The house gets clean whenever company warns you they are coming for a visit. It also means that a call to a workman etc almost immediate response. Add, ‘and they are bringing a one year old.’ and it is immediate response.
They say if you leave the vacuum cleaner out, it looks like you just didn’t have time to finish but are in the middle of it. Also, unlike the generation before me, my serious housecleaning is not a weekly thing but what I call “event-driven”.
The first thing you do is rent a portable storage unit. You throw all the miscellaneous “stuff” in there Then, you put down a few dropcloths on the living room floor and set some open cans of paint about the place. Answer the door in paint-spattered smocks and say, “Father, is it Wednesday already?”
OK, only slightly less trouble than actually cleaning. :)
stairsteppublishing about 1 year ago
The house gets clean whenever company warns you they are coming for a visit. It also means that a call to a workman etc almost immediate response. Add, ‘and they are bringing a one year old.’ and it is immediate response.
seanfear about 1 year ago
wait, don’t you need the blessings first to do all of that cleaning? o_O
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator about 1 year ago
Love the term, “priest clean.”
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 1 year ago
I prefer, “lived in”.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
Clean as in evil spirits, bad vibes and howing ghosts….Oy my!
They’re heeeeerrrre…..☺️☺️
goboboyd about 1 year ago
Then I’m doomed!
coltish1 about 1 year ago
College kids? At least pick up the pizza boxes.
CeceliaWD Premium Member about 1 year ago
They say if you leave the vacuum cleaner out, it looks like you just didn’t have time to finish but are in the middle of it. Also, unlike the generation before me, my serious housecleaning is not a weekly thing but what I call “event-driven”.
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
The first thing you do is rent a portable storage unit. You throw all the miscellaneous “stuff” in there Then, you put down a few dropcloths on the living room floor and set some open cans of paint about the place. Answer the door in paint-spattered smocks and say, “Father, is it Wednesday already?”
OK, only slightly less trouble than actually cleaning. :)
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
It’s like cleaning the house for Pesach.
Teto85 Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Swedish Death Cleaning”. https://www.thespruce.com/swedish-death-cleaning-4801461
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 1 year ago
Ugh! I need to vacuum..
Mr. Impatient about 1 year ago
Blame the cats. Tell him he needs to do an exorcism. Or maybe a CATechism
Melki Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’ve never had to get my house “priest clean,” though I suspect it’s one step down from “mother-in-law clean.”