Background: My boyfriend is an older man. He was widowed in the late 90's and his daughters graduated from high school just a few years later. Since then, he's been (mostly) living by himself in a gigantic house (4500 square feet or so). You can really tell what rooms he spends his time in. Those rooms are clean, but the rest of the house, well, let's just say that you can tell he never goes into those rooms. These days, I'm in the house a lot, along with my kids. My kids are using many of the rooms that have sat unused for over a decade, and those rooms are dusty and cluttered, which makes me not a happy mama. /end background.
So, this week he's out of town. He has pets, so he asked me to come over every day to take care of them. I've discussed with him in the past about getting the previously unused parts of the house clean. I decided that this week would be a great time to do it, since I'll be at the house and by myself, and having nothing else to do, I might as well get to cleaning. Today was day one. 4 hours later I've finished one room. Well, one room and a little bit. We discussed switching the tables in the formal and informal dining rooms, so to get the formal dining room done, I had to do about half the informal dining room.
Anyway, this is a MUCH bigger project than I anticipated. I was thinking I'd be able to get to the entire house, including the third floor bedrooms, but now I'm thinking I might only be able to get the first and second floor living areas done. I'm kinda bummed about that. Between my parents' rental properties and cleaning up after major hurricanes, I'm really good at this sort of thing, and I was really hoping to give him a jaw-dropping surprise when he gets back next week. He's knows I'm cleaning, but I wanted to make it a major transformation. Hopefully, I can still do that. Wish me luck!
So, this week he's out of town. He has pets, so he asked me to come over every day to take care of them. I've discussed with him in the past about getting the previously unused parts of the house clean. I decided that this week would be a great time to do it, since I'll be at the house and by myself, and having nothing else to do, I might as well get to cleaning. Today was day one. 4 hours later I've finished one room. Well, one room and a little bit. We discussed switching the tables in the formal and informal dining rooms, so to get the formal dining room done, I had to do about half the informal dining room.
Anyway, this is a MUCH bigger project than I anticipated. I was thinking I'd be able to get to the entire house, including the third floor bedrooms, but now I'm thinking I might only be able to get the first and second floor living areas done. I'm kinda bummed about that. Between my parents' rental properties and cleaning up after major hurricanes, I'm really good at this sort of thing, and I was really hoping to give him a jaw-dropping surprise when he gets back next week. He's knows I'm cleaning, but I wanted to make it a major transformation. Hopefully, I can still do that. Wish me luck!
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