Spring Cleaning

Well, there is something to be said for doing your own spring house cleaning. Yep. It hurts. You're aching all over from the moving, the bending and the reaching, and your hands are cracked if you're like me and you hate wearing rubber gloves. But, by doing the job yourself, rather than hiring a cleaning service, you do get to sort things out, declutter, and organize things as you go along. Don't get me wrong: cleaning services are nice and I wouldn't turn down the offer of having a maid on a regular basis were the good fairy to send one my way! However, there are many positive things about being a do-it-yourselfer: you save money; it's good exercise; and there's a lot of satisfaction in the accomplishment of getting the job done.

As you get the heavy duty vacuuming and floor cleaning out of the way, you can turn to really doing a job on that bookshelf you've been meaning to spruce up or to those files you've planned to tackle for some time now. If you're in the right mood - and for me, that is when I am not clamouring to be doing something else - decluttering, especially sorting through the paper accumulation, is a rather pleasant way of spending a few hours. With a supply of new file folders and a recycling box nearby, it's gratifying to begin to see order emerge out of chaos!