Saturday morning I decided that I was going to make some changes to my bedside table. We had some some rearranging in the living room and a larger end table was no longer being used. I decided that I wanted it by the bed so I would have a little more space.
So, I moved the smaller table out of the way and started picking up the variety of items that had fallen off it. I happened to look behind our bed, mistake or not, I am not sure, but what was there surprised me.
Huge globs of nasty dust! I never imagined that all that dust was a mere foot away from my head as a slept! Gross!
Earlier in the week Nick and I had been talking about the dust build up around the house. Dust is one thing that does not bother me. Food crumbs sticking to the bottom of my feet - yes. So the vacuuming and sweeping usually get done while the dusting does not. All of a sudden the dust seems to have a life of its own and is sticking to everything and is EVERYWHERE!
My guess is that prior to moving into this house 5+ years ago, Nick and I had never lived anywhere for more than 22 months. Moving often means that dust doesn't build up, right? (Well, at least not to the extent that it does after 5 years.) We were also only a family of 2 or 3 (after Micah came along) and now there is 5 of us living and breathing and stirring things up around this house.
With that all said, I am thinking that I might just have to change my tone on dusting and break out the dust rag once and awhile. The dust behind the bed is no longer there and we are swiping it away whenever we see it.
Once again, fun times from our exciting household.
(You know that life is exciting when you are blogging about dust.....)
2 comments:
Ok, your last line cracked me up!! And yes, I gagged when I saw the dust behind my bed, too...especially since I have allergies! Hmmm...maybe it's time I checked that again!
You are funny Michelle! :) Dust is something that builds up faster in this place than any other place I've lived (and it's not even technically on gravel). Oh well. "Once and a while" is about how much my dustrag gets brought out. It's just not something that bothers me that much. :)
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