"Good food or clean house...take your pick but not both"

I was in bed sulking this morning...I need to clean house and I hate, hate, hate house cleaning... It is such a waste of time doing the same things over and over and over and over and over...and even worse on a farm when everything is tracked in....... I added "cleaning lady" to my list of favorite word pairs although it cooler to say "my woman who comes in" as some people we know say. HWCH has set up two parties here on the next two weekends and I will feel compelled to at least make an effort to clean...

All of our really good friends know they have a choice when they come here... "Good food or clean house...take your pick but not both" Luckily they always choose "good food" and if they chose "clean house" they wouldn't be a good friend anymore. It's not so much the work, as I love physical work, but it's doing the same work over and over. I have a fantasy of "my woman who comes in" on Thursdays to clean for the weekend and comes back again on Monday to straighten up after guests. I would settle for even the Thursday bit.

I admit to "faux cleaning " ... I put the vacuum in the middle of the room, window cleaner and paper towels on the window sill and furniture polish in an obvious spot.... It really gives the impression of an industrious housekeeper. HWCH is really good about kitchen cleanup after big parties and will do windows and he never, never complains about the dust and clutter......probably because he knows what I'd say!!!

Oh well enough whining! I must do some stitching and think about the whole cleaning issue later... Maybe I'll win the lottery....

p.s. after I wrote this whining post at 6:20 am, my DH got up about an hour later and cleaned the kitchen sparkling clean without any prompting.....who needs a cleaning lady??? Of course I made his mom's sour cream rolls again.... This being nice may have it's rewards......