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Holiday Cleaning—One Bite at a Time! Written by D A N A P E V E L E R . Executive Director of Senior Living—Leisure Living Communities
E
ach holiday season I tell myself
laundry.
Sneaky, wasn’t she? I don’t
cluttered, and most of the time, dusty.
I’m not going to overdo.
I’m
know about my brother, but I still clean
Now, if you call to tell me you’re coming
not going to clean like a mad-
like a crazy person to make everything
by, I’m gonna fly through the house
woman, not gonna pressure myself to
perfect for out-of-town and in-town
grabbing up laundry, glasses, empty
make everything perfect, and I’m just
visitors.
plates, shoes … whatever is around and
going to enjoy the spirit of the season.
It starts with cleaning the house
cram it into any crevice that I think you
Each year I fail. I blame my mom. Yep,
just so I can mess it up again; dragging
may not look in! I once put dirty laundry
I do! When we were kids, Mom told us
out the dozens of boxes of decorations,
in the dryer, and dirty dishes in my oven
Santa wouldn’t come to a dirty house, so
which takes a week, sometimes two, to
just to get them out of sight.
we’d spend all day just before Christmas
empty and put in their respective places.
positive side, I NEVER preheat my oven
cleaning every nook and cranny, working
Just when I get all that finished, it’s time
now without first looking inside!
like little elves to make sure Santa didn’t
to clean again! Yuck! Look folks—I’m
trip over a toy or a load of unfolded
not a housekeeper. My house is lived-in,
and they just announced a K-Mart blue
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I go at cleaning like it’s closing time
