There’s always food on my kitchen floor. Bread crumbs, milk, gold fish crackers, dried up pieces of cucumber, you name it. No matter how many times I sweep, vacuum, or wash that floor, five minutes later there’s food on it. Again. I feel like I sweep a hundred times a day. I almost don’t want to even clean it anymore. One of the reasons I love wearing slippers (besides having always cold feet) is that when I step on crumbs, or spills on the floor, I don’t feel it as much.
My mom comes from a large family of 12 kids. I remember her saying, “Your dad was the first boy I brought home that didn’t mind having spaghetti on his socks.” I can’t imagine what my kitchen floor would look like if I had twelve kids. It’s bad enough with two. Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I shouldn’t wear my slippers anymore, then I would have more incentive to keep the floor clean. No, my feet would be too cold.
I do have a very effective solution to the problem of food on the kitchen floor: a dog. If you get a dog, don't overfeed it and you will never have to deal with another crumb again. We had no idea how dirty a kitchen floor could get until our dog was gone. Now we have to sweep the floor 5X as often. Having a dog was like having a little furry assistant to do the in-between cleanings. But then, there are some drawbacks to having a dog around: muddy footprints, drooling, shedding. "Young Mother's Auntie"
ReplyDeleteCurious.. how often do people really clean their floors? all you do is walk on it, we have tables and chairs for a reason... not sure it's a priority on my cleaning list.
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