Happy Memories That Are Precious And Have a Story To Tell

That time of the year has arrived and with spring just around the corner that can only mean one thing - it’s tidy up time.

Last weekend the sun was shining and so unfortunately this made the house look a bit grotty and I could see layers of dust that really shouldn’t be there. Because of this I decided that in my house spring had arrived early and it was definitely time to start the cleaning.

It all started off well and I had really good intentions of cleaning from top to toe. First on my list was the kitchen, which actually took a little longer than I thought it would, so already I was fading fast. As I’m a woman though, I persevered and the next room I needed to sort out was the Utility room. In our house, this room in particular is one where everything gets shoved and then we close the door.   I hadn’t been working long when I stumbled across a load of cheap books that my mum had given to me. This set me off on a lovely trip down memory lane and that was the end of my cleaning for the day.

Mum was a real fan of her books and was always happiest when she had a book in her hand.   She didn’t really mind what she read it could be anything ranging from fiction books, romance books and she even owned a few cook books. It’s still a mystery why she had cook books, because from my knowledge she was never really that experimental with her cooking. Perhaps she just liked looking at all the lovely colourful pictures!

It was funny but I can remember a holiday we went on to Lanzarote.   In my suitcase I had packed all the usual, towels, bikinis, sun tan lotion etc. I was flabbergasted because when mum unpacked her case it was full up with loads of books. Without a lie I think she had about 10 with her. I thought this was hilarious as we were only staying there for 2 weeks.   Mind you she had the last laugh as she enjoyed sunbathing around the pool reading her books and she got a fantastic suntan.

The spring cleaning didn’t really go the way I had planned, but then you know what it can be like sometimes when you get distracted and when cleaning is involved, I can’t say that I really mind.