LB – I have to give you the biggest thank you!!!!! You really helped me with a piece of advice you inadvertantly gave me in your op. One of the biggest problems in my life this year has been the fact that my mother expects me to get the cleaning done every week, but I can’t clean when she is around, and she is always around, so I haven’t been able to figure out when to do it.
She is usually out of the house for several hours on Sundays and Mondays but it never occurred to me that I could clean on a Sunday or on a Monday. I had this idea in my head that the house can’t be cleaned before Tuesday since I always think of cleaning as “cleaning for Shabbos”.
After I read your post, it occurred to me that there is no reason why I can’t clean on Sunday or Monday! For one thing, the house doesn’t get dirty that fast, and for another thing, my mother just needs to know that I cleaned the house at some point – I really don’t think she cares when.
So I spent today cleaning the house, and now I don’t have to worry about it for the rest of the week! Thank you so, so, so much for the idea!!!!! You don’t know how much you helped me!