Oct. 21, 2005 - Friday is Clean the House Day
So... I think I'll blog. 
I really don't like house cleaning. I'm not very good at it. I've made at attempt to start, I'll admit. I scrubbed the stove top. YUCK. We have a gas stove, with grey "grates". They have to be scrubbed with a green scrubby thing. I don't like to do it. So now it's done... I'm taking a break.
Next I need to scrub the window above the sink. It gets splashed a lot. It is a casement window that I have to take the screen out of before I clean the window. So laziness usually kicks in and it doesn't get done. The screen is out -- now to find the step stool.
I did do the upstairs this week -- so I'm only needing to get the down stairs done. That's a good feeling. Sigh... o.k. I'm coming.
Oh Hey -- have you been invaded by bugs? We've got an assortment around here. We live down the road from cows. So you guessed it... we've got flies. I can kill 10-12 a day. I pay my kids $.10 for each fly they swat... but I have to see it first, before they dispose of the carcass.
We have box elder bugs. No Box Elder tree that I know of... just the bugs.
We also have Asian Beetles. Those are lovey. They smell bad when you put them down the garbage disposal. You can always tell when a toddler eats them too. They come running to you with their tounge sticking out -- and it stinks. They came to our home after the farmer harvested their last home. I know, I know... beetles are good for soybeans. They eat aphids. Which really makes me wonder how they are surviving? Do I have aphids too?
Then... last but not least... we have gnats. Those are the most pesky, I think. How horrendous! So I really need to get the kitchen clean. It's annoying to have a gnat pointing out just exactely where you haven't wiped kitchen counters off yet. The other day I was making home made bread. I got called away mid-sponging. The dough hook was lifted up out of the bread. When I returned I went to put the hook back into the dough... YUCK!!! A swarm of gnats flew off of the dough hook.  Those insolent things... go get your own food!!! Bhaaa. I had a friend say that Windex is good for cleaning up -- to rid your self of gnats. I told my 1G10 that and as she went to pick up the Windex bottle. She said -- "Hey... there are gnats ON the Windex bottle." Apparently my brand of gnats are fairly hardy.  Either that or they are suicidal.
E-mailed a photographer today. We are going to venture to get a Family Photo taken. Ever tried that with more than three people? It's not easy. We are going to try to get all 7 at once.  Can it be done? Maybe so... but how about beautifully? I'll let you know.
Nap time... better get some littles down, so I can tackle the kitchen again. Better start running gnats!!! Here I COME!!!
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