What a Mop
I hate house cleaning. Growing up we were not allowed to use the word “hate”. We were allowed to say I dislike intensely. Either way it is how I feel about cleaning. I remember as a married adult sitting across from my parents as we had dinner out. I was going on about my career and creative endeavors and how, since both my husband and I worked, we might get someone once a week to help clean. My mother chimed in with “a woman’s work should be her joy”. My father spoke for me and said “Catherine, Muriel hates cleaning”. Father knows best. No longer tied to corporate jobs we have a small house with all tile floors to make it easier to keep clean however when the floor feels gritty under your hard soled shoes, there’s no getting around it you gotta mop. It will take nothing short of hour to do it. So I keep buying mops that promise it will make cleaning a breeze. Don’t believe it. The last one I bought had promise, a sturdy sponge like attachment with an ergonomic slant so you could lean into the dirt to scrub but….. didn’t they go ahead and got another vendor to make the replacement mop heads. They were softer so the scrub potential was no longer where it should be. So this week shopping I figured someone may have developed better mop. (I have an uncanny or maybe canny way of knowing when a cooler product has hit the market.)
So last visit to Walmart I noticed a new Rubbermaid Mop, Self-Wringing, Ratchet Twist with a Cotton Head. Sure it was a few dollars more but it looked pretty tough and Rubbermaid has never let me down. I noted it was the only one left! None of these silly synthetic heads for me. So I got home filled a bucket and began to use it. I like the self-wringing feature. It is an easy to use gizmo and makes this funky ratchet noise to let you know it doing the job. So the mop itself because it is the rag style glides easily under furniture, under kitchen overhangs, around toilet bases and in corners. It doesn’t puddle because of it’s efficient wringing. So the first run was pretty good. I am still an enchanted mopper. The novelty may wear off but as long as it keep doing a good job I’ll just put on my ipod and lose myself in the song “Venomous” by Trevor Hall, for that hour of mopping floors.
Another image from my past just flashed through my head. My mother vacuuming our second hand carpets with the Electrolux singing “Do Wa Diddy” by Manfred Mann. And it occurs to me that maybe mother disliked cleaning in a intense way.
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