by baby chick~ it's true, i have a secret addiction to cleaning. you might be wondering what's wrong with me, well let me start by saying that it hasn't always been this way. my mom can atest to that! she probably read that and said thats not my daughter, not in a million years.
i always hated when my mom asked me to clean my room or bathroom or heaven forbid *do the dishes* see we never had a dishwasher until i got older and i thought that was the worst thing in the world. i couldn't wait until the day we got the dishwasher, and then it came and even more responsibility came along with it. first i would have to rinse the dishes off, put them in the dishwasher, let them dry, and then put them up. and then there were still dishes that couldn't be put in the dishwasher so i would have to wash those as well. before you know it the whole day has passed and thats all that has been accomplished.
so here comes the part that you're going to think is crazy. when we got married mr. baby chick had a dishwasher that you had to drag across the kitchen and hook it up to the faucet. while we were dating i would help him clean up and i used the dishwasher a couple of times. i hated it, so i started just washing the dishes by hand and eventually after we got married i moved it out of the house and am currently trying to give it away. (it might go to the dumpster in a few weeks.)
other than the dishwasher being nothing but a nuisance i just like to feel that things are getting clean because i'm the one that's doing it. i even won't let my husband do the dishes unless for some reason i am gone away from the house for a day or two. same goes with the rest of the house (except for the bathroom) i just like to do it myself. i like knowing where everything is going and usually if something has been put away i can always tell someone where to find it. it just makes me feel better if i do it myself.
you might come to my house and say what a mess, well let me just say that mr. baby chick and chicklet have a secret addiction to making a mess. i still love them and i'll clean up after them as long as this little addiction is with me. i know this will probably end when i have babies of my own but until i can't help it!