Tonight I was a house working wonder. It slays me that I can work for 5.5 hours straight and get so much done, but every other day of the year (when company is not imminent) I can't get ANYTHING done, I mean it, day after day after day . . . ZIP. WEIRD.

I'll tell you what, run to the Dollar Store and get your supply of Zwipes MicroFiber dusting gizmo's. I'm impressed. I've been dusting with the one that has the orange handle and a head like a mop, lots of soft white twisty ropey looking thingys. Boy, it leaves NO dust behind. No more rags for me, this works far better than the other cloths I've used in the past, the ones that supposedly electro-magnetically attract the dust. Did I say that right?

AND, I REALLY REALLY like the Swiffer WetJet. Of course, I get spray happy and squirt it all around and hit the furniture and baseboards. The sprayer has Umph, it travels! I even spray by accident 'cause the spray button is RIGHT THERE where you hold the handle. Nevertheless, this is WAAAAAAAAYYYY easier and faster than hands and knees with an old washcloth. AND, this cleaner is no rinse and it really shows you your dirt. It was shocking at first, the dirt, but I've adjusted. I'm well-adjusted lately. I think just using water on my floors for years has taken a filthy-dirty toll. But never fear, WetJET is here.

SOOOO, my friends, this is why my cleaning is going better than usual. WAAAAAAYYYY better. I have the equipment, People! Hoo-Ray! And the Rays won tonight again, they are still in FIRST place in baseball, tied with the MN Twins. Rays lost last night, but of course they did, they had to fly all night, as in AM all night and then play the same day. Even then, they had a huge rally and just fell short. I'm telling you, THIS is the year. The team is DOING IT!

I'm doing it, too. I've cleared clutter besides cleaning. I've gotten the guest room ready, and I'm just in a thorough state of shock, as mentioned earlier. For Pete's sake, I ground coffee beans and everything. We are talking BASEBOARDS. I cleaned the rubber edges (what is that called?) along the fridge doors. I even wound up the excess telephone wires and secured them with coated wire that I have been collecting, lo, these many years -- have hundreds of them, you know, when you buy stuff and they use it in the packaging . . . well, if you need some, you know where to find it. ALSO, for my new vac I had bought an extra attachment (remember, the girl was so nice changing out my floor brush that I felt I should buy something). GOOD MOVE. It's a 5 inch soft-bristled brush and it covers area WAAAAAYYY more efficiently than the little tiny round number that comes with the vac. Oh boy, no comparison. Plus, the new model of round brush is stiffer and harsher and smaller than my old model round brush, which I retained. It seems like the bristles on the old one might be worn down, but it'll be good for dirty work, as in nasty dirty.

Even put the blue checkered vinyl table cloth from the Dollar store on the table. It's an exact fit. Give me a break. The hardest part of this was smoothing out the air pockets (we are talking VERY THIN vinyl). We'll see if it stands the test, but it looks okay right now.

Okay, my poor little body is beat. More to do tomorrow, but life is currently under control. If MIL showed up this second, I would not disintegrate. Maybe while MIL is here I will do something really spectacular like go through recipes and music. And old newspapers. Well, one can always hope. Need to clean the oven and back of fridge, too. Gruesome.

A Kleaner KEM (her house, that is, somehow she never showered yet today, PEE-YOU!)