Cleaning Paid Off
I made $50 today cleaning.
I found my $40 sunglasses that had been missing for 2 months and that I had decided to replace with my Christmas money but which now cost $50. This is good because I still need 1 more year on my $40 pair to average out my typical sunglass expenditure of $10/year. Three years ago I bought a nice pair of sunglasses instead of my usual cheap $10 WalMart pair that break within a year. So I am thrilled that I do get a chance to keep working that average cost down.
After what I thought was a comprehensive search, I decided I must have left them in Seattle at the reception hall at my cousin’s wedding, because that was the last place I wore them. Sad.
But today I was cleaning. I was cleaning with a 2-o’clock coffee high. And I was getting crazy. I was mopping the entry, and decided there was too much dust under the chest, so I moved it. I swept and mopped that, and then decided to scooch the couch just a tad and get the gunk I could see. I gave a good push and — voila! — my sunglasses, sitting unharmed on the dusty floor!
I moved the couch completely, swept and mopped, and also found 1 sword, 2 puzzle pieces, 3 army men, 4 Lego pieces, 5 bobby pins, and 10 matchbox-size cars.
And Matt is finishing up the upstairs bathroom remodel and the progress we’ve been working at all week is finally starting to be visible! Yay!
