Gadgets....

I'm a clean-floor kind of girl. I know I've mentioned it before, but it's true. If my house is kind of messy, but my floors are freshly mopped, life is good. My floors suffer when I'm pregnant. The 1st trimester I'm too sick. I don't do too badly the 2nd trimester, but then the 3rd hits. My floors rarely get mopped. The only way I like to clean floors is on my hands and knees. This is the only way that I can guarantee every little smudge is wiped free. There is nothing like a hand-mopped-floor. This is why I fail to mop my 3rd trimester. The whole hands-and-knees thing is virtually impossible. Oh, I'm sure I could get down, it's the getting back up part I'm afraid of. So, with every pregnancy, including this one, once I've got about 6 weeks left and I can no longer handle the grunge, I give in and buy a mop. Every time it's been a different kind. I've used the old fashioned with the big bucket, the spongy squeegee type, the swiffer wet mop, and some other kind I don't recall. This time I bought the swiffer wet-jet. I've heard good things. We'll see. Even if it doesn't make my floors sparkle at least I'll feel like I've put forth an effort. If I stay true to my past then a few weeks after the baby is born I'll put the mop deep in a cupboard and get back on my knees. But for now? Don't be afraid to visit. My floor will be swiffered by tomorrow at noon.