Clean Your Carpets

After more than four years in this house, I figured it was time to clean the carpets. For some reason, I planned it for a day smack dab in the high point of preparing for the monster fundraiser, Touch-a-Truck, and the rain storm of the century. I had no control over the latter, but I should have known better about the former. However, there is really no good time to clean the carpets. That’s why it’s been four years.

Here’s what I learned:

• My guest room really was ‘sort of orgnized’ in a messy way.
• Furniture is heavy, so
• Preparing for carpet cleaning counts as a workout.
• My son likes to collect paper.
• We still have Polly Pockets shoes hiding in the corners.
• Two vacuums is not enough.
• My kids view Erector Set nuts as vacuumming challenges.
  (Quote: If it’s not for picking stuff up, then what’s it for!)
• The under-bed storage area is full – everywhere.
• The Salvation Army is my friend.

I swear I saw my dog snicker when I made the appointment.
It’s raining lady, I imagine him thinking, and these paws were made for digging.
Oh well, maybe next week we’ll do the windows.