Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Top Ten Lessons from a Clean House

Everyone should move out of their house once a year and rent to strangers, if only to learn these lessons:

(1) Shoulder pads won't come back in style.
(2) There is a reason all those floral dresses are at the consignment shop.
(3)  In an entire lifetime you cannot use more than one bottle of liquid smoke.
(4) Empty storage containers do not fit in the trash can.
(5) Only a professional can figure out how to clean what's lodged in the refrigerator seal.
(6) Eraser pads can only do so much.
(7) A major appliance will bite the dust when you're almost finished.
(8)  Each room you clean makes the others look worse.
(9) The compost bin isn't something you want to leave for the summer renters.
(10) No matter how neatly you pack, your gear-to-go will still look like the Clampett's in the end.