[AnAmericanMother]

Hey, when we cleaned out my son's room when he left for Parris Island, we took out TWELVE - count 'em, TWELVE - big black plastic garbage bags of TRASH. Including leaves. And spiders. Big hairy ones (well, one, anyway).

I wish I'd taken a "before" photo, but it was too awful to look at. We had to back into the room and clean up from the door inwards without looking behind, like Lot's wife.

[NicknamedBob]

"Hey, when we cleaned out my son's room when he left for Parris Island, we took out TWELVE - count 'em, TWELVE - big black plastic garbage bags of TRASH. Including leaves. And spiders. Big hairy ones (well, one, anyway)."

I'll have you know that I clean frequently, or at least annually.

The secret is in arranging your lifestyle to make cleaning easier:

Cleaning House

I’m glad I have a trailer,
That’s square in its aspect.
It makes the cleaning of the place,
So very much more direct!

When I’m through mopping on the floor,
I roll it on its side,
I clean the whole place in a flash!
Who needs a double-wide?

I catch the ceiling and the walls,
As quickly as the floor.
I clean the bedrooms and the halls,
The drain is my front door.

I’ve got my stuff all bolted down,
To keep it from migrating,
When social workers come to call,
I get the highest rating!

TrailerTrashBob . . . April 27, 2005