The Horrors & Rewards of Housecleaning

You probably already guessed: I hate housecleaning. My heroine is my sister, Colleen; she housecleans less than me. In fact, she tries to avoid it altogether—just moves, often to a foreign country, throws everything out but the kids' projects and starts over.

I have Cleaning Mimi friends whose diligence I admire: they clean their closets twice  a year and get rid of the things they don't wear. I try to clean mine once a decade.
“Decadent!” you say, and you are undoubtedly right.

But once-a-decade-closet cleaning-has advantages. While admittedly cobwebby, my closets resemble vintage clothing stores. Now that bell bottoms are passe, I needn't spend $ on straight-legged. I just go into the back of my closet and haul out a pair I bought in Berlin in 1999. Memories are made of this!

There is another advantage here that is not as apparent—those old clothes are size 8 and 10 and in sometimes tighter than the 4's and 6's you buy now. If you keep your old duds you are far more likely to go on a good spring diet and stay in them!!!

Critical Eye says a cobweb never killed anybody!!!