The Day I Lost My Mind....

I just realized I never told you all about the day I lost my mind....luckily for me, I found it and can now write about what I did....

So, you know how I like to do really idiotic things sometimes? (Remember when I got in MAJOR trouble for changing our shower liners when I was pregnant with Levi? Yeah. I do this kind of stuff all. the. time.)

Well, last fall was our annual viewing of Ohio State trouncing Michigan in football (oh, how I miss football season...), and in preparation for the game and having lots of people over to watch it, I was cleaning the house. Including sweeping the floors.

This would be done during Levi's naps and I was quite proud of myself for how much I was getting done, and then it came time to sweep our hardwood floors. (Have I mentioned that our entire house (minus kitchen and bathroom) is hardwood floors?) Now, I don't know about the rest of you with hardwood floors, but I get so sick and tired of sweeping them and finding them dusty all over again two days later. I want my floors to stay CLEAN, you know?

So, as I was preparing to sweep, I saw my can of Pledge sitting out (I had just finished dusting) and I got the most BRILLIANT idea ever to spray some Pledge on the end of my broom. "This will keep the floors looking nice, shiny and dust-free for a few days," I thought to myself.

I proceeded to sweep the ENTIRE house with my Pledged-up broom....floors, stairs, you name it, I swept it. And of course, I would occasionally reapply the Pledge for good measure.

When I was done, you would have thought I had just climbed a mountain I was so proud of myself. The house was clean, my floors were shiny (and smelled good) and they were dust-free.

Until I was carrying Levi downstairs, slipped and almost killed us both on the way down.

Matt came home and started sliding on the floors (unintentionally) and asked if I thought they were slicker than normal. I had to confess what I had done and oh boy, did he laugh at me.

"Where do you think the dust is going to go, Erin? Do you think it's just going to bounce off the floors and stick to something else?"

Oh, he had a field day with me.

Then came game day, and after two people almost wiped out trying to go get food, I had to tell them all what I had done and put up with that teasing, too.

At least at that point, I could laugh about it and everyone present knows my history of doing not-so-smart things.

So that's the story of the day I lost my mind and Pledged my floors.

And, yes, after I sweep (to this day), there are still a couple of spots as slick as ice and I almost bite it every time.


Blessings and love,
Erin