A Day In The Life... - To mop or not to mop

A Day In The Life...

Oct. 16, 2007

To mop or not to mop

As I stepped through several sticky spots on my kitchen floor today I almost considered mopping the floor...then, I reminded myself what happens when I mop and consequently why I don't mop...

...when I mop...not ten minutes later, a full cup of canola oil that was just poured gets dumped and smeared and stepped in by the 14-month old that was nowhere near when I left the counter...his radar is just incredible (beep, beep, beep...major mess-making opportunity in the kitchen...momma is distracted...beep, beep, beep...must move quickly to obtain maximum destruction!)

The floor was no longer clean, but, boy, did it shine!

...and so today when I had that brief thought, I quickly came to my senses and grabbed a wet paper towel and wiped up the sticky spots.

...I'll leave the mopping to my wonderful mom when she comes to visit...(thanks mom )!!

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Oct. 16, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by icecastle

I can relate! My two year old has that "must make a mess" instinct. I am surprised that my house is clean at all!

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Oct. 17, 2007 - Love your blog!

Posted by Anonymous

Just wanted to leave a note that every time I stop by your blog, I LOL!
Thanks for spending the time to type out those moments in life when you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Natalie
www.cheeriotoes.blogspot.com

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Oct. 17, 2007 - Hi Natalie!

Posted by mlbainbridge

I'm glad you like my blog ...it's very therapeutic some days :-)!!
I visited your blog, and tried to write you a comment, but for some reason I've been having a terrible time commenting on blogger sites...could you send me your e-mail addy? (Mine is mbainbridge @ bellsouth . net) .
Congratulations on your sweet baby! Precious!
Michelle

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Oct. 18, 2007 - MOPPING FLOORS

Posted by dbennett20

I have found a fun solution for mopping my kitchen floor. I tell the kids to get their oldest play clothes on and come blow some bubbles in the kitchen. My daughter thinks it is her job to dump the bottle of bubbles every time and she is five. When they get done slipping and sliding around I give them two of my oldest towels and tell them to now mop all of the bubble stuff off the floor. They have a blast and mine floor gets pretty clean.
Donna

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This blog is for all to enjoy but is specifically for my family spread near and far from South Carolina, Ohio and Indiana to Mali, West Africa. The daily lives of our 5 kids are so full of moments I don't want anyone to miss!! There is truly never a dull moment in our home...thank the Lord!!!