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Confessions of an Orange Clean Addict

Hi, my name is spingirl and I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to cleaning. I happily spent this past weekend vacuuming, rearranging, dusting, and polishing my home. Consider it spring cleaning a few months early. My husband thinks my obsession with cleaning is a sickness. I, on the other hand, know it's a sickness. But damn, do I enjoy it!

I am not obsessive-compulsive about cleaning - I simply like living in a super-clean area (which is tough with two dogs). I find the process of turning a mildly untidy area into a fabulously spic-and-span one to be a relaxing process (albeit one that likely led to my pinched nerve that I am currently nursing).

And I know that I am not alone. There are others out there like me. You know who you are. You look forward to the time you can run up and down the cleaning product aisle at Wal-Mart. You know exactly what cleaning product will take care of what stain or smudge. You clean your bottles of cleaning fluid. Yep, I know you're out there.

My husband dislikes cleaning and has suggested from time to time that we should hire a maid. I consider this akin to him suggesting we invite the town hussy into our bed. Cleaning is a sacred, relaxing ritual for me, and the idea that I would allow anyone else to come in and clean instead - I just can't stand to think about it! But, seriously, all melodrama aside, I just hate the idea of paying a stranger to come in and see the soap scum in my shower, much less clean it up. I would have to clean the house myself in preparation for the maid.

Yes, hubby thinks I am nuts - whatever gave you that idea? But he also hasn't had to clean a toliet in over 6 years, so he's not really complaining.

Anyway, I thought I would let everyone in on my dirty little cleaning secret. Just so I could get a clean start, you know.

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