Comments on: If my kitchen floor is clean, why does it still look dirty? http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-2911 girldetective Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:45:06 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286#comment-2911 Husband is doing great. Better than me, lately. And M, I hope you don't think I'm letting down the team by writing about the domestic stuff, but I find it's all part of the complex whole of being a thinking person--I think about everything, including the floor, and do research so I can find ecologically sound, non-poisonous cleaners, and then I do my best, try not to obsess, and let go of what goes undone, But it's also about exercise, which cleaning the floor is, and life balance, so that cleaning is an occasional thing that happens on an as-needed (e.g., before a party) basis so that the rest of life can be spent playing with son, hanging out with husband, watching TV and movies, reading and writing. The important stuff, as you so often emphasize. Husband is doing great. Better than me, lately. And M, I hope you don’t think I’m letting down the team by writing about the domestic stuff, but I find it’s all part of the complex whole of being a thinking person–I think about everything, including the floor, and do research so I can find ecologically sound, non-poisonous cleaners, and then I do my best, try not to obsess, and let go of what goes undone, But it’s also about exercise, which cleaning the floor is, and life balance, so that cleaning is an occasional thing that happens on an as-needed (e.g., before a party) basis so that the rest of life can be spent playing with son, hanging out with husband, watching TV and movies, reading and writing. The important stuff, as you so often emphasize.

]]> By: MFS http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-2901 MFS Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:42:15 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286#comment-2901 Happy birthday to girldective's son! RE: the floors. I can't believe we're writing about this. (*grin*) I did just add a note to our entry about the, erm, bathroom because of the durned old floor. Scrubbed. Bleached. Scoured. I guess when you're seventy-plus years old, that's as good as you get. Received your message RE: graphic novels. Haven't given it its proper due at M-mv yet, but something's percolating. Did see it got some space here. Best regards... and I hope your husband is doing well. MFS Happy birthday to girldective’s son! RE: the floors. I can’t believe we’re writing about this. (*grin*) I did just add a note to our entry about the, erm, bathroom because of the durned old floor. Scrubbed. Bleached. Scoured. I guess when you’re seventy-plus years old, that’s as good as you get.

Received your message RE: graphic novels. Haven’t given it its proper due at M-mv yet, but something’s percolating. Did see it got some space here.

Best regards… and I hope your husband is doing well.

MFS

]]> By: ruthie http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-2898 ruthie Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:22:07 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=286#comment-2898 Clean floors that never look that way are part of owning an older, charming home. You did what sounds like a considerably great job on that floor and now you can rest knowing you have a clean baseline from which to keep it tidy from here on out. And if your mother were there, she'd take a flat head screwdriver to scrape up that corner stuff. I've seen her do that. Clean floors that never look that way are part of owning an older, charming home. You did what sounds like a considerably great job on that floor and now you can rest knowing you have a clean baseline from which to keep it tidy from here on out. And if your mother were there, she’d take a flat head screwdriver to scrape up that corner stuff. I’ve seen her do that.

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