I watch BBC America. Not a lot of BBC America, but a few shows that I really enjoy. I like Cash In the Attic, Bargain Hunt, & Changing Rooms...but my favorite by far is How Clean is your House? There are times I can't watch the entire episode because the houses are so filthy it can make me sick to my stomach. But for the most part I find it all fascinating...until Kim feels the need to smell some random article of clothing festering on the floor of a nasty, dank flat.
In secret I long for a pair of fancy cleaning gloves complete with feathers & sequins...and don't even get me started on the boots they wore when they went to clean a farm house. Kim's were hot pink with three strands of pearls...Temera's animals would die laughing.
Just before Bitsy was born I was in full Nesting mode & spent one morning with Murphy's Oil Soap, a rag, and my rocking chair on it's side. Then I scrubbed the fire place hearth with some dish soap, hot water, and a scrub brush. BabyGirl watched intently until I got in her way. "Move your arm so I can see, Mommy. I'm trying to learn how to do this so I can clean my fire place when I'm grown up and have my own house." Then she informed me we needed to get "the How Clean is your House Ladies to come see this!" She lives in awe of them...I think she covets their fancy gloves as well.
Getting back to my point. Today the kids have spent the biggest part of their day playing happily in their bedrooms. That's fine. I like it better than them vegging out in front of the TV (something we've done way to much of since Bitsy's birth). But I went to check on them when Husband left for work (after I woke up from my short nap in the recliner) only to find Hurricane Katrina had swept through their rooms. I started out helping them clean, but Bitsy soon woke up and I was needed elsewhere.
When I came back to check on them much later, no progress had been made. I had been watching The Ladies (as Busha & QM call them) and asked BabyGirl if I should call Kim & Aggie to come see their rooms. Panic ensued & that room was clean with in 15 minutes. #1 Son & BabyGirl kept coming in the living room saying, "Please, don't call The Ladies! Don't send Kim & Aggie to our rooms!"
I wonder how long until they figure out that England isn't a short drive down the road...
4 comments:
Pardon me while I split a gut laughing. That sounds like my threats to call the police... which gets immediate reaction... it's great! Yes, I know, I'm mean!
Now what a minute...I have some crazy ideas around here, yes including the pokadot boots, cow boots and lamb ears as well as bunny ears....but things on rubber boots that can fall off...OH NO!!!! Nothing that might be ingested by one on the babies...Yes, they would laugh!
I wanna know how they manage to keep the feathers from getting nasty when they really start scrubbing!?!
See, we have so many policemen in our neighborhood, I don't think threatening the kids with calling the cops would work here. Though we do have a go-cart driving kid and his siblings whose parents need to be arrested for negligence.
I don't have cable, but I had no idea that show was so educational! I envy the cleaning supplies too!
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