I have 2 sets of guests arriving this afternoon so that means a day cleaning. Particularly difficult today as it's a glorious day and the hammock is beckoning.
Back to cleaning - did I mention I hate it?
It's just 48 hours since the last guests left and already the house has returned to its natural state - a house inhabited by a teenager, 2 long black haired moulting dogs, 3 million spiders who haven't yet worked out that it is no longer a barn, a builder husband and 24 chickens who see an open door as an open invitation to come in, shake off the dust from their dustbath, then poo on the floor.
I'm not sure how my fellow landladies do it - they seem to be able to clean 3 B&B rooms, 2 self catering cottages and then go out to meet friends for an early lunch. It's takes me the full 6 hours to get 2 rooms and the public areas back to gold award standard.
And today it's made worse by fluff - the air is full of fluff and the doors are open so the house is full of fluff. You remember those red disclosing tablets that the dentist gave you as a kid? You'd chew them and it would stain all the plaque so you could clean your teeth better? well the fluff has attached itself to every single cobweb in the house ( 3 millions spiders - lot of cobwebs ) and is sitting there shouting to guests "Hey look at all these cobwebs - what a lousy housekeeper this landlady is"
Still look on the bright side - one top to bottom house clean with additional fluff removal 3277 steps!
It's just 48 hours since the last guests left and already the house has returned to its natural state - a house inhabited by a teenager, 2 long black haired moulting dogs, 3 million spiders who haven't yet worked out that it is no longer a barn, a builder husband and 24 chickens who see an open door as an open invitation to come in, shake off the dust from their dustbath, then poo on the floor.
I'm not sure how my fellow landladies do it - they seem to be able to clean 3 B&B rooms, 2 self catering cottages and then go out to meet friends for an early lunch. It's takes me the full 6 hours to get 2 rooms and the public areas back to gold award standard.
And today it's made worse by fluff - the air is full of fluff and the doors are open so the house is full of fluff. You remember those red disclosing tablets that the dentist gave you as a kid? You'd chew them and it would stain all the plaque so you could clean your teeth better? well the fluff has attached itself to every single cobweb in the house ( 3 millions spiders - lot of cobwebs ) and is sitting there shouting to guests "Hey look at all these cobwebs - what a lousy housekeeper this landlady is"
Still look on the bright side - one top to bottom house clean with additional fluff removal 3277 steps!
