Startling discoveries

July 3, 2007

Damien's brother and his family are arriving tonight for a 2 week stay at our house. This is their first visit to Maine and I've been busy scrubbing and polishing our home to (let's be honest) make a good impression. Our house doesn't get scrubbed very much, tidied & vacuumed yes, but deep down cleaned very rarely.

This morning when scrubbing the bathroom floor I made a startling discovery. Our tile doesn't have a natural grayish finish and our grout is actually white, not gray. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I have never, in the 2 years we've lived here, scrubbed the bathroom floor. Only mop washed it once every month or so (this is no lie - I really don't wash floors very much).

I'm not sure how I feel about this discovery... There is a certain ick factor thinking of the years of grime that have been building up on the floor. But more importantly I'm afraid that now I know it's actually not gray I'll feel obliged to keep it that way!