Time for a Little Spring Cleaning...

Does the thought of spring-cleaning send you into a cold sweat and sprout hives on your skin? You’re not alone. I mean, do I really want to know what lives in the dark corners of my kitchen cupboards? I’m hoping I’ll never find out. Usually it takes a house sale and impending move to get me to go that deep. But when the weather’s nice, I do start thinking about fresh paint jobs and washing the windows. Maybe it’d be nice to see the crystal clear sun shining through, for a change, instead of a dim haze. This impulse tends to pass very quickly. All I need to do is stay on the couch and wait. Or, better yet, start tearing apart a room, then stop, leaving it in a worse state then when I started.

But you know, there could be some sexual benefits to spring-cleaning. I hadn’t really thought about it that way before, but I’m sure it’s bound to boost hubby’s libido to come into a bedroom that has freshly laundered sheets and an obvious lack of laundry stacks. Or maybe the smell of dirty socks turns him on? No, that was an ex-boyfriend…not going to go there. Truly it’s my libido that would get the boost…as long as I’m not the one who slaved all day getting the room into ship shape. And maybe while cleaning, I’ll find the sexy negligee I wore eons ago or maybe an interesting gadget or two hidden in a dresser drawer…not going there either.

Mostly, though, it’s just the mental spring-cleaning that I need. That boost that comes from extra hours of sunlight and warm breezes and buds on the trees. Around here, that also means pollen and bugs, but hey, can’t have everything, right? Spring means conferences coming up, which always makes me write faster. Nothing like impending editor pitches to put me to work. And I get in health-mode, so I exercise more and plant a garden. The garden always fries by mid-summer, but it’s great having fresh herbs for a month or two, which means I might also cook something. Another rarity.

So to help with spring cleaning, the March issue of Shara’s E Zone has some books and web sites to check out. Go to my News Page at www.sharalanel.com to learn how to subscribe, which reminds me—are you participating in the Silver Shamrock Invitational? Make sure you get in the game before March 19th, St. Silver’s Day.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts on spring cleaning or if you have any pressing questions you’d like to ask me, fire away!