Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> I'm in the middle of cleaning the kitchen. I know that one of my
> personal inadequacies is that I let my stovetop go too long between
> thorough cleanings. Whenever we have folks over, I have an extra
> motivation to make the kitchen all sparkly clean. It never gets
> gross, like smelly, but I do let it get a bit unsightly. Well, back
> to work.


I know that feeling well. I tend to be somewhat less than obsessively
compulsive about tidiness and the kitchen tends to get cluttered. To make
matters worse, we have an of white ceramic tile floor that shows every
single speck of dirt, and our kitchen door is the main entrance to the
house. With two large hairy dogs, we get a lot of paw prints and fur on the
floor as well. Since our son was coming home for the holidays and we were
expecting a lot of company I did a thorough cleaning, pulling out the
fridge and stove, wiping down all the cupboards and cleaning out drawers.
It sure looked great for about an hour. We have to vacuum the kitchen floor
at least twice a day and mop it every day or two.