Spring Cleaning

Well, Spring weather finally appears to have arrived here in Michigan.

And that means that Spring Cleaning can't be far behind.

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HOW TO TELL YOUR HOME NEEDS A DOSE OF SPRING CLEANING

Your front door has more fingerprints than the FBI.

The dust mites have banded together and formed a union.

The kids can't find their toys ... or the toy box.

The garbage disposal is coughing.

You can't find the cordless phone unless it rings.

You can make concrete blocks from the kitty litter.

The pile of magazines on the coffee table goes back to the Nixon administration.

You wonder if hosing down the carpets would make them look better.

You seriously consider just moving instead of trying to clean the house.

[written by Sheila Moss with edits and additional material by Mark Raymond]

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WORD for YOUR WEEK: Let's get to today's word in three steps. Step One: Ancient Greek words "ou" (not) and "topos" (place - root for the word topography), were the foundation for the word utopia. Step Two: Utopia was the name of Sir Thomas More's novel, written in 1516, about an imaginary island enjoying a perfect system of democracy, law, etc. Step Three: Add the Greek modifier "dys" (bad - think of dysentery or dyslexia) and you get today's word: dystopia. It means the opposite of utopia. As in, "Mark's office was a dystopian quagmire of unfiled papers, unfinished projects, unopened mail, and leftover food." (Hmmm, maybe that was too much information....)

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