Hi there
I hate vacuuming. Or should I say that I used to hate vacuuming. But I think I've found a way to make it more enjoyable.
I listen to Kindle audio books while I am vacuuming.
I toss my Amazon Fire (Kindle) tablet into a small backpack, put in my earbuds, tell Alexa to raise the volume, and I turn into a Cleaning Diva.
Last week, I finished the vacuuming but the crime book I was listening to was at such an exciting point - my heart was thumping and my brain racing with possibilities for how the two heroes could possibly escape the clutches of a whole band of baddies shooting at them - that I moved on to mopping the kitchen and bathroom, another chore I detest. Just to listen to the story.
My heroes escaped the baddies - bravo! - but oh-my-goodness, there was another crisis.
I whipped out a damp rag and cleaned the venetian blinds. Four blinds down, and one hero had been kidnapped. I moved over to the bookcase, shaking out every book and dusting the pages. Would his detective partner rescue the guy before that bomb exploded?
Phew, yes, hoo-ray. Another crisis averted. But wait, there was more to the story...
I stood on a stool and dusted the top of the fridge.
And all the curtains.
Then ...?
I gave in. I plonked myself down on the sofa and finished listening to the book. Two hours later, I looked around me. Wow, my house was the cleanest I'd ever seen it...
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My Amazon Fire tablet has internet, emails, e-books, audio books. I one-finger typed this add-on message to this blog. One-fingering an entire blog on my Amazon Fire is more than a bit nerve-inducing; I have a bigger computer for my longer blogs.
