THE TEMPORARY STATE OF CLEANLINESS

Ahhhhh, a nice clean carpet!! Whoever thought that putting in ivory colored carpets would be a good thing must have been off his rocker! Or it could be that they weren't going to live on it, just put it in to sell the house. It was new when we moved in 14 years ago, and it lasted all of a few weeks in that pristine condition. And then later Rufus came on the scene and you can imagine what kind of state it is in now.

I have fought the battle with sprays especially made to "remove" dog stains until my hand is limp from pushing that button. I even purchased a rug shampooer and keep it out to go over the spots as they occur. Today I had the professionals in and it looks great -- for now. Until the genius tracks in leaves and mud, or until Rufus does his thing. And he will; the only way to keep him from ruining this rug is to move.

Maybe a better way would be to put in hardwood floors. That's certainly something I'm going to investigate in the next few months (I have to hurry before the genius retires). I'm tired of fighting it!! And besides, putting in new floors would be much less trouble than moving.

On another subject, have you ever noticed that certain things seem to occur at one time? I sit at home for weeks at a time, even on the weekends, and don't go anywhere. Just listen to my schedule next week:

On Monday I play bridge, Tuesday attend a coffee at a friend's house, and Friday have lunch with the Burro Babes (my high school classmates). Then the next weekend we have parties on two consecutive nights after being idle for several weeks. Why does it always happen that like that? I'll be exhausted!!

I can hear my sister MA chuckling as she reads this. She does this every week!!