Well, my mom came up the mountain for a visit and is spending a few nights. Hubby gave the ultimate tour of our small town and surrounding neighborhoods and my mom ended up thinking it's not so bad after all and said she could even live here "part time". That made me smile. She even loved our small Italian-like town home rental, located close to the main street of town; where all the action is.
As she undoubtedly noticed all the specks and dirt on the wood floors (that I gave up sweeping everyday), she commented on a family she visited and lived with in Italy. My mouth fell open when I realized she was serious of the mother/wife getting on the floor everyday and scrubbing the entire house tiled floors like crazy! She says Italians are very clean and they say that the floors are like the dishes, needing to be done everyday! Now, not all Italians are like this, now it's mostly just in small towns, still untainted from "civilized society" where we use Clorox Wipes and throw them away, and other disposable cleaning objects. We use bottles of diluted cleaners, throw away rags, and things more things like that in nature. I read this interesting article What Italian Women Do Better and I was amazed at what my mom said was true for Italians today (though most Italians actually scrub their floors 4 times a week, not 7 according to the article). This got me really interested. I've been set up by society to think things should be easy, and if they are not, I shouldn't do them! Sweeping the floor everyday? It was too bothersome, so I decided the laws of nature was telling me to "give up" and still just do it once a week and just ware socks so I don't notice the crumbs and specks of dirt we trail in everyday. I guess I am so use to my carpet, but maybe my carpet was never clean to begin with, or at least, not for very long!!! Well, I plan to do more research on how Italians clean and hopefully learn a thing or two from the experts who LOVE clean.
As she undoubtedly noticed all the specks and dirt on the wood floors (that I gave up sweeping everyday), she commented on a family she visited and lived with in Italy. My mouth fell open when I realized she was serious of the mother/wife getting on the floor everyday and scrubbing the entire house tiled floors like crazy! She says Italians are very clean and they say that the floors are like the dishes, needing to be done everyday! Now, not all Italians are like this, now it's mostly just in small towns, still untainted from "civilized society" where we use Clorox Wipes and throw them away, and other disposable cleaning objects. We use bottles of diluted cleaners, throw away rags, and things more things like that in nature. I read this interesting article What Italian Women Do Better and I was amazed at what my mom said was true for Italians today (though most Italians actually scrub their floors 4 times a week, not 7 according to the article). This got me really interested. I've been set up by society to think things should be easy, and if they are not, I shouldn't do them! Sweeping the floor everyday? It was too bothersome, so I decided the laws of nature was telling me to "give up" and still just do it once a week and just ware socks so I don't notice the crumbs and specks of dirt we trail in everyday. I guess I am so use to my carpet, but maybe my carpet was never clean to begin with, or at least, not for very long!!! Well, I plan to do more research on how Italians clean and hopefully learn a thing or two from the experts who LOVE clean.