Someone at work asked me what the first thing was that I
wanted to do when I retired. My answer
was sleep late on a Monday! I’ve now
been retired for three weeks, and so far, “sleeping late” turns out to mean
7:00 a.m. (as opposed to 6:00 a.m.) I
envisioned sleeping till noon every day, but I guess old habits die hard. August
10th was my last day at work. My first official retirement adventure
was to accompany my super amazing hubby on a trip to Crystal Mountain where he
attended meetings and I played golf. Except for the part where he listened to
country music and texted while driving, I thoroughly enjoyed those three days. My big, big project for this first year of
retirement is going to be getting our house ready to sell in the spring. I’ve lived in this house for 17 years with
hubby the hoarder, so it might sound easy, but believe me, it won’t be! I’ve been accumulating tons of cleaning and
sorting and organizing tips from Pinterest. Oh, God, if you haven’t become a
Pin Head yet, DON’T!!! For me, it’s a
real love/hate relationship. Love the
great ideas, hate the time it takes to try them to no avail! Anyway, since I have held down at least one
full-time job every day of my life since I turned 14, I never got very good at
household chores. But with the help of
Pinterest, I’ve become a freaking clean machine!! Do you have any idea how much dirt can be
banished with a little bit of Borax and a splash of ammonia?! It would blow your mind. I could still kick
myself for buying $50 worth of crap I saw advertised on TV a couple years ago
that was supposed to be able to restore a cruddy old toilet to looking like
brand new. I received several bottles of these miracle cleaning supplies, none
of which cleaned anything. I swear I paid $50 for bottled water. Then I found this Pinterest idea. Cut a little piece off a Mr. Clean Magic
Eraser and drop it in the toilet. Let it
sit there overnight and in the morning…voila!...no more toilet bowl ring.
Except later that night, Captain Hubby comes out of the bathroom wanting to
know why there’s a sponge in the toilet. I asked him if he peed on it, but he
said no, he fished it out and threw it away, but OMG! what if he had flushed
it!! I told him about my great Pinterest
idea and his response was that I should go back to work before I wreck the
place. But I held my ground and told him
I refuse to go back to work until the toilets are clean. At the rate I’m going,
that’ll be never. Thank God!!
