As you can imagine if I’m just thinking about finding information on Spring Cleaning that I haven’t even started yet. My husband and I have joked that it’s too bad one of us isn’t compulsively neat. My sister has always been much neater than I am. We were brought up in the same household and share common DNA, so why is she already done with her spring cleaning? Plus, she’s planted and tidied up her garden.
Piper still remembers this unpleasant Spring Cleaning in our bath tub.
The kitchen is the hub of our house. Ach, I just noticed our kitchen windows need cleaning bigtime! Oh my, dust, dust, dust! I didn’t realize the mantle above our small fireplace in the kitchen was so dusty. I removed photos of our grandkids, switched out a light bulb in our small lamp with its pleaded shade (more opportunities for dust to accumulate) only to find out that all the light bulbs I tried to replace it with were burned out. One small dusting leads to another?
I love drop-in guests but shudder to think they’ll see the dust bunnies hiding under the couch. This is the time of year to clean!
Next on my agenda is putting away wool clothes. In the old days I used mothballs to protect them from those pesky moths. The smell reminds me of my grandmother’s huge closet filled with trunks and boxes containing fabric and clothes. The aroma propels me back to my childhood. I referred to a closet much like it in one of my Amish books. These days I use cedar blocks and chips that come in bags and a cedar trunk. Love that cedar aroma! I’ve heard from more than one source that the sense of smell remains more distinct than any other sense.
Should I sift through my bookshelves and weed out my old books? I tend to hang on to books I’ve liked and reread them. I can always fin an excuse to hang on to my books.
Yet I’m always looking forward to my next new read by authors I’ve enjoyed. One such writer is versatile and talented Suzanne Woods Fisher. Her new book is available for pre-order and will release May 6th. Can’t wait!
Piper has so many friends that it’s hard to know which one to use in my next book!
I was delighted to be asked to endorse this wonderful book!
