T13:48:51.987-08:002012-02-26T13:48:51.987-08:00Well, I'm hoping to use this season as a jump-...Well, I'm hoping to use this season as a jump-start to a regular cleaning schedule. Even if I manage to do the dishes every other day, that would be an improvement on my "regular cleaning." I make sure everyone has clean laundry, and that's about my current level of housekeeping.<br /><br />I was realizing the other day that The Only Time I've ever lived in a clean house was when I was living with my sister and her house was on the market. (I'm counting even a moment of time that I remember the house being clean and/or uncluttered.)<br /><br />So I understand getting disheartened at the Lenten cleaning lists going around, but you're way ahead of me with giving every room a thorough cleaning more than once a year. (We're not even close over here.)<br /><br />And I didn't post about going to my mother's house and getting almost 20 boxes of childhood books and toys (two of which (books, alas) I think were lost in the mail), so we're still recovering from those, too.<br /><br />Thank you for your comment! Good strength to you and your family!magdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869042484263319553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292536106410956617.post-17355144936569555002012-02-26T12:18:02.761-08:002012-02-26T12:18:02.761-08:00Since I married Fr. A, the longest we lived in one...Since I married Fr. A, the longest we lived in one place was our three years in seminary (most of which was child-, and thus mess-, free) so my usual method of spring cleaning was to pack everything in boxes and move to a different state. LOL.<br /><br />We'll be in our third summer in this rental and we have two kids, so I'll probably tackle a few jobs this Lent as well. Though I have to say, I use a (greatly modified) version of <a href="http://flylady.net/" rel="nofollow">Fly Lady's</a> Zone schedule and it sort of makes spring cleaning unnecessary since every room gets a pretty thorough cleaning once every couple months. I look at the Lenten spring cleaning lists going around and they just depress me. I can't imagine squeezing that much more into our already super packed church schedule. It makes more sense to me to either move the cleaning until after Bright Week when everything gets easier or spread it out over the year. (I chose the latter.)<br /><br />Good luck!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690717132646343422noreply@blogger.com