Cleaning obsession

Three months ago, after moving into the house we bought, Frank and I decided we would never let it get dirty - well at least not real dirty. Neither one of us mind an occasional pair of shoes left around, or an empty cup sitting on a coffee table, but it's the dust on the tables & TV's & the fuzzies on the carpet & animal hair on the floor, etc that really gets to us.

When first moved in, it seemed like we were cleaning every night - maybe it was the fact that the house was alot bigger than our townhouse, or maybe it's just because we love the house so much and it was "new" to us that we just wanted it to always look "perfect". Anyway - so after a month of constant cleaning, we started to slack a bit. Summer arrived, and we got busy with outside work - like pulling weeds from the flowerbeds (if that's what you can call them), planting trees, flowers & grass. We also started to spend alot of time outside on the patio under the canopy - until the mosquitos decided they were going to take over our yard.

A few weeks ago we noticed that our house seemed a bit messier than usual - so now we're on a new "cleaning kick". Frank likes to do random cleaning tasks - he'll start by wiping a counter off on the kitchen and then suddenly he'll be in the basement emptying out a few of the boxes that we hadn't unpacked yet, and then a few minutes later I'll find him the bathroom scrubbing the floor & toilet. I guess I'm a bit of a "random cleaner" too, but I really get alot of satisfaction out of completely cleaning one room and then moving on to the next. Anyway - so now we have this new cleaning thing going on & I've decided that I kind of half enjoy cleaning especially when it comes to doing the folllowing:

1. Steam cleaning the carpets - this must be my all time favorite.
2. Vacuuming the carpets - boy do I ever love vacuum lines!
3. Cleaning the wood foyer floor - this ranks right up there too
4. Cleaning the windows & sliding doors in the lower level - for some reason I enjoy this more than cleaning the windows & doors on the upper level (maybe this is because there's a million windows upstairs)
5. Scrubbing the kitchen sink
6. Polishing furniture (I may have gotten this from my dad - as I remember him clearly smiling as he polished the kitchen chairs & table)
7. Cleaning the glass shower door in the master bathroom

Following are the cleaning tasks that I really do not like at all, in fact I'll avoid them if at all possible:

1. Cleaning the toilets (enough said)
2. Cleaning the bathroom floors
3. Cleaning the entryway floor from the garage
4. Cleaning the kitchen floors
5. Cleaning the cat litter boxes

I think part of the reason that I really enjoy cleaning is that it's something that I can do and see immediate results - there's something about vacuuming a dirty floor & uncovering a nice clean carpet that really makes me happy. I also find that cleaning gives me a chance to think about things, whether it's my job, my family, etc.

Ok, that's enough for now...I'm off to...what else? Clean of course!