spring cleaning

i finally got around to really deep cleaning our apartment. we keep the place pretty clean because neither one of us are there very often. but dust and other unpleasantries tend to build up around so i spent the majority of my saturday scrubbing and polishing. i guess the only reason i can think of to post about cleaning is that my mom and other domestic people who might read this will appreciate it...because let's face it my husband was glad it was clean but he wouldn't notice if i scrubbed the tub or not. i learned a few other things about cleaning this weekend too:

1. the minute i finished scrubbing down the entire kitchen and sink, chris was hungry so we made macaroni and cheese

2. cleaning is totally something you do for yourself. before i was married i would keep my place "clean" and only really clean clean when i had cleaning checks but even then i would do the absolute minimum required to pass inspection

3. the combination of ajax, spic-n-span, scrubby bubbles, pledge and pine sol is probably not good {it was on my hands and they got pretty red and swollen, but no worries i'm ok}

4. no matter how hard i scrubbed i couldn't tell you if the tub really got clean or not {the bottom of our tub has been gray since we moved in}

5. it's 100% worth it to invest in a good mop so you don't have to do it on your hands and knees

6. jack johnson is a great cleaning buddy

7. last on my list today, certainly not least though : spending all day cleaning gives your some serious leverage {new summer sandals? i think so!}