Everyone has heard, knows, and understands that, when you have the right tools for any job, the job is much easier and, typically, you get a much better result.
I’m a huge advocate of having the right tools to manage my house, whether it’s my organizer to keep track of my life or my cleaning kit to, well, clean.
Well, after careful deliberation and consideration, I have decided to, for the first time, reveal my ultimate secret weapon to getting my house absolutely clean, shiny, and ready-for-company.
It has long been a secret, known only to my children who would be devastated to learn that I have exposed this knowledge to the world. (They, fortunately, do not read or may not even know about this blog, so I’m free to reveal it without condemnation.) Even my husband doesn’t know about it–not that he’d probably care anyway.
But it really is the one cleaning tool that really “does it all” for me.
Drum roll, please…..
My favorite tool is…my MP3 player filled with heavy metal music.
Yup.
Funny thing is, I hate heavy metal music.
What I do love is pumping this hard, fast, driving music through my earphones, effectively blocking out all the other sounds around me, and moving around the house getting things clean. And, with the music going, I can’t help but scrub to the beat or sway to the rhythm or sing along as I scour that tub or push that vacuum.
My children are appauled. It’s bad enough that their mother has a Facebook account and occasionally says “totally”…what would their friends say if they heard my tonedeaf voice bellowing the lyrics to “Ride the Wind” while shaking my booty and unloading the dishwasher?
But, you know…if you’ve got to do the job, why not make it more enjoyable…and fast? I figure I’ve got to be burning at least a few extra calories…right?
John Lennon sang, “Whatever gets you through the night ‘salright.” Well, why not whatever gets you through housework? Works for me.
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