Stories About The Family Could Make A Great Book
It’s that time of the year when spring is but a few weeks away and for most of us that can only mean one thing - time to tidy up.
A few days ago the sun was shining and lovely as it was, unfortunately this made our house show up all the layers of dust that had accumulated over the winter months. Therefore I decided spring had sprung early and it was time to start cleaning.
It all began with all good intentions of me cleaning the house from top to bottom. The kitchen was first on the list and that took longer than anticipated, so already I was flagging. However I persevered and next on the list was clearing out the Utility room. This is one of those rooms in our house that we seem to dump everything and then just pull the door shut. I hadn’t been working long when I stumbled across a load of cheap books that my mum had given to me. This set me off and thinking about my mum and the clearing out came to an abrupt halt.
Mum was a real fan of her books and was always happiest when she had a book in her hand. She didn’t really mind what she read it could be anything ranging from fiction books, romance books and she even owned a few cook books. I’m not sure why she had the cook books, because she never really seemed to be adventurous with her cooking. Perhaps she just liked looking at all the lovely colourful pictures!
It’s funny because I suddenly remembered a holiday we had all gone on together to Lanzarote. In my suitcase I had packed all the usual, towels, bikinis, sun tan lotion etc. When mum unpacked her case I was amazed as it was full of books. Without a lie I think she had nearly a dozen with her. We were only booked for a 2 week holiday, so I thought it was a bit excessive. Mind you I will admit she came home with a fantastic suntan because she had spent her entire holiday sunbathing around the pool with a book in one hand and a glass of wine in the other.
The spring cleaning didn’t really go the way I had planned, but then you know what it can be like sometimes when you get distracted and when cleaning is involved, I can’t say that I really mind.