's motd Saturday April 9, 2011 - Detox Part 2

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DETOX &

CLEANING: PART 2

Saturday, 09 April 2011

Yesterday, we talked about

detoxing and making our bodies clean. Well today,

we're going to talk about keeping where we live

clean. Yep, it's spring-cleaning time,

everybody! And you may be surprised to know that I'm

like a professional cleaner. No, seriously. Don't

ask me why but I've always just loved to clean!

Back at our home in New Orleans,

I'd take out a can of Pledge and go to work. I'd

begin in the dining room, cleaning that dining room

table until it sparkled and was ready for our next

scrumptious meal. Next, with my can of Pledge in

hand, I'd head for the bedrooms. Then I'd take on

the living room as I put a sparkling shine to the

coffee and end tables.

We didn't have Windex at our house and back then, I'd

clean the windows with a solution of water and

vinegar. I used newspapers with that mixture to make

those windows so clear, you wouldn't even know there

was a pane of glass there! Boy, was I ever good!

I was good with that Spic & Span, too when I took

on mopping the kitchen floor. I even did the laundry

at our house. I would fold the clothes ever no

neatly, as good as the people did in one of those

fancy cleaners in the French Quarter. You could

always count on my bedroom to be empicably clean. I'm

telling you, Good Housekeeping could come

in and taken photos any time!

My favorite cleaning job in the

house was vacuuming. Oh how I loved to see those

little carpet fibers perk us as I ran that vacuum

across them. I guess they must have felt like they

were getting a little massage. LOL.

My mother worked all day at Maison Blanche department

store on Canal Street. And after a hard day at work,

I always wanted her to come home to find a very clean

house and...she loved it! (Hey, maybe that's

why I loved cleaning so much, because I loved making

my mom...happy!)

Now enough about me and my cleaning. How about you?

Do you love to clean? Okay, so do you like

to clean? Or...do you just loathe the idea

of cleaning? Well, no matter how you feel about

cleaning, you have to make it a top priority to keep

that home of yours...clean as a whistle! And hey,

there's no better day to take on that cleaning than

Saturday. And oh my, what luck...today is

Saturday!

Okay, I want you to stand back,

take a good look around your house and decide where

you want to begin. Maybe you should start in your

closet. Go through all of your clothes and see what

you don't need or wear anymore. (You know, like those

clothes that've gotten too big for you

because of your weight-loss!) Fold them up, fill a

few Hefty bags and give them to a worthwhile charity

like Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Move your winter

clothes to the back of the closet then bring all of

your spring and summer stuff to the front.

Next, take on your kitchen. Begin by going through

your fridge, one shelf and one drawer at a time.

Remove everything from the fridge, decide what can

stay, throw out the rest and arrange everything neatly

so you know where everything is in your refrigerator.

Be sure to make all of those shelves and drawers gleam

before you put the foods back inside. After you're

finished with the fridge, go through your freezer and

do the same thing. I'm telling you, it'll feel like

you have a brand new fridge!

Okay, now you've got to tackle

those cabinets. Get rid of the foods you know you

shouldn't be putting into your body. And hey, how

long has that box of crackers been in there, anyway?

Check product expiration dates and chunk those foods

that're past their "sell-by" dates.

And by the way, there's one other thing you have to

clean today and...this is important. You need to

clean your mind! That's right, you have to get

rid of all the negative thoughts and feelings that

have made you so sad and unhappy. Search your

memories for the things that'll put a smile on your

face and yes, they are there! When you're

thinking and being positive, believe me, you'll end up

taking better care of yourself.

After class at Slimmons today, I'll come home

and...get to work cleaning. Today's project is my

office. So tell me, what will your cleaning

project me today?

Love,