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3catwoman3

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6. Cleaning is one of my least favorite activities, especially dusting.

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 05:40 PM

Jun 21

We have 4 cats. With dusting and cats, 2 hour later you can't tell that you did.

I used to have a little sign that hung on the doorknob of my closet that said:

You may touch the dust,
But please don't write in it.

There have been times...

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Ya ever start cleaning and end up making it WORSE??? [View all] FirstLight Jun 21 OP

This is how you know you are doing a good deep cleaning. Irish_Dem Jun 21 #1

right??? FirstLight Jun 21 #5

Always. Household projects inevitably breed more projects. Ocelot II Jun 21 #2

I discover that BOSSHOG Jun 21 #3

they really don't rock like this anymore... before "autotune" FirstLight Jun 21 #4

Cleaning is one of my least favorite activities, especially dusting. 3catwoman3 Jun 21 #6

Yes!! Decluttering involves pulling stuff out of hidden places. Demovictory9 Jun 21 #7

No malaise Jun 21 #8

Try breaking a glass jar of barley malt on the kitchen floor Warpy Jun 21 #9

I just sat down from vacuuming Tree Lady Jun 21 #10

Get a Shark steamer malaise Jun 21 #11

I have to remind myself to vacuum before I mop. Intractable Jun 22 #12

dont ya know that when you cook something you trash the kitchen before u eat it? AllaN01Bear Jun 22 #13

the maintnace man @ tic toc base came over to replace a silly smoke detector. AllaN01Bear Jun 22 #14