Dust Be Gone
When I was younger I never thought I would turn into someone who would take pride in a clean house. But as I grew older I realized it’s so much nicer and healthier to live in a clean environment.
Much to my own surprise I display something that comes close to frantic behavior when my house isn’t clean enough. With that said I don’t mean you won’t find any dust in my house at times. I clean things thoroughly once a week and if things get really messy I dust / vacuum more often than that. Things are cleaned up and put away as much as possible but it’s not a place where you can’t see someone lives there. In short; my house is clean and tidy without being inhospitable.
That’s why I can’t imagine an person, who has a stable life, can’t take care of themselves when it comes to cleaning house. Surely you’ve heard stories about people living in dirty houses but it only really hits you when you actually see it.
Every week they show a documentary on someone who can’t keep his / her house clean. Last week they followed a woman with a six year old son. Her house was very filthy, and I’m not just talking a bit of dust. Everything was littered on the floor, from dirty washing to toys to left-overs. Basically she blamed her son for making the mess, but you can’t tell me you have nothing to do with it, especially if all your closets are empty and the content is spread over the floor.
What the program does, besides following the family, is sending in a professional housekeeper. She is going to teach the family how to keep things clean and clear up the mess.
When viewing this show I got so antsy I picked up some cleaning products (this is past nine PM mind you) and started cleaning my house, while it’s rather clean to begin with. It makes me itchy to see one can put a child at risk like this. After all you can’t tell me it’s healthy for a young child (or anyone else for that matter) to live in a house that is a food festival for bacteria and vermin alike.
The positive side of the whole thing; I’m now ready for the show to begin, waiting anxiously with my duster so I can get rid of any mess. Hey, a good girl is always prepared…
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Hmm, I try to be clean myself. Things do get a little messy but I like everything to be in the right place.. everybody is different!
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My mum thought I had OCD (obsessive with a lot of things, which used to worry her). However I hit that good ole age of 14 and then suddenly my room being obsessively neat and tidy didn’t bother me anymore. Like Amanda said, I don’t mind sitting in my own mess. I hate anywhere else in our house being untidy – but my own bedroom, heh, can’t be bothered.
Do you have problems? ha!
Oh! Doesn’t Oprah do segments on that? Perfectionists can’t bear to throw away stuff or clean their houses? I remember one woman had a dog and in her house, there was doggie doo everywhere.. especially in the bathtub.
I watched another Asianese show and it showed that almost no one has a clean bed. Someone only had their mattress for a little more than a month, but it was crawling with microscopic little bugs. And the person washed their sheets and all regularly. Some things are better unknown o__O
If I made it come across like I am having OCD than I surely gave the wrong impression. What I meant was that my house is clean but not obsessive clean, after all you need to be able to live in a house. I was merely comparing my ‘clean’ house to the filth shown on TV
yeah, just like the line goes, “cleanliness is next to Godliness.”
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You know hun, that almost borderlines on OCD…whereas I’m more than comfortable sitting in my own filth.