Blogging and Housework

Given a choice between the two, I would much prefer to blog. My relationship to house cleaning is much like Dorothy Parker’s to writing: I hate cleaning, but I love having cleaned. The result is great, and I deeply enjoy it when my house is clean. I just don’t want to be the one who does it. Oh, well. Since I’ve been out of work for six months, ain’t gonna have the funds to hire a cleaning person anytime soon.

So my solution is to combine the two. I am writing my blog currently, and half the kitchen floor is wet from recent mopping. Once it dries, I’ll mop the other half. While that half dries, I’ll write more on this blog entry. Or perhaps I’ll write more than one today. Each time I post a new entry, I feel the desire to blog more often. Yet each time, I finish my entry and then forget about my blog for at least a month.

Speaking of my blog, I have been quite surprised by the statistics page. I’m amazed at the number of views some of my entries get. Actually, I’m amazed they get viewed at all, considering the vastness of cyberspace. There is so much to choose from, and always less time than I’d like. I’m guessing it’s the same for a lot of other people. I feel blessed and honored that my site gets as many views as it does.

Sometimes I play music and boogie while I clean. My favorite cleaning chore — or more accurately, the one I dislike the least — is sweeping. There’s something soothing about the shush-shushing of the broom bristles over the floor. Sometimes when I’m upset and need to dissipate a lot of negative energy, I’ll find myself sweeping the floor. That’s the closest I ever come to enjoying housework.

Well, thanks for reading. May I post more often to this blog, and reach more Internet-trolling souls. May you who read these posts find something helpful, even if it just a moment where the corners of your mouth turn up on a challenging day.

As always, comments are welcome, and may you leave them with a compassionate heart.

~Love and Blessings,
Selene~