I spent the morning thinking about and researching the purchase of a carpet steam cleaner. If I bought a carpet cleaner I could do the rugs myself. In fact, if I used it twice it would pay for itself. I wouldn't have to follow the professionals' rules about moving out all the furniture. My friends and family could borrow it. I wonder which one Consumer Reports recommends?
A CARPET CLEANER! What is wrong with me?
What is wrong with me is that I have been home too much. I'm a stay-at-home uh ...... I'm a substitute teach..... OK, here's the truth: I'm retired, although I'm way to young to fit the profile of a retiree. Well, too young in spirit, anyway. And because I'm retired, I am home enough to actually see things that need to be done around the house. That causes me to make myself lots of work.
When a person is working, home is basically the place to eat, sleep, and get ready to leave. Housework may need doing but you aren't home enough to notice it much. You keep the house picked up, the cleaning lady comes a couple of times a month, messes get shoved in baskets and hidden behind closet doors. You understand. It looks nice; just don't look behind any closed doors. But when you are home all day, you tend to notice things like the basement with the path through the junk,the laundry overflowing the hamper, the streaks hiding the daylight that is trying to stream through the windows, and the dust clinging to the drapes. You especially notice the spots on the carpets.
Who would have thought I would ever have this need for a carpet steam cleaner, let alone have time to pursue it. But I have already reorganized the basement, cleaned out all the closets and cabinets, washed the windows. Hey, what if I took up the carpets and had the hardwood flooring extended into the bedrooms?
